Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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31 He owes me a grand !
32 I 've arranged with a friend who owes me a favour that I 'll supply the supervisor for medical equipment being flown to Bucharest .
33 I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence .
34 She owes me a letter , thank heavens , somebody who owes me a letter instead of vice versa .
35 She owes me a letter , thank heavens , somebody who owes me a letter instead of vice versa .
36 That 's alright , I 'll let you drive me all the way round once so , he owes me a quid you see .
37 One reason why people in our area consistently vote Labour is that they are told by the Opposition that the whole country owes them a living and that everything that has happened to them — the economic misfortunes of past years — has been inflicted purposely by a Conservative Government .
38 While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support .
39 While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support .
40 Well , that 's how it all come see he owes them a hundred and seven pound and er
41 no , no it 's , it 's the people that think the world owes them a living , but they do n't want to give anything back and that really bugs me .
42 One owes them the duty to uphold and support them .
43 But as she needs me a hell of a lot more than I need her , we get along . ’
44 he needs me a new home
45 As for yours truly , yes , there is someone who I met quite recently , who probably needs me no more than I need her , someone who brings out my poetic streak , and makes me believe in the little people . ’
46 If they are right , this spares them the refusal which would have otherwise shown up in the main survey as reported difficulty in getting credit .
47 Courier had never beaten the German in five previous meetings , never looked like doing so yesterday and said : ‘ He just beats me every time we play .
48 That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’
49 ‘ Until we 've got stable testing , that worries me a great deal . ’
50 We have proper birth certificates , because my mother must have told a simple lie to the registrar , a discovery about the verisimilitude of documents that worries me a lot as a historian .
51 So I would have thought would be better to buy low sulphur contented diesel rather than analyse it , and in c thirteen , it worries me a little bit , because I believe that the district councils are the drainage authorities with the right about land drainage , and it was taken away from the county council several years ago .
52 But something about your comments worries me a great deal , and that 's the fact that many women tutors , you say , have been looking at this issue , but they have n't looked at the major part of the issue , which is from the students ' perspectives and the problem that goes on between students .
53 Well this is the thing that worries me a little bit , but can I say
54 That worries me a bit , and yet having
55 That 's what worries me every minute .
56 He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub
57 He sits down and writes me a receipt in the shadow of a sign which says ‘ You do n't have to be crazy here but it helps ’ .
58 ‘ I keep in touch with both my sisters and my brother 's wife — she rings me every week or I ring her : And my niece and nephew — well , life would n't be worth living without them .
59 ‘ I 've heard about a gentleman who visits you every night at the theatre , ’ he said to his sister .
60 I was wondering … has she a friend , or maybe a sister ?
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