Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 2 | Quite why this put the scrutineers in a dilemma I do n't know , but they asked me to protest to get them off the hook . |
| 3 | In other words , a facilitator is ultimately a person who helps the group bypass its defensive routines instead of helping them to learn to engage them in order to get rid of them . |
| 4 | Journalists who call to the farm to interview me do see us in that setting and describe it as they will but those really are only momentary glimpses into what must remain , fundamentally , my private life . |
| 5 | Other times she made me promise to keep them for ever , to remember her by , and say a prayer She was a bit vague who it was I was to pray to . |
| 6 | I realized I had to do something about it myself . |
| 7 | I do n't think I 've eaten it since childhood . |
| 8 | I do n't think I 've left anything in there have I ? |
| 9 | ‘ My dear , Hari , do n't you think I 've learned anything about human nature from my stay at the prison ? ’ he said softly . |
| 10 | I do n't think I 've told you about Mr Grovey our drama teacher yet , have I ? |
| 11 | Well yeah but , cos I mean I 'd left it on all night before . |
| 12 | I mean I 've done it for love ! ’ |
| 13 | but if they are wankers nothing you do , and including , I mean I 've done it in the past , slowed right down and nine times out of ten it jus it just incenses them to drive even closer . |
| 14 | I mean I 've got one at home what . |
| 15 | I mean I 've got plenty of black , so mustard and black whatever , whatever , cerise and black or something , that 's daft really you know |
| 16 | The colouring to the hair , I mean I 've got it in another colour , but I , I think it |
| 17 | Yeah but I mean I 've had it since your fortnight before Christmas on and off . |
| 18 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't know I had to put it on the meat — ’ |
| 20 | Some light is perhaps shed on the problem by the most recent psychological researches on memory , which have identified two rather different kinds of memory — ‘ explicit ’ memory , which amounts to relatively detailed recall of a set of stimuli ; and ‘ implicit ’ memory , which is distinctly short of detail , but enables people , in effect , to ‘ know I 've seen it before somewhere ’ . |
| 21 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
| 22 | They sent him home from school or something , send him straight home from school and er , do n't know I suppose take him to hospital today and then , I assume they 've got to bring him home and he said oh no he said you have n't got to take me home he said cos the boy 's got to be from school , come round tomorrow and pick you up |
| 23 | But erm , that 's Linda , and er , as I say I 've known her for seven years , you can have a bit of fun , she can take a joke , she 's got a good sense of humour , and nice to work with , and she 's nice to work with . |
| 24 | The strap is a strong rubber one but I found I had to overtighten it at the surface , otherwise it became loose when my drysuit seal compressed at depth . |
| 25 | ‘ If they want to go at a certain pace and not become a Top Five singles band you have to respect them for it . |
| 26 | We were therefore very disappointed when Ms de Jonghe found she had to cancel everything at practically the last minute . |
| 27 | I expect she does love you in her own way , ’ she said gently . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect she 's left it at home , ’ I said . |
| 29 | But , I expect you 've got one in your door anyway . |
| 30 | I expect you 've got lots of dolls , have n't you ? |