Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only remains for me to thank everyone who made this year both a pleasure and a challenge for me . |
| 2 | And I hope that when-that officer has to interview someone he gets more co-operation than I had from you . ’ |
| 3 | I mean I I know various people by sight in the you know who are always lurking around , when you go to sometimes for an exchange or a something , or say you 've lost your glasses and have n't found them . |
| 4 | I mean I I support that aim . |
| 5 | Erm I mean I I have some concerns , like Cynthia , about the number of careers officers who suddenly appear when you say there 's a visit to , Hull University , and we 've got people coming from all over the county and it 's costing us a fortune . |
| 6 | If we met someone who held this view he might justify it by saying something like : ‘ I prefer travelling by motor car from Oxford to Westminster , let's say , or from — ’ Where do you live ? |
| 7 | ‘ As you clearly do n't trust them there seems little point in going into them . ’ |
| 8 | Someone who wishes to obtain some food in return for some clothes , not only has to find someone who has some food , but who is also seeking some clothes . |
| 9 | and so sometimes the , the calls do seem unreasonable but you should n't get cross , and when you go and see them sometimes you realize why they 're anxious because something that might seem quite trivial to you they might know somebody who had similar symptoms and it actually turned out to be meningitis or something so you 're then able to put their minds at rest . |
| 10 | Ever since we met , my dear , so gently and subtly you 've been teaching me , you and Miguelito , and instead of thanking you I had this attack of childish pique and blamed you for hurting my feelings ! |
| 11 | erm but essentially now I 've discussed with him , as I mentioned in my er plan , er the intention is to meet anybody who wants musical services and find out from them precisely what er they really need . |
| 12 | She stood , slowly turned , and where the spines had penetrated her she oozed bright sap . |
| 13 | When the midwife interrupted the prayers to inform him he had another daughter he replied tersely , " I 'll attend to it all when I 've finished here . " |
| 14 | Finally do you know anyone who undertakes this conversion work . |
| 15 | We all felt happy about this and began to walk towards a distant wood , but as we approached it we saw two figures emerging : the priest we had come to see arm in arm with an attractive girl . |
| 16 | Clare baked nothing that could be found at the local baker and charged what she considered exorbitant prices , which people seemed happy to pay in cash . |
| 17 | I must inform you that the same department are about to close the only respite centre ( Astley House in Huyton ) for children and young adults with special needs in the borough , so they can introduce what they call foster caring . |
| 18 | The foundations of interviewing lie in the mundane observation that individuals can report on what they feel , are , have , tell others about their lives , disclose what their hopes and fears are , offer their opinions , state what they believe in , say what they did last week , how much they spend on food , who they see regularly , and so on ; in short , they can impart masses of information about themselves . |
| 19 | D' ya know what I watched last night ? |
| 20 | Do you know what she said last night , after I 'd told her what Dieter and I were planning for next week ? |
| 21 | I shall suggest that these attempts to find what I call compensatory factors not only fail to be counterbalances , but also represent the undoing of Christology . |
| 22 | It denied denying what it called groundless accusations about embassy involvement in the attack . |
| 23 | Instead , he used what he called mimed dance or danced mime , insisting , when asked fur an explanation , that there was a subtle difference between them , ‘ only one of degree ’ . |
| 24 | When I have to answer them I have some difficulty defending Members of the House , for whom I have a high regard and affection , if they behave badly , but such bad behaviour does not always come from the same side of the House . |
| 25 | I told them I had some wine and we all came back . |
| 26 | The corollary to that sad case actually was when after we 'd moved them we got another phone call six months lad er later from this very lady who was leaving the house and moving out . |
| 27 | The doctors told me they had high hopes that in a year you 'd have made a full recovery . |
| 28 | ‘ He told me it happened 10 days earlier . |
| 29 | ‘ You told me you had another date — what was the point in my hanging around ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The dairyman told me you hated old families . ’ |