Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think Stan expected me to grab it with both hands and when I declined , he just sat there and could n't believe it . |
| 2 | I think Stan expected me to grab it with both hands . |
| 3 | Noone knew what had happened cos noone expected a free kick in the first place let alone expected them to take it like that . |
| 4 | So you do n't you do n't want them to move it at all ? |
| 5 | But he did not want them to follow him under any false delusion . |
| 6 | For example , if the soft sell chap fails to wheedle his client into buying , his partner can ring him up and say : " My colleague 's at an important meeting , but he asked me to call you about this stock . |
| 7 | They asked me to follow them without any explanation and blindfolded me . |
| 8 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 9 | ‘ O Mary , mother of sorrows who knows so well a mother 's anguish , intercede I pray you for this sorrowing mother and her innocent son … ’ |
| 10 | White jeans : you do n't need me to tell you about those . |
| 11 | ‘ You expect me to accommodate you in that ? ’ |
| 12 | Sid helped me carry them to that table ready for serving . |
| 13 | Please note that individual hotels , guest houses and selfcatering establishments have the right to vary the conditions outlined here and/or impose additional conditions , provided them inform you of such conditions before they accept your booking . |
| 14 | Yeah , why d' ya snap it in half ? |
| 15 | Now , Fiona , I shall need you to brief me on some of the meetings , especially the visit to RTI . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose I might have expected you to remind me of that possibility ! ’ |
| 17 | Where d' you get em from those things . |
| 18 | I want you to wear it like that always . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to love me through all of that . ’ |
| 20 | In this way she can judge when some children are ready to join a group game , enabling her to present them with some small problem that will help to lead them one step further in their mathematical thinking . |
| 21 | Has it left him with any impairments ? |
| 22 | According to such a theory , if we , in English , call both our mother 's brother and our father 's brother by the same term — ‘ uncle ’ — it is because these two relatives are , to us , the same ‘ kind ’ of relative , and that probably the fact that we use the one word causes us to see them in that way . |
| 23 | I do as I 'm told , and he told me to include you in this job . ’ |
| 24 | So , whilst they may encourage an atmosphere of informal comradeship and sociable learning , college teachers are not your equals and you should not expect them to treat you as such . |
| 25 | You let them visit you on that night and that 's it . |
| 26 | Now let me present you with another one . |
| 27 | ‘ Let me tell you about this guy , ’ said Harvey pointing a thumb at me . |
| 28 | Let me tell you of some of the important stories that I believe we have covered inadequately — and in some cases not at all . |
| 29 | Er let me tell you in any self employed business you 're gon na have to have a car . |
| 30 | As you set about making your plans for next year let me leave you with this thought from Eglantine Jebb If children of any country are physically or morally abandoned the whole world loses by it and the whole world gains if children grow up healthy , capable and ready to work for the good of their neighbours . |