Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He presented a strong message to the newly-qualified chemists encouraging them to try to win the confidence of the lay public by admitting to things that go wrong and telling them what was being done about it . |
| 2 | Do n't make me start counting the years up , please — it 'll ruin my whole day . ’ |
| 3 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know , but on the night she died the Lady Prioress asked me to help take the corpse back to her own chamber . |
| 5 | For a moment , Trish 's laughter made me regret leaving the chummy , easy-going atmosphere of Winston Street . |
| 6 | Eh , yeah regular army pay , great that 's really what made me decide to join the army , that was in the T A but I regulars . |
| 7 | Good advertising communicates the right message to the right people at the right time in a way that will interest or amuse them , but above all make them want to buy the product , service , or even " idea " . |
| 8 | ‘ Leave them alone until someone who understands them has examined the site . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you think I 'd kicked the bucket , Ma ? ’ |
| 10 | Really , Tom , the way you 're defending her , anyone would think I 'd tortured the girl ! |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think I 've got the energy to change . ’ |
| 12 | I do n't think I 've got the touch ! |
| 13 | Ah , let me put it more clearly , because I do n't think I 've put the question clearly enough . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think I have had the pleasure of meeting you before , ’ she said , transferring Flossie 's lead to her left hand and entangling it dangerously with the milk can , whilst proffering her right . |
| 15 | I thought it better to pretend I had forgotten the incident , as if it were of no importance . |
| 16 | We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs . |
| 17 | Heaving and struggling I managed to close the door , but it kept opening again , weakened by its storm-fractured clasp . |
| 18 | I mean I like to see the nappies flapping on the line . |
| 19 | I mean I 've won the game . |
| 20 | I mean you got , I mean I 've got the rest config sys sorted out . |
| 21 | aye that 's exactly what he was on about , getting interviewed on that , I mean I 've see the trailer on it , they were showing them scenes , he 's sick of being typecasted as a hard macho man in films , he wants to do something different family films |
| 22 | I mean I 've opened the washing machine up I mean literally you ca n't see fuck all So fucking big job |
| 23 | I mean I think shrinking the broadsheet width has spoilt it a lot . |
| 24 | The rich peasants made up another seven percent I have to check to see I 've got the figure 's right the middle peasants , twenty percent the poor peasants seventy percent . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm going for a walk , ’ said Beuno , ‘ because Hywel wants me to help dip the sheep and I hate the things . ’ |
| 26 | After the monologues were over , Bryan Izzard prodded me to start writing the show for myself . |
| 27 | Take F C V. It does n't know I 've written the A B C , |
| 28 | Yes yes right I 'll see what I can do by September I should be able to do a fair bit by then Yeah well I say I 've done the doll , that 's for August that 's for the er Beckley fete but it 's for , Friends of Beckley Church and it 's guess the doll 's birth date which as you said as you said it should have two |
| 29 | Oh as I say I 've seen the film . |
| 30 | I mean , we 've , I 've , there was a situation these are the roads he 's taking me around now , he had me reverse round the corner which was practically blind , could n't see what was round the corner , so I was edging round , and it was on a hill so I had to do it , every time I stopped I had to put the handbrake on so I did n't roll |