Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 2 | He can make his birds fly like an arrow — in a straight line , in single file — or can direct them to any place he likes , in any formation . |
| 3 | But as you say you at that point you do have to stop . |
| 4 | If the words had chilled her at first hearing it was more because of the cold light they cast on the woman 's most intimate life than for any reference to her own innocence . |
| 5 | All personnel , military and civil , without distinction of rank will assist him in any way he sees fit . |
| 6 | You do n't believe for a minute that this government will stand by while the two biggest general unions get together , no way , they 'll attack us in any way they can and I warn ya they have n't run out of ideas yet . |
| 7 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 8 | If Harriet did not carry them to higher ground they would surely drown . |
| 9 | He told me of one case he had had of a woman in her early twenties . |
| 10 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |
| 11 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 12 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 13 | When you ask him for leave to serve him on this mission he will welcome it as the solution to his anxieties , for even if you are only gone from Kinsai for a time , it will seem to him that you do not mean to impose upon his favour . ’ |
| 14 | but I put him on some medicine I got from the chemist and it seems to have calmed it down but his nose is more er hot and cold |
| 15 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
| 16 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 17 | I put it on this morning he did n't like it . |
| 18 | So , it 's the difference between audiences : if you put it into one context it 's bad art , you put it into another context , it 's brilliant information . |
| 19 | Bet if I took his jacket off and put it in that washer it 'd of fallen to bits cos it was that mucky . |
| 20 | But I do n't know if it 's still there , is thing they put it in last year I think , but I . |
| 21 | If they can not do it in that time they never will . |
| 22 | If there is a drugs ring operating in my father 's club , then I 'll help you to crack it in any way I can . ’ |
| 23 | The law is therefore most unfair to victims of negligence ; in limiting them in this way it totally ignores the reality of the situation . |
| 24 | ‘ You still have n't told me about this evidence you have against me , ’ Claudia said with an assumed air of indifference . |
| 25 | Should the monk provide her with this money she will repay him in whatever way he pleases . |
| 26 | From now on , she would touch him in any way she pleased , even when neither of them was feeling sexy , because she would still be feeling loving — for as long as the affair lasted . |
| 27 | in other words if you read it without any experience you might start thinking that it 's giving you a vision of the real heaven where as it 's just symbolic |
| 28 | er I mean I know it 's a bit messy at the moment , I ai n't washed it since last time you see ! |
| 29 | Tilting it to one side he allowed the object to clatter onto the table . |
| 30 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |