Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say all these poem 's are very dense and erm if I get round to , to completing them they 'll probably have at least another verse , certainly extra words and rhymes , that open it out and make it a bit more plausible Ours in the night , no I 've got it wrong , sorry , I 've moved on and I should n't 've done |
| 2 | When she asked me it would almost bring a tear to my eye . ’ |
| 3 | " I want you to promise me you 'll never drink until you 're 21 . " |
| 4 | I want you to promise me you 'll never see her again . ’ |
| 5 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 6 | Remember you promised me you would never tell anybody . |
| 7 | ‘ How could he do this to me , how could he leave me all alone to manage , he promised me he would never leave me alone to cope by myself . ’ |
| 8 | He promised me he 'd never tell you … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It amazes me he should now want to kill the goose that has laid him the golden egg . |
| 10 | I see what you mean , when you 've caught them you can then make |
| 11 | Clare died the next morning , and while she was on the life support machine , although she was n't conscious , I promised her I would never sell or loan out Southall . |
| 12 | ‘ Clare died on the next morning , and while she was on the life support machine , although she was n't conscious , I promised her I would never sell or loan out Southall . ’ |
| 13 | They existed , too , somewhere , seeking him out in every corner , and if they ever found him they would surely drag him back to the terror from which he looked forward to escaping , finally and permanently , soon . |
| 14 | But you co could go on , I mean if you if they do n't know it you can still use it when they get to secondary school . |
| 15 | If your car is damaged while a young or inexperienced person ( including yourself ) is driving it you will also have to pay the first part of the cost as shown opposite . |
| 16 | If your car is damaged while a young or inexperienced person ( including yourself ) is driving it you will also have to pay the first part of the cost as shown opposite . |
| 17 | ‘ If that is the way they want it we will just talk to City . ’ |
| 18 | He told them he would never forget them or their lovely school . |
| 19 | ‘ I would hope if sufficient parents support me they will either postpone the tests until Easter , by which time the children will have some idea of what it is like , or go back to the previous system . |
| 20 | The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own . |
| 21 | He told me I should never use a leash . |
| 22 | ‘ I remember once when we were children , ’ he said , You told me you would never marry . |
| 23 | At the time Moore told me he would never play Bond again . |
| 24 | You told me he would never come back ! |
| 25 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 26 | But I got talking to one of them and he told me he 'd just come out of prison where he 'd done time for soliciting . |
| 27 | ‘ I accused him of that , ’ I said , proud of having anticipated Ellen 's diagnosis , ‘ and he told me he 'd rather lose the election than lose his children . ’ |
| 28 | Years later she told me she could never remember an angry word between them . |
| 29 | ‘ Although she told me she can only ring when her daddy is out as he does n't like animals … |
| 30 | ‘ That devil Heathcliff told you he could never love Miss Isabella ! |