Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 2 | Highways are being split down the middle , with special ‘ car pool lanes ’ for vehicles carrying more than two passengers , allowing them to cruise past the traffic jams . |
| 3 | That was how many of them got into the peep shows , selling off their self-respect in order to finance their habit . |
| 4 | But then , most of them relied on the head men , we used to tell them you see , to keep their mouth shut . |
| 5 | You know , when I said let me know about the blood results , I did n't expect you to call in person . ’ |
| 6 | I sell to the purchasing committees of the many regions . |
| 7 | And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun . |
| 8 | After all as I tramped around the hillside barns in the frosty air I was working up a better appetite for my turkey than all the millions lying in bed or slumped by the fire ; and this was aided by the innumerable aperitifs I received from the hospitable farmers . |
| 9 | Ah but there 's no bins now I mean with the wheelie bins they 're the g best thing ever , stops rats , dog everything . |
| 10 | I met with the station officers at St Anne 's Head in June of this year and informed them of the way that divers should be operating . |
| 11 | On the same afternoon I met with the rail unions and ( loyally supported by Peter Parker ) put the position to them . |
| 12 | But that November evening , the evening it all started , it was raining heavily and just after six I passed through the iron gates and followed the path through the forest of Gothic monuments and gravestones . |
| 13 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
| 14 | It was when I got into the Law Courts and began a long series of litigation lasting twenty five years " . |
| 15 | I found work but I did n't tell them I had nowhere to stay , that when it was night time , I got on the night buses and stayed there until morning and then went back to work . |
| 16 | ‘ The reaction I got from the Twin Cities race was really out of proportion , ’ he says with appropriate modesty . |
| 17 | Could have done without the lip I got from the scouse stallholders though ( sample : ‘ The League Title cost a fortune in them days … ’ ) . |
| 18 | The person concerned is , generally speaking , the mother , but , given the role reversal which I experienced during the school holidays , it seems reasonable to point to my father 's behaviour as a possible contributory factor to my becoming anorexic . |
| 19 | With my cousin Emka , I wandered through the oak woods gathering wild flowers — the cyclamens in which the Kras is so abundant at that time of year . |
| 20 | Erm , as I mentioned with the group visitors we 've started up a branch action group fo specifically focused on the sort of branch issues . |
| 21 | Thus reassured , I head for the exhibition halls and spend the day collecting promotional leaflets and free samples of new products that I have n't the faintest intention of buying . |
| 22 | When I arrived at the school I saw some people who I recognised from the induction days . |
| 23 | There I was , talking to people asleep this morning and I woke to the dulcet tones of talking on the radio . |
| 24 | Viewing through the camera , I put on the brush strokes with artist 's acrylic gel which has the benefit of being water based , so allowing changes to be easily made where necessary . |
| 25 | ‘ A week ago I played with the Rectory children . |
| 26 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
| 27 | I listen to the World Federalists and the Communists talk about One World and The Brotherhood of Man and how much they are doing to bring them about . |
| 28 | On reaching the island I strolled through the market stalls surrounding the harbour and followed paths to peaceful coves hiding mysterious prehistoric rock carvings . |
| 29 | So I strolled amid the base huts sheltering those far-flung operatives of commerce , waiting for the heat of the day to draw the moisture from my 60/40 silk/viscose trouser mix . |
| 30 | What did I do with the car keys ? |