Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roberto had written and asked me to carry for him in that year 's Open . |
| 2 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , something happened recently which has prompted me to write to you in this unsolicited way , though God knows we were once . |
| 3 | I mean with something like British Gas erm to make the enormous profit they 've made surely it must be possible to reduce the price to the consumer . |
| 4 | But yeah , I mean on something like that there 's a potential for getting erm b benefits out of bad management as well . |
| 5 | But I mean the main the main I mean in it in certain quarters we 've been down playing that aspect of it simply to get it through . |
| 6 | I lived with her for four years . |
| 7 | What information can I glean from you about these businesses that will help me erm produce the goods . |
| 8 | There were French , Arab and Jewish streets ; as I passed from one to another I felt I was crossing borders . |
| 9 | So I got into it through those channels … . |
| 10 | ‘ I shouted at it in English but it kept on . |
| 11 | I shouted after them in hoarse astonishment . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know why I bother with you at all . |
| 13 | Again , on 5 June 1286 , Edward performed homage to Philip IV of France , using the words : ‘ I become your man for the lands which I hold from you on this side of the sea according to the form of peace made between our ancestors ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Am I looking for anything in particular ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ May I speak to you in private ? |
| 16 | I cut through it on each side and did the same to the binding on his ankles . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I 've got a soft spot for the league , because I played in it for many years . ’ |
| 18 | I walk with them round one point of the island , till we see the pyramid of Taquile . |
| 19 | I speak with them for forty minutes and generally have my socks charmed from my feet , the spring put in my step and all semblance of a chill factor taken from this typical October evening . |
| 20 | ‘ Yet the last thing on my mind is business when I look at you in that witchy little dress ! ’ |
| 21 | I look upon anything above 10 milligrams per litre , non-ferrous metals , as bad . |
| 22 | Oh I think an electric drill it was in the sixties so with the twenty five pounds off it brought it down a bit and I , I paid for it with one cheque so I was n't having it on the weekly er er it worked out I think Vicki gave some of it towards it . |
| 23 | I nodded to myself in heartfelt agreement ( in those days children did not comment unless asked , and their presence was usually forgotten ) . |
| 24 | And similarly we must not allow ourselves to look for something below that practice on which we can ground the feeling that the practice is going on in an objectively correct way . |
| 25 | I needed some comfort after the election result so I turned to it for some like-minded thought . |
| 26 | I love it because it means I get to lots of other countries and see different people and different cultures , and I hate it because it is such a hassle and keeps me away from my family and friends . |
| 27 | I breakfasted at anything between eight-thirty and nine . |
| 28 | ‘ In other words , we would not vote for the ball being thrown in any direction , for instance to someone running onto it from deep . |
| 29 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 30 | I 've never covered things like comparative questions , when I talk to you about close and , you know basically what I 'm talking to you about |