Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] the [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was for me to go on the high-wire sixty feet above ground — on the shoulders of a Czechoslovakian circus performer . |
| 2 | My mother would n't allow me to go to the meeting last night — you know she despises anything Irish . " |
| 3 | The test which best discriminated between the effects of left and right sided electro-convulsive therapy ( ECT ) after two treatments to each side was naming of objects after hearing a verbal description of them given by the examiner seven minutes after shock administration . |
| 4 | Subsection ( 1 ) empowers the Bank by notice in writing served on an authorised institution to require them to provide to the Bank such information as the Bank may reasonably require for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 5 | Perhaps you could let me know at the meeting next Wednesday . |
| 6 | I read in the papers last week benzene , the benzene is used in unleaded petrol . |
| 7 | I mean at the moment all the food is is protecting the license cos you 've got to do food , food up to two o'clock . |
| 8 | And what about overtime on Sa I mean at the moment some of them are working during the week and Saturdays and they need that to maintain the sort of service level that we 're doing at the moment . |
| 9 | I mean into the bin first and then wash the dishes . |
| 10 | If you wish you know but I mean during the week nine times |
| 11 | I represent a constituency very near Westminster and I bring to the House many groups of youngsters from schools . |
| 12 | And the girl comes to see me — has been comin' ever since I met with the accident last year . |
| 13 | I qualified for the B final . |
| 14 | When I got to the theatre next day someone had laid a dirty red carpet from the dressing-room door to the spot where I normally changed . |
| 15 | ‘ I was furious when I got to the hotel that morning to find you 'd already left . |
| 16 | I got to the chemist five minutes before closing time and the place was jam-packed with the elderly and respectable . |
| 17 | I got into the seat next to him and he quickly drove off , heading out of the village and down the road towards the Orne bridges , leaving a cloud of dust following close behind , no doubt attracting the attention of the German gunners and mortars a short distance away across the fields . |
| 18 | I sank into the chair next to him and groaned . |
| 19 | erm There is a general concern I think with multiple occupancy that there 's , a whole way of life of East Oxford is changing , and not for the better , and indeed I was part of this when I moved into the area ten years ago . |
| 20 | ‘ When I was 12 I won the one length freestyle , backstroke and breaststroke events at the local schools gala , but after that I concentrated on the backstroke most of the time . ’ |
| 21 | As I think I mentioned on the phone posssible sources of information that I would suggest are : |
| 22 | I came to the school some time ago to investigate the giant eel and got lost . |
| 23 | I came to the House 12 years ago . |
| 24 | Now the areas that I 've identified are the same ones as I put on the board last week . |
| 25 | I played against the English nine times and they always had a very strong scrum . |
| 26 | ‘ But on our wedding day , I arrived at the church twenty minutes before you . |
| 27 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 28 | So it was that just after 8.15 on the morning of Monday , May 6th , 1929 I arrived at the Times-Herald editorial offices and found the place locked up tight . |
| 29 | For example , you disapprove of my going to the cinema this evening , but what do you think I should be doing ? |
| 30 | Our police are so busy trying to catch the culprits , but then I read in the Press last week of a young man causing £60,000 of damage by graffiti and getting off free because it would be a waste of public money to put him on probation . |