Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Books can be dangerous because the reading and writing of them involves us in an exercise of intellectual freedom . |
| 2 | In practice , there might be situations of doubt ; a man might claim that there was nothing to alert him to the girl 's age ( e.g. a 15-year-old girl , who looks much older , soliciting in a street with other prostitutes ) . |
| 3 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
| 4 | Some story about a raid , that was it , them finding ST with a stainless steel jig screwed to his pate , them sticking him in a sack , jig and all . |
| 5 | Boys pouring into the room below , laughing , chattering , me seeing them through the crack . |
| 6 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 7 | IBM Corp started relaxing its strict accounting practices way back in 1984 , just as the company 's core mainframe business began to lose its impetus , although no-one realised it at the time . |
| 8 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
| 9 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 10 | And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator . |
| 11 | ‘ Here , let me shield you from the wind . ’ |
| 12 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 13 | No-one seeing her on the move , rushing headlong through drear fuming tunnels , would really note the missing arms and absent tail , the sealed face , the scarlet sash . |
| 14 | Now the thing that worries me is that the N R A and our linkage with them is I do n't think it 's early days for them and they have n't got the the power and the erm law behind them to enforce it as the way which I think most of us would like to think of have a erm erm an organization tha that can in fact start bringing the law in that if people fail to do what they say erm so that aspect I think I now Chris also mentioned this erm tilting in West Sussex and again that mentioned in the structure plan , because I six mill a year but in ten years that 's two and a half inches . |
| 15 | The point dogs catch him and one of them nips him on the leg — take that for being more popular with the boss . |
| 16 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 17 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 18 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 19 | If an employer does not prevent them availing themselves of the opportunity to learn business secrets how can he later seek to restrain an employee from using the same information . |
| 20 | In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’ |
| 21 | then go on to the ones you marked as " different " and listen to them read one after the other . |
| 22 | Everyone pats themselves on the back and goes home . ’ |
| 23 | Let let me introduce you to a nurse , a nurse called Nicola . |
| 24 | Let me introduce you to the world of press releases . |
| 25 | Let me introduce you to the class . |
| 26 | Scientific research is usually carried out by a team of scientists , often from several disciplines who work together , each of whom contributing something to the whole . |
| 27 | Erm , if erm , if one of them contradicted me in the class , I burst into tears , I think you 'd think something was seriously wrong with me , would n't you ? |
| 28 | He had a feeling that Maidstone mentioned them to vindicate himself in the eyes of others . |
| 29 | Crilly tells me to meet him at the Hope and Vixen in half an hour . |
| 30 | He tells me to meet him at the magistrates ' court the following morning , tells me to keep away from the scumbags . |