Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him if the fundamental problem is that those who have are too selfish to help . |
| 2 | ‘ Like a fool , I told her that the only reason I 'd married her was because she 'd told me she was pregnant . |
| 3 | I told them that the grand piano was two feet too short and DeFries said , ‘ Cancel the gig — no gig . ’ |
| 4 | Would you be surprised if I told you that the seven major shareholders in GEC , Westinghouse , Con Edison , NBC , and CBS , are Mr El , Mr Elolhim , and Mr Adonai , YHWH Inc. , Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh , Shaddai Holdings , and Zebaot International ? ’ |
| 5 | This was a parting gift but I dropped mine and the bloody dogs were on it in a flash , whilst Benjamin , kind as ever , gave his to the page who served us . |
| 6 | I give him and the whole House a full assurance that in the event of the introduction of executive detention , it would be carried out by Her Majesty 's Government in line with legislation passed by this House and retained by this Government on the statute book . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , I 've only got one thing to say to you , ’ says Joe , as I wave him and the other day-trippers off : ‘ Lucky bastard ! ’ |
| 8 | So I taught him that the first week , and the second week we went back and there was still only him , so it I taught him how to rewire a plug how to do it properly and er went back a third week and he was s still the only one there , so we went through it again , see if he 'd picked it up and he had n't so . |
| 9 | but I know it cos the other week when I had to work till half past eight for Peter , he was having a dinner party and erm we went down there , I had to go shopping with him , he made me die cos he asked me if I 'd work a bit later and I said yeah I need the money , so I 'll work later so er he made me die because he said in this flare up , this argument when when I worked that day , I mean , I worked all day , I had nothing to eat and I could n't eat af , you know , cos of this trouble I could n't eat after |
| 10 | I assure him that the highest priority will be given to developing those roads , within the budget by which we are currently constrained . |
| 11 | dropped Asdir off and she drove away and I saw her and the four children go , along to the house |
| 12 | ‘ If that editor were here tonight , I would love to issue a challenge to him : if someone tells you that the Royal Bank increases any customer 's charge without prior notice , he 's wrong . |
| 13 | Check it ; if someone tells you that the Royal Bank , because of the experiences of the recession , is no longer interested in lending to viable businesses — large or small — he 's wrong . |
| 14 | Check it ; and if someone tells you that the Royal Bank is now only interested in improving its bottom line , and no longer cares about people at all , he 's wrong . |
| 15 | ‘ What can I get you and the young lady ? ’ |
| 16 | I remind her that the Labour Government 's White Paper of 1977 said that the upsurge in the subsidy in the early years of that decade had been accompanied by sharp cuts in investment . |
| 17 | I remind you that the local authorities have been concerned , in return for the core funding support , that free advice is given to farmers , and this has been the subject of discussion at various times . |
| 18 | I kicked him and the long-life lead just come I kicked him again . |
| 19 | I take it that the honourable gentlemen are in fact cheering the government , thank you very much . |
| 20 | I take it that the Foreign Secretary will give me an answer to that question . |
| 21 | That is absolutely incorrect , and I take it that the hon. Gentleman is dissociating himself from Labour Front Bench policy on the Maastricht settlement . |
| 22 | I take it that the hon. Gentleman is referring to reinsurance provided by the private sector through the recently privatised insurance services group , which was formerly in ECGD but is now in NCM Credit Insurance Ltd . |
| 23 | I take it that the hon. Gentleman also has the consent of the Minister . |
| 24 | I recognized him when the two of you came to my window . |
| 25 | Watch out for log books which tell you that the first owner was Engineering Educational Trust . |
| 26 | Church voluntary aided schools are , as I have said , a sort of partnership between the church which established them and the local education authority . |
| 27 | He is still talking in terms of a new career , rather than retiring , and this is not surprising in view of the work ethic , which tells us that the only ‘ proper ’ way for a man to spend his time is in productive employment and makes it very difficult for men to take up interests purely for the enjoyment . |
| 28 | And I had three more telephone enquiries e and they were by telephone , they 're in a hurry , you know , can you do it until the fifteenth of May , or can you do it until February something . |
| 29 | We were woken a few minutes before one o'clock in the morning by a phone call from a friend who told us that the insistent thudding we could hear was American artillery fire . |
| 30 | In 1923 , at a Balliol gaudy , he met his old tutor , A. L. Smith [ q.v. ] , now the master , who advised him that the best cure for blindness was to have the teeth extracted . |