Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked in through the door and , feeling a bit lost , I asked the first person I saw if he knew whether the Social Secretary was around . |
| 2 | Mummy was coming rather slowly , so I asked the little girl her name . |
| 3 | I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it . |
| 4 | I mean the only country I spent a lot of time in , in , in Europe is Austria , and then I only stopped in remote villages , you know , more or less , so er , I mean they rely on eh , tourist trade , they rely on tourist trade , where , where I 've |
| 5 | ought to be said really , since Alan is not here and is erm is resigning , well perhaps that could come a little later on because I think both Joan and Alan er there should be some record other than this about the work they have put in for the Society er I mean the only idea I have , I do n't know how much of a a precedent this is , whether , whether anybody should be offered life membership of the the society or is that only for do you have to reach a certain age |
| 6 | I mean the only reason I 'm I 'm running up these debts is that now I 've got so little capital left , that I 've got to keep the capital for sheer disasters like the boiler . |
| 7 | No , I mean the only reason I ask is if we do a mailing of a particular thing , then very often the the offer that the market can make , or one of them , is , you know , to see a specimen cassette |
| 8 | ‘ I mean the overwhelming desire we currently feel for each other , ’ he said softly . |
| 9 | but Jack is so temperamental these days , I mean the other day he went by he said oh |
| 10 | I mean the other morning I looked down and somebody had thrown up in the street |
| 11 | I mean the other week she wanted to go to a school disco and I said look hang on n get your priorities right . |
| 12 | Yeah it is , I mean the first time I bought it |
| 13 | On one of these trips to London when I was at school , good when we went with the Brownies , I went two or three times and er , one time when I was a bit older , I mean the first time I went as I say I was only about seven , but , when I was a bit older I went again , they said if |
| 14 | If I think you I mean you can go into it if you 've erm I mean the minimum qualification they say is only G C S Es |
| 15 | I mean the one department you would have thought would have been enough . |
| 16 | I mean the last thing we 'd think about is excluding children . |
| 17 | perhaps she 's mellowed now , I mean the last time she went on with it , about it , was probably over a year ago , but she 's still going on about it definitely a year ago not just |
| 18 | I mean the next thing they 'd want to do is to come in and do in this kitchen before you do any cooking for yourself |
| 19 | I mean the British manufacture them , why , why do you buy Italian yarns ? |
| 20 | Everyone does n't have their birthday in February and March , I mean the whole world everyone 's bonking in |
| 21 | I raise the delicate question he 's been avoiding . |
| 22 | I only stopped working frenziedly hour after hour after I met the English boy I 'd just thrown water over moments before . |
| 23 | ‘ I got the first ferry I could after I heard … |
| 24 | ‘ I got the distinct impression you were jealous . ’ |
| 25 | I ca n't somebody had a sale on in Gateshead so we went there and then we went to the Co-op , and of course , I got the exact paper I wanted , just sort of this mottley mottley , marbly pale peach |
| 26 | Secondly , I tried the 3-day diet which was so depriving during the diet days ( 3 days on , 2 days off ) that I still binged every week , felt terrible mentally and my weight fluctuated ! |
| 27 | In this Church where I encounter the Triune God I am called to worship with my whole being . |
| 28 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 29 | Over the watershed , the A.87 runs alongside Loch Cluanie , now a reservoir , below the steep slopes of more Munros ; on the summit of one of them , Carn Ghluasaid , I disturbed the only ptarmigan I have ever seen . |
| 30 | times , I forget the first time I had her . |