Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 2 | For example , anyone presenting someone to her should give her half the story : ‘ This is so-and-so . |
| 3 | They pecked at some dead creature on the moorland verge , squabbling over which of them should have it , wheeling and darting at each other like terrible shadows in the mist . |
| 4 | Keep these findings by you for you 'll need them later on . |
| 5 | The things he could tell you about her would make your hair curl . |
| 6 | The roar of applause when it later rids itself of them may boost its popularity at a critical moment . |
| 7 | You go into the bedroom , checking the position of the mirrors ; none of them ought to show you to anybody in the bathroom . |
| 8 | The fact that none of them could decipher it matters not at all . |
| 9 | If there were enough of them , none of them would dare to pin him down , none of them could claim she was anything special . |
| 10 | But of course he did n't and none of them could see what he felt like . |
| 11 | As Linda Nochlin said , ‘ Not all women artists are feminists ; not all feminist artists wish to incorporate their feminist identity into their art works , and certainly , even if some of them do , none of them will do it in the same way ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ None of them can surpass you when it comes to interpreting a dream , ’ Myra said loyally , and Claudia managed to laugh . |
| 13 | And , they 'll keep your hands warm cos none of you 'll keep your gloves on will you ? |
| 14 | ‘ You chose me to deal with the dog because none of you would do it , ’ Anabelle answered . |
| 15 | But none of you will know my friend over here whose name is Donald . |
| 16 | I was surprised that Burns did not explain that none of us could wash our faces or hands because the water had been frozen . |
| 17 | ‘ We actually should have gone to Edinburgh in November to receive the award but as we are all volunteers none of us could make it , ’ said Jean Reid , secretary of Islay and Jura Community Enterprise . |
| 18 | The trouble was that none of us could understand it . |
| 19 | ‘ None of us could find anything that would shift it however much elbow grease we used . |
| 20 | ‘ None of us can accompany him without arousing suspicion , ’ Murtach pointed out . |
| 21 | And none of us can slow it down . |
| 22 | None of us can remember everyone we 've met , everything we 've done , and yet most can store away in their memory the things that we want to remember . |
| 23 | You 've obviously got to jog our memories a little further cos none of us can remember it . |
| 24 | We 've got a fight on our hands , and whether we agree with Oscar 's methods or not — and just for the record , I do n't — surely none of us can doubt his integrity . ’ |
| 25 | But if we are all determined by a grand unified theory , none of us can help what we do , so why should anyone be held responsible fur what they do ? |
| 26 | ‘ But none of us can believe we are out of the FA Cup . |
| 27 | One royal worker said : ‘ None of us can believe it . |
| 28 | Well as I told you at you used to clip them that damn short and we when I was knocking them off , I had to keep dodging down , let the wag and keep knock clips off and chuck the one side and then the wagons came down They went down the hill like that , and then up here there was a hook line to stop them . |
| 29 | Is it Friend ? thought Chesarynth , sure that something about him would give himself away . |
| 30 | The fact that you have thought things through instead of just feeling totally inadequate and that you are trying to do something about it should help you feel more positive . |