Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
2 | And apparently she phoned her the other night at half past twelve and said can you come and pick me up ? said no . |
3 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |
4 | His pal his workmate was retired and a few months after , Arthur died , so it left me the one and the owners of the property , they give me notice to quit and no messing about er and when I talked to them , they give me twelve months , rate free , to erm get out . |
5 | Tonight I find you the special number one steak , and the best wine . ’ |
6 | what , what you need to do , and the sooner you do it the better , the sooner you can get the information the better , is to set out those sort of philosophical issues |
7 | The timbers are badly shaped and put together ; such a structure can only be a vehicle for plants and the sooner they cover it the better . |
8 | And the longer he held her the weaker she felt . |
9 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
10 | Yesterday I fed him the bony scraps from my reindeer stew and he is now mine for ever . |
11 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
12 | One further thing that will help you to be a successful prescriber ; the more you enjoy it the easier it will be . |
13 | The more she praised me the quicker the needles clicked . |
14 | three questions later they ask them the very question they just answered |
15 | ‘ The MCC made a profit of £568,000 last year , it had administrative expenses of £2.2 million which included Pounds 47,000 spent on ‘ hospitality ’ — now they begrudge us the paltry sum of Pounds 17,000 for a worthy cause for the good of cricket . |
16 | Well I tell you the best one is |
17 | Well you bought me the new vacuum cleaner . |
18 | Well you did it the other day but then you did n't have a teddy in your hand did you ? |
19 | His face serious , he pleaded softly , ‘ Ca n't you pay me the same compliment , Hilary ? |
20 | I said well , why do n't you call me the proper name , is it a ? |
21 | Well we wish you the best of luck , and er well let us know how you get on when you get back . |
22 | Well I was supposed to be but erm every single time they arrange it and they either tell me the wrong da well they told me the wrong day last week cos , they told me Tuesd they told me it was Thursday when it , when it was actually Tuesday when I was getting pissed at Scott 's house so erm it was too late by then . |
23 | Frequently they give her the exact day they decided life was not worth living , and sometimes even the time of day the decision was made . |
24 | Nowadays he teaches them the cowardly art of aggressive selling to the elderly and disabled . |
25 | And then I saw her the next day and and then I realized the and then I came back home and I told her why does n't she see there 's something changed . |
26 | And having my kind of build , being quite big and wearing miniskirts , I know that sometimes it gets me the wrong kind of attention from boys only interested in physical relationships . |
27 | That you have a map of an island ; that there 's crosses on the map to show where treasure is ; and that the island is — ’ Then he told us the exact place . |
28 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
29 | They wo n't wear it for one minute when I tell them the whole story . ’ |
30 | But as , as I say it was a job at that time and and in fact I 'd never , this was the only factory I had n't fancied , working in was the B M K , and yet I like it the best . |