Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Plandome , Long Island , where she built herself an Italian-style villa and where she died 29 October 1924 . |
| 2 | It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain . |
| 3 | ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril . |
| 4 | No , you do n't : for the simple reason that I suppressed it a few pages ago . |
| 5 | Tall , tanned , golden hair , and those blue eyes so full of honesty and humour that I thought him a warm , generous man . |
| 6 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |
| 7 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 8 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 9 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 10 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 11 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 12 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 13 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 14 | Although she considers herself a practical , outgoing person more than an intellectual , she has always found literature a great mental enricher . |
| 15 | He spoke already in terms of collaboration — ‘ I sent you a few studies because you can see from them that she helps me a great deal by posing . |
| 16 | The only difference her success made was that she thought her an incompetent fool who was lucky enough to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 17 | But she looked back to her own childhood and wondered where she had got the idea that she knew what a normal family would be like . |
| 18 | Anne felt that she considered her a green fool , and Mabel was indignant that Hetty was very ready to accept the ‘ perks ’ of the job , such as the cakes and bread given to the staff by Mrs Dyson , and the extra money from Mr Dyson , but was always on the alert for any infringement of her rights . |
| 19 | I 'm glad there 's somebody 's come up with that one because that 's the only time that you say something a little bit different from the number itself . |
| 20 | So when you 're planning your retirement , make sure that you give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income . |
| 21 | ‘ You 've won , Leo , ’ she managed quietly , ‘ and I hope with all my heart that you find it a pyrrhic victory . ’ |
| 22 | He begged her not to miss the party they were invited to on his account , so she made him a hot drink , turned on the TV and , making no bones about it , said she would be back in the morning . |
| 23 | It got to be hard to handle , so she bought herself a small file box and some packages of 2 × 3 cards . |
| 24 | She wanted to wound him as he was wounding her so she gave him a charming smile and said , ‘ How did you feel , Fernando , when Maria Luisa slid into your bed at that hour ? ’ |
| 25 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |
| 26 | They have asked that we give them a similar quantity from each department . |
| 27 | We did n't want our poor prisoner to get wet , so we gave him a nice yellow raincoat , you see . |
| 28 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 29 | And to cap it all , it had to be on a case as weird as this that they sent him a Substitute Prosecutor who watched his performance with amused detachment . |
| 30 | There is a story that they bet him a substantial sum that he could not read a certain number of books of the Bible without talking . |