Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 He left them cooking each other supper and drinking brandy .
2 They had three on on door I mean three security men but it 's not worth it mind .
3 I produced some option plans and they took to it like a duck takes to water . ’
4 I met other bird watchers and we swopped sightings .
5 That was until I met this fellow Johnson and we went to Kyrle Hall .
6 When I got that letter June and , were it Tuesday ?
7 All because I got a , I got a job , you know , I got that security job and everything
8 I found some cotton stuff that would do nicely to replace the sacking at our windows , and a pair of linen sheets .
9 But I found some barbecue recipes and all that that 'd be good .
10 Instead , I phoned Labour Party headquarters and spoke to Mr Whitty , the person in charge of national membership .
11 Ah , but I mean you do you ai n't gon na get the experience , I phoned this job line that 's been advertised on the telly this week and erm it 's like second chance , you can go and have erm experience , get experience
12 I want good finance women and I want good information women .
13 I want those chicken things that we had before .
14 There I dampened some paper towels and wiped the flour off the goodies I 'd removed from Flaxperson .
15 And I put that hob cleaner and all on it like .
16 Finally , I added some Astrantia minor and iberis flowers .
17 I attend regular ward meetings or staff meetings …
18 I attend regular ward meetings or staff meetings : weekly , monthly , quarterly , seldom , never ( write-in ) .
19 Ca n't decide whether I like those shell suits or not really .
20 I ca n't decide whether I like those shell suits or not , you know , sort of thing .
21 I get phantom leg pains and pins and needles which is very annoying .
22 I visit many manufacturing companies and ask them about the state of their order books .
23 I remember old plain Jane when her transformation
24 Like all social historians , I find more property deeds than grocery bills in the archives .
25 I swallowed bitter coffee dregs and the last mouthful of chocolate cake .
26 I saw one demonstrator crumple as the rest fled …
27 And I saw some liquorice root and I said , oh !
28 I have n't been into her bedroom though I saw some chair legs and a pair of shoes as I passed the half-open door .
29 I use Mesozoic brachiopod examples because they are the only ones I can believe in wholeheartedly from my own work .
30 So I think that disaster preparedness and , and , and making yourself safer comes only when you have quite a large surplus , and that means in the developed countries of the world , like the Californian was much , much less likely to die from an earthquake even though he lives in a very vulnerable part of the world , than perhaps erm a rural person in Central America .
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