Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A group of burly malai soldiers came jogging in full combat gear from the other direction , the little sergeant who was trotting beside them bestowing on me a suspicious glare . |
| 2 | When I came across it the other day , I was slightly embarrassed . |
| 3 | When I walk on it the whole thing starts to move and I am soon covered in the grey dust I am stirring up ; it fills my nostrils and triggers a memory that links the smell with rock climbing . |
| 4 | I mean I 've never met Mrs. Thatcher , the only thing I know about her the only facts I have about her I 've got through the press . |
| 5 | I find in me A strange compulsion to direct all men E'en to the way they stand and walk or move . |
| 6 | I pierced the mask of the temporal that is a facade made hideous by the graffiti of desires and I saw behind it the real of human beings , that is , a masterpiece on the wheel of Eternity . |
| 7 | I stared at it a long time . |
| 8 | I looked at him a long time , and the smile went away . |
| 9 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 10 | At first I thought about it a good deal , naturally , and the more I thought the more I liked it . |
| 11 | About the homework bit er I thought about it the other day and obviously mine was n't brought up we 're having a set detention night are n't we ? |
| 12 | Even Terry Lewis hinted at it when I spoke to him the other evening . |
| 13 | ‘ I spoke to her the other day at a charity meeting and she was telling me that her poor brother died recently . |
| 14 | But I think about him a great deal . |
| 15 | Although there are no hon. Members from Scottish constituencies in their places at the moment , my hon. Friend the Minister made a passing reference to Scotland , which is one of the issues that I discussed with him the other evening . |
| 16 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |
| 17 | I said to him the other day , well four weeks ago . |
| 18 | I said to him the other morning I said do that again I said look , I 'll get you out of bed . |
| 19 | he 's , he 's like this , he 's got to get on , get everything done , that 's what I said to you the other day , leave |
| 20 | I had with me a good friend who knows the region well — he lives there — and he was following our route on a map . |
| 21 | I ran into him the other day . ’ |
| 22 | I recommend to him a good paragraph in ’ Raising the Standard ’ : ’ We propose that every LEA should be placed under a legal duty to maintain a local inspectorate of schools , separate from any team of advisers or advisory teachers . ’ |
| 23 | I wrote for him the following poem ; it seems to me now rather jejune , but it was the spontaneous overflow from a heart both proud and anxious , and not greatly concerned with turning out a literary exemplar : Parachutists ( for L.G.C. ) |
| 24 | As an example , I have before me a well-produced booklet , interestingly and appropriately written , which confounds the young reader with factual details about Hindu mythology and customs . |
| 25 | I have before me an official communication in which the advice of Your Majesty 's Government is formally tendered , to the effect that in view of the grave danger to which , in their opinion , this country is being exposed , your association with Mrs Simpson should be terminated forthwith . |
| 26 | ‘ I see in it a big step towards the achievement of these goals knowing that still it 's a long way to go with obstacles on the road that we shall have to remove — and it is possible to remove them , ’ Rabin added . |
| 27 | But like , Mr really really bad like maths teacher , he goes erm he goes to , she goes to him the other day oh you 're only picking on me cos I got ginger hair ! |
| 28 | He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself . |
| 29 | I found it interesting , however , that Maxine — or Martha — experienced no anxiety due to the nearness of the sea , even when she described to me a violent storm when giant waves lashed the walls of the seaside dwellings . |
| 30 | Rushing over to the open suitcase standing on a side table , she snatched from it the long paper-cutter she had brought back for Harold from New York . |