Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 2 | Hell , I had a bumper sticker saying ‘ Have You Hugged Your Kids Today ? ’ and , sure , I hugged them every day I could , but nowadays I sometimes wonder just what in hell is going on inside their heads . |
| 3 | I made myself the timetable you know . |
| 4 | I said the first thing that came into my mind , but once I 'd had time to think everything through I realised what a mistake I 'd made . |
| 5 | It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been . |
| 6 | If I got him a chop I 'd have a sausage or an egg with the bairns . |
| 7 | I realise what a fool I was , throwing myself at you the way I did . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
| 9 | I sense it the moment we are inside the front door . |
| 10 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 11 | I told it the way it felt , not as it actually was . |
| 12 | Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows . |
| 13 | I show him , I show him the way I do it , and go through it with him . |
| 14 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 15 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
| 16 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 17 | I read it every time I wanted to think of home — the tears used to come to my eyes . ’ |
| 18 | If I give him money he goes and spends it If I lend him the bike he loses it He 's completely unreliable |
| 19 | ‘ But there , I know what a friend you are to Mother . ’ |
| 20 | Yeah well I did n't wan na have to sit here waiting for you , cos I know you every time you say oh so and so |
| 21 | I get it , I get it every time I come into one of these but I I hope that I 've got it in got them in formation . |
| 22 | I get it every time I go swimming |
| 23 | If I tell you a story you 'd have to agree to tell it to somebody else . |
| 24 | When I tell you the reason I 'm going you 'll wish you 'd let me go . |
| 25 | Did I tell you the name They 're place is called , oh there , there was er couple of weeks ago , they had a strip show |
| 26 | ‘ I knew it the moment I saw it last Sunday . |
| 27 | the minute I saw what a mess she 'd made |
| 28 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 29 | I bet you a shillin' he 's not dead . |
| 30 | He read it aloud , then handed the paper back to her , and I thought what a pity it was to have to worry about that wretched boy on the one really good day we had had since our arrival . |