Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It was rather touching that when I told him who the other members of the cast were — Ian Richardson , Zena Walker and Freddie Jones — he said : ‘ Do they know who it is who 's playing the character ? ’ |
2 | When I tell them what a great teacher you are , they 'll be dead keen to join . ’ |
3 | ‘ Are you contradicting my professional knowledge , you ignorant little reptile , ’ he yelled , ‘ I tell you its a bloody sturgeon . ’ |
4 | I tell you what the biggest racist are the black , black , not so much the blacks , are the Asians |
5 | I use it myself the same way . ’ |
6 | And do you know what it every spare minute I had after , he was after me was n't he ? |
7 | You show me what a clever girl you are ? |
8 | ‘ While I was with her , ’ I said , ‘ she told me what a wonderful husband you had always been to her — always , in every way , all your married life . ’ |
9 | She told him what the old lady had said . |
10 | Well when it went three nothing I thought here we go , I 've got all my friends and family , you know , come and watch , you tell them what a good side they are , and last few games they looked a good side — three nothing down in fifteen minutes . |
11 | Can you tell me what the current position is as you understand it |
12 | Can you tell me what an electric charge really is ? |
13 | But just to make even surer , I am going to ask you to tell me what the three things are that could make you rich . ’ |
14 | Did n't we give him one a few years ago ? ’ |
15 | That you know that is actually something personally , I mean you know if you take it back to the conversation we had this morning with what we do what what the eleventh year are ending up with |
16 | He asked me who the young man with the dark curly hair was , and I told him . |
17 | The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ . |
18 | As the chauffeur drives us home , he tells us what a lovely girl that Denice is , and we tell him that 's the truth . |
19 | He gives me what the French call a curious regard and asks me to explain myself . |
20 | It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation . |