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 .
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