Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 2 | ‘ How many of them lacked only the good fortune that saved you ? ’ |
| 3 | In any case , the Dwarfs saw in the savage human tribes potential allies to help them fight the Orcs and , ultimately , to help them win back the lost Dwarf fortresses . |
| 4 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 5 | I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . |
| 6 | Anyway I made completely the wrong decision with her with her the first time . |
| 7 | I twisted around and almost blinded myself by staring straight into the sun , but then , through the dizzying glare , I made out the long silhouette of a tall man who seemed , incongruously , to be dressed in a long , transparent dressing gown . |
| 8 | NOT and I repeat NOT the main carriage , as someone I know once did ! |
| 9 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 10 | I mean even the highest spirit of Reason which , according to Nicholas of Cusa , guards the gate in the wall around Paradise — a wall which is built of contradictions . |
| 11 | I mean erm presumably I mean obviously the local authority has its own people |
| 12 | I tell them all about the bar-tailed lark and the Berbers but they 're looking at me in a very strange way and I mean now the whole story sounds pretty crazy to me as I 'm telling it . |
| 13 | I mean deliberately the actual community itself was set up , so it does have representation from the , the community . |
| 14 | Martens says : ‘ Of course I realised immediately the historic importance of the book and the show together . |
| 15 | I led up the awkward flake crack to a sitting stance on the Pedestal — a huge , flat topped flake stuck to the face — and called up the big guns . |
| 16 | Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list . |
| 17 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 18 | With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements , I loped up the grassy knoll to the court . |
| 19 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |
| 20 | ‘ I make always the same thing , corsets etc . |
| 21 | The more work I make there the more reason I research the geography , social history , climate , agriculture , literature , music , painting and individuals associated with it . |
| 22 | Peeling the shit-stained newspaper from the bottom of the cage , I emptied out the accumulated guano and went off to look for some fresh newspaper . |
| 23 | I registered only the habitual glow of pleasurable comfort , but when I opened the envelope the reaction was one of electric shock . |
| 24 | By the time I got up the next morning , I had determined to sell the baker 's shop to the highest bidder unless Charlie Trumper were willing to take on the responsibility himself . |
| 25 | Said yeah and then I changed my mind as soon as I got out the fucking door . |
| 26 | So I got out the original word processor program disks and loaded them into the directory . |
| 27 | er if it 's people give you things like reference lists and reading lists , I mean sometimes that 's the most confusing thing to be given because you do n't know , I used to think you were supposed to read everything on them er and I actually tried doing that once or twice and I could n't find stuff in Aston library so I ran up the er town library and went to Birmingham University library and then I got back the next week and I realized that I was about the only person who 'd actually done that and other people had n't |
| 28 | I experienced exactly the same difficulty with my Panasonic printer when , like William , I upgraded to Windows 3.1 and Word 2 . |
| 29 | ‘ I found out the following day how much it was worth when a dealer offered me £40,000 . ’ |
| 30 | I found out the matching address from Directory Inquiry and went round there . " |