Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I came across it the other day , I was slightly embarrassed . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Even Terry Lewis hinted at it when I spoke to him the other evening . |
| 8 | ‘ I spoke to her the other day at a charity meeting and she was telling me that her poor brother died recently . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I said to him the other day , well four weeks ago . |
| 12 | I said to him the other morning I said do that again I said look , I 'll get you out of bed . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | I ran into him the other day . ’ |
| 15 | 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. ) |
| 16 | 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 ! |
| 17 | He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | You drove past me the other day when I drov , was it you ? |
| 20 | What had she seen in him the other day that had been so disturbing ? |
| 21 | Oh yeah , I , but I did n't realize you know with him the old man , the toughy , yeah |
| 22 | Her tone teasing , she added , ‘ If you went about it the right way I 'm positive you could have her eating out of your hand in no time at all . |
| 23 | ‘ She also said if you went about it the right way you could have me eating out of your hand . ’ |
| 24 | Night fishing can be enjoyable in its own right , even without the added attraction of fishing at the most likely times for fish to feed , but only if you go about it the right way . |
| 25 | But squatting itself is not illegal if you go about it the right way . |
| 26 | She was immediately recognisable , though she 'd had the scarf on as she sped past me the only other time I 'd seen her . |
| 27 | When you think about it the ancient Greeks had some pretty good ideas . |
| 28 | When you think about it the Compact goals are just the sort of goals that every school has anyway . |
| 29 | If you think of it the other way when , what happens when a price , when a price falls , alright , if farmers er , assume that price fall will be sustained over a number of periods , then they think , right well in order to achieve the same level of income , right , as I did previously , if prices have fallen , I 'm going to have to increase my output . |
| 30 | She had about her the rich glow of a woman who excelled at everything which constituted a woman 's work . |