Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mummy was coming rather slowly , so I asked the little girl her name . |
| 2 | I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it . |
| 3 | I mean the only country I spent a lot of time in , in , in Europe is Austria , and then I only stopped in remote villages , you know , more or less , so er , I mean they rely on eh , tourist trade , they rely on tourist trade , where , where I 've |
| 4 | ought to be said really , since Alan is not here and is erm is resigning , well perhaps that could come a little later on because I think both Joan and Alan er there should be some record other than this about the work they have put in for the Society er I mean the only idea I have , I do n't know how much of a a precedent this is , whether , whether anybody should be offered life membership of the the society or is that only for do you have to reach a certain age |
| 5 | I mean the only reason I 'm I 'm running up these debts is that now I 've got so little capital left , that I 've got to keep the capital for sheer disasters like the boiler . |
| 6 | No , I mean the only reason I ask is if we do a mailing of a particular thing , then very often the the offer that the market can make , or one of them , is , you know , to see a specimen cassette |
| 7 | ‘ I mean the overwhelming desire we currently feel for each other , ’ he said softly . |
| 8 | but Jack is so temperamental these days , I mean the other day he went by he said oh |
| 9 | I mean the other morning I looked down and somebody had thrown up in the street |
| 10 | I mean the other week she wanted to go to a school disco and I said look hang on n get your priorities right . |
| 11 | If I think you I mean you can go into it if you 've erm I mean the minimum qualification they say is only G C S Es |
| 12 | I mean the British manufacture them , why , why do you buy Italian yarns ? |
| 13 | Everyone does n't have their birthday in February and March , I mean the whole world everyone 's bonking in |
| 14 | I raise the delicate question he 's been avoiding . |
| 15 | I only stopped working frenziedly hour after hour after I met the English boy I 'd just thrown water over moments before . |
| 16 | ‘ I got the distinct impression you were jealous . ’ |
| 17 | I ca n't somebody had a sale on in Gateshead so we went there and then we went to the Co-op , and of course , I got the exact paper I wanted , just sort of this mottley mottley , marbly pale peach |
| 18 | Secondly , I tried the 3-day diet which was so depriving during the diet days ( 3 days on , 2 days off ) that I still binged every week , felt terrible mentally and my weight fluctuated ! |
| 19 | In this Church where I encounter the Triune God I am called to worship with my whole being . |
| 20 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 21 | Over the watershed , the A.87 runs alongside Loch Cluanie , now a reservoir , below the steep slopes of more Munros ; on the summit of one of them , Carn Ghluasaid , I disturbed the only ptarmigan I have ever seen . |
| 22 | But I forget the exact date it was fifty o two or fifty one or fifty two but the N U R were threatening a strike to strike over a wage claim . |
| 23 | ‘ I want the little girl who comes here with Betty . |
| 24 | ‘ I used the only fact I had about the man who had dealt with the News of the World . |
| 25 | We were talking about flowers and I mentioned the wild garlic which I had seen growing in Wiltshire . |
| 26 | That had more to do with management and the presentation of the play to those who were backing it — so instead of playing Beefy , who is described as ‘ the world 's most beatific observer ’ I played the opposite number who was ‘ the world 's last shy elegant young man ’ . |
| 27 | now I done the blue sky we 've got to do |
| 28 | ‘ — and then I belonged to the Pasha of Re'durat and played a prominent part in the battle of the Great Nef , which is where I received the slight nick you may have noticed some two-thirds of the way up my blade , ’ Kring was saying from its temporary home in a tussock . |
| 29 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 30 | I give the old bastard his due , he was a fair man . |