Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked a passing cop what was going on , but he just double-took on me and snarled , ‘ You would n't believe it . ’ |
| 2 | ( Do you know , years ago I asked a wise man who lived in a cave outside Alexandria why this happens ? |
| 3 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 4 | So I er when I said it to him , on top I made a good job I says . |
| 5 | And I mean a great thrill he was to us , he cried come here and see this and here was among all his little moles , he had a white one a pure white mole . |
| 6 | I mean a free press which is edited by one of my relatives . |
| 7 | In the Southern the staff as always were great and I met a new doctor who told me that he was my brother in Jesus and in the hospitals I met many Christian nurses too . |
| 8 | Well , I have practised yoga for many years , but then I met a Jesuit priest who had been sent to the Far East by the Catholic Church to experience the Buddhist way and see how it might relate to Catholic worship . |
| 9 | At San Vicente Hospital , when I went to give birth , I met a young woman who had been coerced and she only had three children . |
| 10 | Engaging the baitrunner I met a firm resistance which judging by the earlier fish suggested that this might be somewhat better . |
| 11 | I got a stupid feeling I just moved that pawn again . |
| 12 | But I got a distinct impression he did n't want me to see what he was writing . |
| 13 | At last I found a young doctor who gave me a curious look , but I begged him to examine Rachel , which he did , and then looked up and said , ‘ My dear lady , your daughter has bubonic plague ! ’ |
| 14 | Now when I say a black eye I mean one that actually looks blue-black and is quite swollen . |
| 15 | But er we eventually beat it though and as I say a good colliery you could er you could beat 'em to it . |
| 16 | With this in mind I phoned a good friend who runs a detector shop and asked whether he had any decent second-hand machines for sale of the same type as my old one . |
| 17 | When I want a new chair I 'll go and have a look at what he 's got . |
| 18 | yes , we need one of these to make , clean out the deep fat fryer oh I want a french stick What 's the problem ? |
| 19 | I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking . |
| 20 | Returning on the bus from Medenine I noticed a solitary blonde whom I assumed was a stray package tourist from one of the hotels on the west of the island . |
| 21 | I came second which I was very glad about and I received a pink certificate which I still have . |
| 22 | If I meet a bad guy I usually have to shake hands with him and do a deal . ’ |
| 23 | When I watch a gay video I can imagine myself as any or all of the participants , or just sit back and enjoy being a voyeur . |
| 24 | I recall a young woman who fainted , |
| 25 | I know a little boy who had that |
| 26 | I like a good thriller myself but I never have time to read them . ’ |
| 27 | I like a big settee I do . |
| 28 | If I get a decent vote I intend going to the Guinness Book of Records for the highest number of votes for the smallest expenditure . ’ |
| 29 | I remember a horrifying dream I had during one Wimbledon wherein I was sitting on top of a tall step-ladder half-way down the garden in the umpire 's position — not awarding points to the thrusting vegetation below but conducting them with a baton . |
| 30 | I remember a stately home which proudly displayed a Nelson letter the original of which was in the National Maritime Museum . |