Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together they plot to undermine and ruin their errant spouses by hitting them where it hurts corporate types the hardest : their egos and bank balances . |
| 2 | But it seems to me that he needs other people to bounce off , even though he can do it all himself . |
| 3 | To build up a shop 's reputation in the public eye ( ie to make customers more aware of the shop and the goods it offers , and to convince them that it provides good value and good service ) |
| 4 | Please pass on my condolences and tell her to call me if she needs any help . ’ |
| 5 | They are invisible to humans , although a child born on a Sunday may glimpse them if he puts one foot inside a fairy ring . |
| 6 | And these people who are moaning and groaning at Jesus , Jesus turns to them and he speaks this parable . |
| 7 | Every day she or he produces nine lbs of hazardous waste and drives an average of 30 miles . |
| 8 | If judicial review is seen as going further and being concerned with the protection of groups as well as individuals , standing rules should only require that the applicant show that he , she or it shares some interest with others . |
| 9 | And if it is the manner in which I address her which concerns you , let me tell you that she derives great enjoyment from such acerbic exchanges . |
| 10 | ‘ It teaches you to be patient and determined , and reminds you that it takes hard work and practice when things are n't going right . ’ |
| 11 | Then turning to Elmer again : ‘ Your shmeckle ( penis ) tells you that it has another function — apart from pissing . |
| 12 | ‘ Nick 's about seven years younger than me but he has tremendous talent . |
| 13 | Well I would expect that the Prime Minister would , I think this nonsense that is behind all this is that because I am talking to Gerry Adams , they do n't want to be seen to be talking to me because it looks this fingerprint argument |
| 14 | Hart has formally been nominated by the Auckland union , but he has informed Auckland and several other unions who support him that he wants more time to decide whether he really wants the toil and trouble of being the All Black coach . |
| 15 | He is very stupid , but you can trust him and he knows more islands than all the crew put together . " |
| 16 | 1 Mr Smith has 10 men working for him and he pays each man $86.55 a week . |
| 17 | There are advantages in transferring the investments to your wife altogether so that the income arises to her if she has spare allowances , or if you are in the age allowance trap and she is not . |
| 18 | When I want a change of scenery I 'll ask her if she wants any help . |
| 19 | I tell him if he harbours any ideas about staying with me , he 'd better kick the gear . |
| 20 | When his sister , Phoebe , asks him if he has any career ambitions , Holden tells her that he would like to be the ‘ Catcher in the Rye ’ ( a misquote from a poem by Robert Burns ) . |
| 21 | I can smell the faggy smell even when he has brushed his teeth a couple of time and rinsed with mouthwash ’ ) and drinking ( ‘ If my husband has been drinking I do n't like to kiss him because he has stale breath ’ ) . |
| 22 | Bill and Hillary 's only child has been assigned a secret service agent to protect her while she attends public school near Little Rock . |
| 23 | Stand over him while he makes those calls . ’ |
| 24 | I stop staring at her as she repeats several times , ‘ You are Scottish ? |
| 25 | He is a former partner of Gaffer Hexam 's , but Hexam repudiates him when he finds that Riderhood has been robbing live bodies as well as dead ones . |
| 26 | If the sociologist is present at the moment of speech-production , whether as observer or interviewer , then he or she plays some part in the creation of the dialogue . |
| 27 | For someone suffering from addiction there is no such thing as free choice : he or she gets unconditional damage from the addictive use of drugs or alcohol . |
| 28 | See that your client initials all alterations to any document executed , and that he or she signs any plan attached to it — this being unnecessary , however , if the plan is drawn on the actual document . |
| 29 | The marine invertebrate keeper will encounter more uninvited guests than other hobbyists if he or she uses living rock to decorate their tanks . |
| 30 | All too easily , he or she forms subjective opinions about the relative sales potential of different territories , but lacks an objective framework for setting sales quotas . |