Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , exploit them , but do not get too close to them or show them any affection . |
| 2 | At the close of the Ecclesiastical History Bede wrote that such serious commotions had characterized the beginning and course of the reign that it was impossible to know what to say about them or anticipate their eventual outcome ( HE V , 23 ) . |
| 3 | He sent his parents a letter promising that ‘ if the good Lord God be merciful unto me and bring me safe home again , I will all the days of my life serve Him in praising His Holy name and exhorting others ’ . |
| 4 | test me and know my anxious thoughts . |
| 5 | But do n't blame yourself — you could n't have been expected to warn me and risk your own job . |
| 6 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |
| 7 | I also take billy kids for a pal near me and rear them free range with lots of love and cuddles . |
| 8 | This is all of a piece with the way some men assume they may stare at women , stand close to them and invade their physical space by touching . |
| 9 | The Book Trade needs to examine them and reach its own conclusions . |
| 10 | In order to make it a little more difficult , blindfold them and take them four paces away from the target . |
| 11 | With the rebuff from Moore , he and Harris had been forced to split west and north London between them and do their own distribution . |
| 12 | She imagined the young doctor coming to this simple village , the home of his grandmother , to build his business empire , getting to know and love the villagers as he did so , and deciding to live with them and spend his spare time caring for them as a doctor . |
| 13 | Modernization and the prevailing orthodoxy encouraged the view that Japan was superior to her Asian neighbours and had a duty to promote change in them and fulfil her own destiny . |
| 14 | First of all we offer a good a service as possible , we try to get to know the individuals , and help them and give them individual advice . |
| 15 | It 's unlikely that they will trap you and use your bad reply . |
| 16 | Beggars , when you give them money , bless you and wish you good luck , a gold tooth flashing surprisingly in a dusky smile suddenly lighting a dirty face . |
| 17 | It was very nice to hear from you and have your latest news . |
| 18 | Your feet are a mystery in shoes that look like velvet , look like suede , fit you and enhance you and tantalise my warm mouth with desire every time you move your toes . |
| 19 | He took great care not to touch her or allow his grubby clothes to come into contact with her beautiful skirt and creamy-white blouse . |
| 20 | She nearly always does go to bed with me , if I shout at her a lot or threaten her or give her enough money . |
| 21 | If a harem is travelling alone and encounters an all-male group , the male then faces the risk that adult males from the group will attack him and usurp his reproductive role . |
| 22 | A man who was very friendly with another , or his senior kinsmen , could adopt a more expository technique : he would sit facing him and take his left hand ; as he made his points he would take his friend 's little finger , move it away from the others and hold it : ‘ first … ‘ then the next finger : ‘ second … ‘ ; until he had moved the digits all to one side , like beads on an abacus . |
| 23 | He would be there the next morning if summoned , and Nigel could have a general discussion with him and leave him some sums to do regarding the all-decisive head . |
| 24 | I kept in touch after that , obviously , and continued to badger him and send him new material until I was signed last August . |
| 25 | Many people who work in offices may identify with her and envy her new working conditions . |
| 26 | Gradually , she relaxed sufficiently for Savognia to feel able to leave her and join his other guests . |
| 27 | What could she say to him except that she felt her life — their life together — slipping away ; that whether she survived or slid wearily from her broken body , there was no longer any prospect of happiness for them ; that he should forget her and make his own world without her ? |
| 28 | ‘ A pity that you had to lose her and earn your own living . ’ |
| 29 | She must not allow thoughts of Jake to disturb her and upset her precious peace of mind . |
| 30 | And he besought his mother that she would love her even as she loved him himself , and that she would do good to her and show her great honour , for which he should ever serve her with the better good will . |