Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 2 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 3 | So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know . |
| 4 | For me there has always been — and I count it the greatest of all blessings — a window never finally blacked out , a light never finally extinguished . |
| 5 | At only 18 , Dundas will be seeing things through young and excited eyes and I wish him the best . |
| 6 | I was interested to hear the Hon. Gentleman raise the subject of the scanner proposal , and I wish it the best of success . |
| 7 | His name was Edward Greenwood , and as they all sat down , he said , ‘ I 've heard all about you from Helen and I wish you the best of luck . |
| 8 | And I kept it the same and that 's When we bought this in nineteen fifty four , there was a lot of alterations to be done . |
| 9 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 10 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 11 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 12 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 13 | ‘ Tom and I saw it the other day , ’ she was saying . |
| 14 | No she bought a second lo a second twenty lot of twenty and I give her the first lot back probably . |
| 15 | And I give him the whole book what lists names and numbers and what not . |
| 16 | ‘ The Medjay captain asked me that too , and I give you the same answer : how would an escaped convict find his way into the compound ? |
| 17 | Then I , for a few minutes , we 've got only fifteen minutes so , about twelve to fifteen minutes , and I explain them the historical aspects . |
| 18 | It seems to have a mind of its own , and I call it The Great One . |
| 19 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 20 | Absolutely they 're reading it with you so they 're with you so you 're you 're holding their interest even though you 're not actually saying anything , yeah , and again you may you may have noticed well another thing is once you 've once you 're written put the pen down and the easiest thing in the world to have a but if you want to make a point and you probably noticed once I once I put the red lines around the red boxes round there and I gave you the first demonstration of the Aldershot method I stood here okay . |
| 21 | ‘ And you gave me the best ! ’ |
| 22 | So you add them together and you give it the same sign . |
| 23 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 24 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 25 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 26 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 27 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
| 28 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 29 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 30 | ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’ |