Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 2 | Let's say erm we forget about all that ten pound early and you owed me a hundred pounds , right , and I say erm forget that , just , just take it away , forget it it 's gone , you 're a hundred pounds better off . |
| 3 | ‘ And you gave me the best ! ’ |
| 4 | And you call me a bad driver . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 7 | Mr Hobbs gave her back her teeth and she shot me a desperate little smile . |
| 8 | One is she 's very interested in the occult , erm , she actually practices tarot card readings , and what she calls the crystal oracle , and she gave me a brief explanation , which is throwing a load of rocks up a cloth er , but I 'm not going to push me |
| 9 | And she gave me a significant look . |
| 10 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And she gave me an indulgent look and she said , ‘ I 'm really sorry , the pictures made me feel tender feelings for you , but they just really did not arouse me . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 15 | ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 17 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 18 | and I visited their friends and went to their church with them and they gave me a wonderful time , did everything for me |
| 19 | Not only was Pumblechook 's elbow in my eye , but I was n't allowed to speak , and they gave me the worst pieces of meat . |
| 20 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |
| 21 | We spent the morning raking gently , and he told me a long and obscene story about a girl called Tina Jelly from Aldershot . |
| 22 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 23 | And he sent me a lovely Mother 's Day card |
| 24 | And he brought me an American train , complete with a cowcatcher and a figure-eight track . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 26 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 27 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 28 | And he gave me a bad ticket , bastard . |
| 29 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |