Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [verb] i [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same .
2 Okay I actually went to a Beaujolais Nouveau evening the other evening and someone offered me a glass I said , Do n't be so bloody insulting who do you think I am .
3 Well , the people were so impressed they , you could have heard a pin drop in that hall , and he really in our Welsh way he put it over proper you know and erm the Chairman made a quite a nice remark in the end he said , Now he said we must remember these two fellows here , I said , They are Welsh and they speak Welsh as their first language they do n't speak it for fancy they use it every day and he said I think they 've done exceedingly well er to come down here and give us the Because what happen I was sit in the front row and somebody asked me a question and he said , Perhaps er Dafydd there can answer .
4 that came in my head and all I wan na do if money you can to I wan na love you , for my heart and you make me a brand new woman , you make me ha , you wan na
5 I give you the input and you tell me the answer .
6 Do you remember that evening — I had n't been working for you for very long — and you gave me a lift home ? ’
7 I have n't see you for almost a year , Victor , and you recognise me the instant I step through the door . ’
8 And you beat me every time , do n't you , you and all the people like you , Kegan ?
9 And who have I the pleasure of addressing ? ’
10 So I went to a designer , Denise Vaughan of Deni Vee , and she made me a couple of suits which really pleased me and I believed that I was on to something .
11 So I went back to the lady doctor and she gave me a cream and some tablets .
12 I asked why and she gave me a reply I had n't expected .
13 Right , the problem is that I ca n't seem to get through on the telephone , I phoned and her secretary came back and said you 've to phone and she gave me a guy 's name like and I got a number for him so I phoned it , ah he works in our Edinburgh office I phoned the Edinburgh office .
14 Er I said , No , and she gave me a letter to take down there you see .
15 Then she said I could look and she gave me a piece of cloth with a few coins in it which my mother had saved for me — and the ring .
16 And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said .
17 We got erm , got erm she bought me some Maltesers and she bought me a chocolate orange as well .
18 And she bought me the glass bowl .
19 Because I am 84 and live alone , she also pops in every morning and evening to ensure I am all right , and she gives me a bath once a week .
20 A group of lads talked loudly and one gave me the eye
21 and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday
22 and they sent me a box back .
23 My second Oscar was entirely due to Morecambe and Wise and they sent me a telegram to prove it : ‘ Stick with us and we 'll get you a third ’ , I think it was .
24 If it 's s something like that and they tell me the amount of furniture and if two thirds of the van will be filled with big stuff , and then they tell me there 'll be half a dozen boxes , I assume there 'll be at least four times that number of boxes , and if it 's still going to go on , we 'll do it .
25 Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use .
26 After I graduated from high school in 1984 I shaved my head and kept my hair short and they labelled me a skinhead .
27 and er I went there and they give me an estimate and erm when it went in the contacts she does was er no , it 's it 's more than we thought because the chassis 's twisted or
28 But they were very kind and they gave me a part in this play , it was called Tilly of Bloomsbury .
29 So I got the tyre off , and I got the spare on , and put the nuts on , and at the end of it , I gave a bow , and they gave me a round of applause .
30 place on Sunday and they gave me a meal .
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