Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See my dad likes videos and things like that but he wa he , I know he likes aftershave , he likes that Old Spice and that so I thought well I 'll get him something like that or I thought I sort of saw cos I 'm going shopping Saturday , I 'm trying to get it all Saturday if I can . |
| 2 | Or you leave your opponent with equal numbers in a row . |
| 3 | Often the press reports fail to state the facts completely or they slant their account of the case . |
| 4 | Or they made their contribution through Lutheran forms , as happened in the famous case of Greiter 's melody for Ps.119 , ‘ Es sind doch alle ’ . |
| 5 | It was a way of escape and I buried my nose in their fragrance . |
| 6 | As you know , you have always had my warm personal support , and I accepted your decision with deep regret . |
| 7 | The coffee hit the spot , though , and I drank my way through the whole pot and threw in a couple of cigarettes for good measure . |
| 8 | Fifty years ago , Debussy fans could only buy records of this or that piano piece from the Préludes , Estampes , Children 's Corner and so on , and I remember my pleasure as a child in acquiring HMV 's 12-inch shellac disc of Rubinstein playing the Prélude from Pour le piano ( labelled as ‘ Prelude in A minor ’ ) coupled with Ravel 's ‘ Forlane ’ from Le tombeau de Couperin . |
| 9 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 10 | And erm it was like crooked and I got my nail behind there like that right ? |
| 11 | The weights moved , tumbling over me like a cold sack of potatoes , and I eased my head round them in order to breathe . |
| 12 | At the end of my reading , the lecturer asked the newcomer his name , and I heard his voice for the first time — a soft , warm American accent , with the rich , furry tone the English find so attractive . |
| 13 | At the hospital I got changed and was in the admittance room and I heard my dad outside saying , " Do you want me to sign for anything ? " |
| 14 | And I know my love by his way of talking |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been fortunate enough to work with the likes of Joe Mercer and Jack Charlton and I know my place in a football club . |
| 16 | New pastures indeed and I regret my lack of education in historical bibliography . |
| 17 | I could n't have gone to a better place because they 'd got most parts of the country and one thing and another and I fitted their bill to a tee . |
| 18 | I wondered — and I judged her age at about thirty . |
| 19 | With a final burst of furious rain , the sky cleared and I dragged my bag along the road in blinding sunshine . |
| 20 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 21 | Yeah and I had my bottle of wine and all drunk before the end |
| 22 | I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly . |
| 23 | He paused in the doorway , ‘ And I wish you joy of your solitude , since that 's what you seem to prefer , but I warn you it 's going to be a wild night , so you 'd better make sure everything is secured before you turn in tonight . |
| 24 | He sat next to me and I wrinkled my nose at the sweaty odour emanating from the long , black , food-stained gown he wore . |
| 25 | Scawsby leaned closer and I wrinkled my nose at his sour breath . |
| 26 | Maybe you only get one chance at a fish like that — a particular fish anyway — and I blew my chance through not planning what I was going to do after I had hooked him . |
| 27 | It was much warmer , and I kept my sorrow to myself . |
| 28 | Every noise frightened me , and I kept my hand on my gun under my coat . |
| 29 | You will follow every suggestion she makes because the only way you can get back to Paris is on two feet and I doubt your ability to even walk across this room . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ She spent Christmas with me and my wife Pam and I took her dog for a walk . ’ |