Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
| 2 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
| 3 | I bought him one Christmas years and oh hey , we were just married and I ordered him an extending ladder from the Co-op |
| 4 | They usually need to be cooked and I use them a great deal with beans and in Mexican dishes , slicing them before cooking . |
| 5 | But on the day he came to the TWW studio to be interviewed , he brought her with him and I thought what a shy , pleasant girl she was . |
| 6 | did n't know it was two parts , till I and I thought what a funny way to end , I mean are they dead |
| 7 | The article made a deep impression on me and I thought what a wonderful coastline it would be to explore . |
| 8 | And I thought what a smashing idea for a television programme ! |
| 9 | And I said what a lovely little puppy , what 's her name , and it said Freda . |
| 10 | It did n't leave much time for going out to play , and I resented it a great deal . |
| 11 | And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see |
| 12 | And er I so so I brought her and her three friends that she 'd run , chummed about with them and I give them a good talking to for about an hour . |
| 13 | The penis stirs close to me , and I give it a wet nose . |
| 14 | shepherds pie yesterday and I did them a few chips with it as well . |
| 15 | She was a hard worker , and I call myself a hard worker and I know that some days I push myself too hard and my mother 's done that all her life . |
| 16 | And I send her a red rose with the same message . |
| 17 | I pretended it was Annie 's hair we was putting on the tree , and I called her a little angel , but she got upset about that , so I stopped . |
| 18 | He sank into a fireside chair and I poured him a small medicinal quart of Absinthe to steady his nerves . |
| 19 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
| 20 | I therefore completed to his satisfaction all the forms he gave me , and I gave him a detailed written description of our proposal , and a revised working drawing showing greater detail , with both of which he seemed satisfied . |
| 21 | After that I got us on to less dangerous ground , and I gave him a few tit-bits of intelligence , which was probably what he 'd been after . |
| 22 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
| 23 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 24 | Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’ |
| 25 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | If your child takes a peculiar liking to washing up , and you give it a sweet every time , it will start to get suspicious and realise that washing up actually is n't as much fun as it thought . |
| 28 | The sun flames orange and pink behind the trees above the house , the breeze is cool rather than cold , scented with flowers and the sea , and you think what a pleasant if rather bland place this would be to settle down . |
| 29 | ‘ Does it still happen to you , John , that you look back at yourself as you were six months ago and you think what an ignorant , innocent goose you were ! |
| 30 | and you see them a three weeks later and they say hello Tony and you think hello , who the hell are you ? . |