Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] a [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 If you honour me with a reply it will be in kind ; and then , God defend the right ! ’
2 If you thrash a horse it will hurt but if you touch it with a whip it 's a tactile thing which is far less than a horse nudging another one
3 I mean as soon as we 've got enough tapes in that we ca n't between us transcribe them in a week I buy another record er another transcription machine
4 Saw all the logs of wood up , put it on a trailer it was half a mile away from the cottage , when we came to the cottage door , give a shout , they all came out one after the other , there was a chain , put it under the stairs and that was us fine for about three weeks
5 But in latter days they came with a tank and they put it out and put it in a trailer you see but I just worked with bags when it was the first of it .
6 Imagine yourself in a room you love .
7 Yeah I mean she for a bit she was the party was n't she ?
8 Run it without a tape I think it is to get the test signal .
9 So if you hide something in a book you could say ‘ If you read you 'll find me ’ or if you hide a clue under a towel you could say ‘ You will find me when it 's time to dry yourself ’ .
10 People do n't mind being referred if it 's something that is genuinely but say they phone Leeds and Leeds do n't know and Leeds refer them to a number they think it is and then they refer to a third number then somebody gets .
11 Her voice was thin and cold , the way I like it After a while she cooed and cursed me into peace .
12 You see the thing is produce something like a pyon you have to create enough energy to make it , and in order to create enough energy the you have to produce particles colliding at very high speeds , and in order to produce these particles you have to accelerate them .
13 Next , before you find yourself in a situation you ca n't control you need to know about contraception and safe sex .
14 So how on earth they keep them to a schedule I do not know but I do n't want to know now .
15 Oh the , sprouts got you in the bath , went to and er kitchen to clean the sprouts , chuck them in a bowl I thought that 's funny , I did n't chuck that one in there !
16 And er anyway he come and ask me for a dance he did he goes , I 'm not much of dancer we did that one you know , what they call it ?
17 Turn it off a minute I got a joke .
18 No they would buy it somewhere and sell it at a profit you see .
19 The best part for the fans was when Spock turns to Captain Picard and says , ‘ You remind me of a captain I used to serve under . ’
20 you know , there 's no , whereas when you do it with a chisel it 's a bit of a , inverted commas
21 I mean myself as a councillor I think i if you 're a councillor you should be involved in the strike in one way or another you know .
22 Now how about I take you to a doctor I know in Swiss Cottage .
23 And when you write it as a number it 's the only time that you ever put any little letters next to it .
24 ‘ Not if I beat them to a pulp it wo n't .
25 In Dinny 's code , if you beat someone in a fight you made their life misery for as long as possible .
26 But oh , Nicodemus if you only see him as a teacher you only see the minute part of me !
27 So if you need it in a hurry it can be a problem .
28 And , although we are in Division Four , other clubs still see us as a team they really want to beat . ’
29 And I think that a lot of shoppers tend to forget that every time you buy anything from a shop , even if all you spent is ten pence , it does n't matter how little money you 've spent , but every time you buy anything from a shop you have a contract with the shop and the shop has a contract with you .
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