Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 2 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 3 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 4 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 5 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 6 | He begged her not to miss the party they were invited to on his account , so she made him a hot drink , turned on the TV and , making no bones about it , said she would be back in the morning . |
| 7 | She wanted to wound him as he was wounding her so she gave him a charming smile and said , ‘ How did you feel , Fernando , when Maria Luisa slid into your bed at that hour ? ’ |
| 8 | We did n't want our poor prisoner to get wet , so we gave him a nice yellow raincoat , you see . |
| 9 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 10 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 11 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 12 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
| 13 | If I show you the general norms it makes a lot more sense . |
| 14 | Well if I tell you a little secret about this . |
| 15 | ‘ What if I tell you the whole truth ? |
| 16 | It would n't look very good if I gave you a great big rambling piece of paper now to tell you about communications |
| 17 | You see , if I do you a wrong and you forgive me , it 's not because I 've exercised grace , it 's because you 've exercised the grace . |
| 18 | The only way people will trust me is if I give them a signed piece of paper with my address on . ’ |
| 19 | Do you think you can manage the walk back to Three Colt Street , if I give you a helping hand ? ’ |
| 20 | Fax quality can be tuned — if someone sends you a grotty fax you can apply the ‘ fax vacuum ’ to suck up all the specks and marks . |
| 21 | If someone bought me an expensive perfumed soap , I would save it — not believing I would ever have another — until I found it years later , grubby and odourless ! |
| 22 | ‘ My mother can come with us until I find her a suitable companion . ’ |
| 23 | Once Anne had accepted the fact that I was n't gon na work in the foreseeable future , and it was her choice that we stay , cos I gave her a clear choice , it was either move away where I could get work , or stay and suffer the wages of the dole like you know . |
| 24 | He began to nibble the lobe of her ear and seemed lost for a moment until she gave him a little shake to encourage him to go on and explain . |
| 25 | The interview goes well until you give him a friendly pat on the back … |
| 26 | Perhaps if she asked him a simple , straightforward question she would receive a simple , straightforward answer in return . |
| 27 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 28 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
| 29 | and a half , one over two the reciprocal of a half if you turn it the other way round it 's two over one |
| 30 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |