Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Office of Fair Trading , there 's evidence that some building societies choose firms that bring them mortgage business in return , so your estate agent may be tempted to steer you towards a building society that he needs to butter up . |
| 2 | Although there are between 30,000 and 50,000 Somalis squatting in the tiny littoral state of Djibouti , its government does not grant them refugee status and deports any Somalis - guerrillas or refugees — it catches crossing the border . |
| 3 | Well no I 'm gon na open Michelle and Andy 's and they 're gon na open ours I did n't bring everybody else 's cos we co we 're seeing them Christmas Day . |
| 4 | He gave me every encouragement , lent me camp equipment , provided me with a Somali called Ali as my headman and helped me collect the necessary servants . |
| 5 | After a further period of three months or so , Don Bennett appointed me Group training inspector — and I became virtually a horse thief ! |
| 6 | They got them wash house ! |
| 7 | I am personally indebted to her for her help in indexing my text book on bookselling . |
| 8 | You 'll eat my bubble squeak when that 's cooking , but you wo n't eat it . |
| 9 | I think I might dye my hair blonde you know . |
| 10 | They got my name wrong ( ‘ Dear Mr Burndige … ’ ) and sent it to my work address for some reason . |
| 11 | Not only did we double-glaze and fitted-Tintawn the whole place from top to bottom but I got my Dream Kitchen ! |
| 12 | Since I got my FAA seaplane rating a dozen years ago I have become a complete convert to aquatic aviation , trying my hand at it whenever I get the opportunity . |
| 13 | I got my gas bill this morning . |
| 14 | Well you got my phone number have n't you ? |
| 15 | I got my Yacht club thing have I ? |
| 16 | And got my ivory tower . |
| 17 | I got my food processor that way , and my slo-cooker , and my clock/alarm radio . |
| 18 | There was something else , you know when I got the when I got my food processor |
| 19 | I do n't know got my Christmas party , that day at work . |
| 20 | ‘ I got my chemistry degree and like everybody else I applied for whatever jobs were going at the time . |
| 21 | I got my chocolate biscuit back . |
| 22 | I spent my whole childhood — from the age of about seven until the day I got my record contract — having rows with my parents … specifically my father , because he 's not very musical , to put it mildly . |
| 23 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |
| 24 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 25 | I could have navigated to In Salah , regardless of the piste , unless I stepped on a cobra or got my throat cut , but it was no use getting there alone . |
| 26 | So they got my wedding ring off , but I still ca n't get it on . |
| 27 | Now , I must confess I had n't seen much of Mr Wogan before I met him because , when I got my television set at Low Birk Hatt , Richard Megstone , the nice young gentleman who looked after the Youth Hostel in Baldersdale and kindly took care of my electrical things , said I had a choice — either BBC1 or Channel 4 . |
| 28 | I could n't remember the make of car I drove , how my girlfriend looked naked , what I had done before I got my PI licence , what shape my bathroom was , my parents ' names . |
| 29 | I got my membership booklet today ( at first I though they had sent me a season ticket by mistake ) . |
| 30 | I keep forgetting I got my straw hat on . |