Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thass wot I call livin' if you mus ' know . |
| 2 | Loosing to Coventry and then Charlton in the space of a couple of weeks made just about everyone I knew suicidal — and all cause of Brendan Ormsby failing to kick the ball out into touch on his own dead ball line . |
| 3 | Windsfield straight into New Invention and every Wednesday night , first it was the cows that would come and then the sheep and they 'd got to walk to the abattoir at Bloxwich , and erm sometimes the cows were so heavy with milk that er a lot of people in New Invention had free milk and then if the , if the sheep would be here there and everywhere you know and then with mother living where there was an entry dividing four houses er and a well straight at the top , and a. a big old-fashioned er tap for the cold water , there were n't any taps laid in kitchen in er what are the outhouses it was a communal tap erm sometimes the sheep would get out of hand and they 'd run up the entry hall and all round mother 's yard and then the cows would go around , but er it , it to me I felt sorry about it , because especially in the summer er erm the poor things were so hot and to walk all those miles , now they 're carried are n't they and they used to every Wednesday every Wednesday of the year the drivers would er the men must have been absolutely tired out , well although they 'd be used to it would n't they , but it was miles to walk from Wolverhampton the cattle market to Blox straight to Bloxwich and er that was another event that erm it , we , it , we used to have . |
| 4 | And , did continue to get professional help after that , but I think she was actually one of the factors that sent me further down , by telling me I looked well ! |
| 5 | But I do remember that in every room he showed me I made sure I was near to the door , the safest point of exit if he tried anything . |
| 6 | ‘ I hit my head on the kerb when I fell and when I went to hospital two days later they told me I had severe bruising of the brain , ’ said Walter after his Kempton win on Mithl Al Hawa . |
| 7 | Within me I feel dreadful ghosts and crimes locked within my bones , knotted into my very entrails . |
| 8 | Neighbours and friends keep telling me I look slim … . |
| 9 | There was nothing I felt inclined to do , no action I wished to take . |
| 10 | I became a socialist there because while I did not agree with everything said by the Marxists I met and with whom I became friendly , they gave me a language for understanding the painful separations of class . |
| 11 | The nineteen whom I interviewed included women with seven , five and four children , several under school age . |
| 12 | For the first time in my life I found myself surrounded by friends — friends whom I found interesting , and friends who appeared to find me interesting , bright and witty , despite my all-too-evident disadvantages . |
| 13 | They have a new , quiet , charming , and very well qualified resident doctor Doctor Booth , who has made a special study of excess weight , and whom I found full of sound advice . |
| 14 | Indeed I think that the the the present secretary of state for whom I have great respect and regard , I think he would be very well advised to think again , because I think that the temporary derision that he would meet in the House of Commons would be nothing as compared with the the er the wounding that he will sustain later if and when things go wrong with these proposals . |
| 15 | It is important to do justice to the situation , which necessarily involves a description of a very remarkable woman for whom I have considerable respect . |
| 16 | ‘ I am very pleased with my visit to Kano ’ , he wrote to its emir , ‘ and I am glad to have seen you again , for I regard you as my personal friend , in whom I place entire confidence and trust . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It is my wish that my Clerk Mr. Prince who is well acquainted with my business and affairs and in whom I place great confidence should continue in the management and conduct of the same … to sell and dispose or exchange all or any of my works on Ornithology and specimens of Natural History in the manner I have been accustom to do … to continue or complete as far as practicable the publication of any work or works of mine on Ornithology and to do all other [ illegible ] by issuing a Prospectus advertising the same … to purchase all necessary materials articles and things fit and proper for the carrying on of my business … to borrow for a temporary period any money from my Bankers , Messrs Drummond and Company … and if there by any surplus available for the purpose to invest the same in purchase of Stock … to pay the rent and taxes … make up , adjust and settle all and every or any Accounts … [ and generally ] to do perform and execute all and every or any other acts deeds matters and things whatsoever are necessary to be done in all other my concerns engagements affairs and business whatsoever during my absence from England as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as I myself might or could do if I were personally present and did the same . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm just … well , I meet someone like you with whom I feel instant affinity , to whom I 'm instantly attracted and … |
| 19 | So I did n't join any of them I kept independent while I could at any rate and then . |
| 20 | The likes of us we 've got a man behind us , but the likes of them I feel sorry for , they can not actually afford to be sick and that 's it . |
| 21 | I them place gummed strips onto each side with an overlap of about half an inch , which I press firmly until almost dry . |
| 22 | I mean I I know various people by sight in the you know who are always lurking around , when you go to sometimes for an exchange or a something , or say you 've lost your glasses and have n't found them . |
| 23 | I I misread previous the word previous |
| 24 | And I I got right few bollockings . |
| 25 | I I mean poor Wynn I have n't , have n't been in touch with them for weeks and months and the longer you leave it the worse you feel about it , you know ? |
| 26 | I I played canny at the end rather than |
| 27 | happy but my head 's like this and I I bit disappointed really |
| 28 | But I had to get an appointment , I had to get something I I put hot water |
| 29 | I I think tasty ! |
| 30 | And have that sprung on me I I I , I I feel terrible because the communion service i is , is something I have to prepare for in myself and obviously shape the whole se se service around it . |