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Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing !
2	I let me little lot go , sir , see .
3	It gives me little pleasure to agree with him , but I do so .
4	It was estimated that families in Easthall were paying £1 million between them each year heating the sky above Glasgow because as soon as they turned on the heat , it went straight out their windows and walls .
5	At least five tragic scenarios had gone through my head by the time he told me that Dad had died .
6	To me that crack signifies not reassurance but youth and hopelessness .
7	Jesus said just before he was living his disciples , his followers , you and me , he said you shall receive power after the holy spirit has come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me yes we witness by our life but there 's a danger in making that a cop out , because one other requirement of a witness is that they talk , they 've got ta say what they know , these four men were good witnesses , they went back and they told the city what they had found , and there 's placed upon you and me that responsibility to go back and to tell what we 've found , this is a day of good tidings , we do wrong to keep silent .
8	Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it .
9	It did n't occur to me that criticism coming from an American of American business might be acceptable , but from someone like me , was much much harder to take .
10	Well , pass me that pie labelled ‘ humble ’ , Mr Shopkeeper , I was wrong .
11	‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’
12	‘ Oh you go back if yer want to , but it seems ter me that yow 've served yer purpose now an' she do n't want yer any more .
13	She gave me that up-from-under look that only women can do without appearing cretinous .
14	That was my auntie and that was the l the woman who gave me that tea set I were telling you about .
15	It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’
16	‘ Are you trying to tell me that Ace blackmailed you into becoming his lover ? ’
17	My life lay away from them now , and the problems I had brought to work with me that morning reclaimed me with redoubled urgency .
18	But my experiences in Guatemala , where the government has murdered tens of thousands for taking the tiniest steps towards development , have convinced me that non-violence does not always work , and that it is arrogant and dangerous to insist on such methods .
19	Certainly not the radiant glow of confidence and success , or it sure as hell would n't have worked for me that Saturday round at Ramillies Drive .
20	Everyone , it seemed , was doing well out of the erosion of the 1878 settlement except the Russians , for whom that settlement had been a defeat in the first place .
21	The one who submits he calls the ‘ slave ’ and the one to whom that person submits him/herself becomes the ‘ master ’ .
22	would be entitled to occupation of the premises and any superior landlord under whom that person derives title .
23	As go-between , the Spirit not only teaches us the truth of God , he opens our eyes to the one in whom that truth became incarnate , and guides us in our lives .
24	It was a strong probability that the Guardian still retained in their archives a numbered copy of the minutes which would have told us immediately to whom that copy had been issued and therefore the name of the informant .
25	The Court of Appeal upheld the judgment that the accountants owed no duty of care to the plaintiff , but Lord Denning dissented from this decision and in doing so , discussed at some length the types of statement in respect of which accountants owe a general duty of care and the people to whom that duty extends .
26	The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try .
27	The deviant is the one to whom that label has been successfully applied ; deviant behaviour is behaviour that people so label .
28	The Romans tended to be suspicious of novelty , and the word ‘ novus ’ had for them a sinister ring , although their memory of the past reminded them that change had often come about , although at first resisted .
29	Since Catholic schools require Catholic teachers to staff them that obligation extends , by implication , to maintaining adequate teacher training resources .
30	No doubt age-old instincts tell them that altitude gives a measure of protection , but often the fact that a site commands good views seems a positive recommendation , as if a distant prospect of fields or farmyard is in itself an aid to production .