Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation .
2 Er if you get it wrong erm there 's the inheritance provision for family and dependence act nineteen eighty five , which is the statutory provision allowing you spouse who left nothing to all those children who left nothing to make applications to the court .
3 When you wash your hair make it part of your routine to gently massage your scalp using the soft pads of your finger tips in circular movements .
4 Money and talk of money got you attention .
5 But the reserves were playing next day at Guildford : an opportunity to see them play was too good to miss .
6 And of course made it part of the job that you had to attend night school classes for bread baking and confectionery .
7 Its very existence guarantees them life .
8 She gave her answers in a low voice , almost feeling William Ash 's relief as the vicar pronounced them man and wife .
9 In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state .
10 When you come to write up your expenses from overseas trips , please make it very clear if Christian Aid owes you money , preferably by attaching a yellow to the account .
11 It 's hard to turn the key to lock me door .
12 And the photograph matched it sort of said I 'm not the same you know what I mean ? what he said .
13 Andy went to see Peter and the final conclusion was that what I really needed was a car to help me travel to training and meetings .
14 The princess sang along with old favourites such as The Streets Of London and My Liverpool Home — plus the hospice hymn Give Me Oil For My Lamp .
15 I say when the wind blows it sort of a howl in here
16 Inventing farfetched excuses , she left me trapped in her flat and made no attempt to help me look for work .
17 They offer to come on board the party boat to help me find Tamsin , but I say no : they might scare her .
18 There is not enough space in this chapter to do them justice and standing orders vary from one committee to another .
19 ( " Is groundsel nice , mother ? " ) and Hazel , touched to think that he must be dreaming of old days , rolled over on his side to give him room to settle again .
20 These had been used to good effect by the PRD in the presidential elections of July 1988 , when the PRD candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano had accused the PRI of indulging in blatant electoral fraud to deny him victory [ see pp. 36367-69 ] .
21 This one had understood that Aurae Phiala was dead , and immense , needing no meretricious human yardstick to give it proportion .
22 There was then a nervous wait for Ray Younger who finished in 35th place as fourth scorer to give them victory by two points over North Belfast with Albertville a further two points adrift .
23 He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful .
24 President , with a very heavy heart and bitter disappointment for all our people out there , who are depending on the Social Chapter to give them dignity , safety and a reasonable standar standard of living , I reluctantly withdraw this motion , but I will say this , we live to fight another day .
25 It was also decided that the Master , Wardens and Assistants should pay for a key giving them access to the Garden .
26 Often , a flash of azure draws you eye to a kingfisher , speeding like an Exocet missile a couple of feet above the water .
27 Or they 'll push you under a subway train or force feed you kiwi fruit whatever the new thing is this week .
28 ‘ I suppose , ' ’ Rab said , but he hardly felt the better ; not , with hobo drinkers , they looked at him and the tattooed barman called him Stick .
29 The US State Department thought it time to look closely into the causes and extent of British criticism .
30 One monster brought me water .
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