Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As they approached and noticed the unlit chillim , one of them passed us her tinder , commenting with a smile that they 'd got here just in time for all of us : they needed a smoke , and we needed a light . |
| 2 | I asked him his subject . |
| 3 | I asked him his name but he modestly said ‘ that does n't matter . ’ |
| 4 | I asked her her name just in case it was the Devil in disguise and she told me who she was . |
| 5 | ‘ It was one of her customers , in the days before I made her my manager , ’ he said lightly . |
| 6 | I made it my practice , not without some official misgivings , to work through the chairmen of the regional boards as a collective body , behaving , though they were my appointees , as no more than their primus inter pares . |
| 7 | I made it my business to get him off . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I made it my business to enquire just how serious your alleged relationship was . |
| 9 | I to see you my chest . |
| 10 | Since I met you my self-esteem has sunk to an all-time low ! ’ |
| 11 | I 'm I 'm every day people , before I met you my life was standing still , it was standing still I had a one way ticket |
| 12 | I lent him my air rifle and aimed it out the window and there was this car going by and he went and he smashed the back windscreen I was saying , You fucking dick . |
| 13 | I envied them their sexual freedom and their self-assured dignity , and I despised the British vice squads that ran them in and were not above enjoying their charms for a consideration . |
| 14 | " And you could , I suppose , if I sold you my share ? " |
| 15 | ‘ I make it my business to know such things , young man . ’ |
| 16 | I make it my business to acquaint myself with where objects properly belong in a house . |
| 17 | ‘ I make it my business to be happy , ’ said Lili . |
| 18 | But I got him his beer in the press conference . |
| 19 | Oh yeah cos I got you your fags did n't I ? |
| 20 | ‘ Should I grudge him his sport ? |
| 21 | When I found him his body was sprawled over the stool . ’ |
| 22 | She says , yeah , she says , she , I had a look I found it our . |
| 23 | I found it my calling to be the one in the NME office who flinched at the very sight of their wibbly-wobbly figurines and pretend four-track album which was really 12 tracks , the over-educated jessies ! |
| 24 | This time he heard the idol speak , saying : " I forgive you your sins , go in peace . " |
| 25 | The lamp-smudges seemed to swim towards me , dipping and swaying off-centre as I approached them My legs were trembling and when I put my hand against my face it was burning , and yet clammy . |
| 26 | I send you my love and thoughts , and God grant the news may be good when it comes . |
| 27 | ‘ For your lordship 's letter , duly come to hand , I send you my thanks and my grateful sense of your lordship 's kindness and good feeling towards me . |
| 28 | Dear ladies and gentlemen , on the occasion of the dedication of the museum and memorial to the fallen service men of the Second World War , both the German and the Allied Forces , here at the former control tower of the airbase in England , I send you my warmest and sincere greetings . |
| 29 | We are very indebted to you , and on behalf of all of us , conference members and colleagues , I send you our warm appreciation . |
| 30 | I told her my name , who I was , and that you were old , but in good health , and had journeyed very far into the wood . |