Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Will you pose for me properly some time ? " |
| 2 | ‘ The creative use of leisure ’ sociologists called it and it worried them badly that fret-work and bird-watching might be all there was to fulfil people after pressing the buttons at the fully-automatic , atom-powered , closed-circuit-TV-monitored , computer-directed plant for a couple of four-hour shifts a week . |
| 3 | Jack had seen them all many times . |
| 4 | Honestly , it sounded to me as if he was giving them all some kind of ultimatum . ’ |
| 5 | It takes them all some time to understand it . |
| 6 | James brought them all more drinks . |
| 7 | It 's taken me long enough god knows but |
| 8 | Then you owe me so many hours do n't you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , why are you asking me so many questions ? ’ |
| 11 | And Goldberg , in his pad : Dear Harsnet , it may surprise you to hear that after all these years I am finally at work transcribing the notes you entrusted to me so many years ago , with a view to eventually publishing them . |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you for giving me so much help . ’ |
| 13 | I could n't remember the last time he 'd shown me so much affection . |
| 14 | She has given me so much happiness . |
| 15 | Yes , well I think that 's why you that 's why I keep on trying to come back to the regulatory system , because what you really in fundamental form a pension is a contract between an employer and an individual , you know you pay me so much money and when you get to a certain age I will pay you . |
| 16 | That bicycle gave me so much joy for many years . |
| 17 | It gave me so much joy … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ A part of myself … which gives me so much pain ’ |
| 19 | But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’ |
| 20 | You cause me so much pain |
| 21 | My wife , Jane , and close friends were all at Manchester Airport to meet me on my return from France and waiting at home were my mother , more friends , half of Sheffield United FC and Willie Thorne , whose friendship has given me so much confidence . |
| 22 | ‘ My policy saved me so much time and money , ’ he says . |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe I would n't have allowed Marissa to cause me so much unhappiness . |
| 24 | They are giving me so much discomfort now , I can hardly listen to these gentlemen . ’ |
| 25 | He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’ |
| 26 | me so much pleasure . |
| 27 | I am just lucky that my fish have survived and have flourished to give me so much pleasure . |
| 28 | Mandy and Debby looked the part all right , they looked tough enough for this , particularly Debby , who gave me so much eye-contact and hand-on-knee and dressing-gown disclosure that I almost asked for her telephone number . |
| 29 | Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence . |
| 30 | That was my revenge on you , for causing me so much trouble ! ’ she cried angrily . |