Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 've had them make up a bed for you . |
| 3 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 4 | And I back up the line I had to go . |
| 5 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 6 | In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth . |
| 7 | I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . |
| 8 | And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done . |
| 9 | I intend over the next Journals to put them on record for all members , who are unable to visit the Museum at Bishop 's Castle , to reproduce them for you . |
| 10 | ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago . |
| 11 | Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list . |
| 12 | Nathan and I bring up the rear , and soon we are alone , with Nathan buried beneath the nylon sledge cover . |
| 13 | I bring up the subject of music . |
| 14 | I bring up the others , cooling all the while , before we flounder over to the descent rake and back to the house . |
| 15 | ‘ Can you manage to get up to the house under your own steam while I bring up the food ? ’ |
| 16 | In fact , when I bring in the afternoon tea , Mr Farraday is inclined to close any book or periodical he has been reading , rise and stretch out his arms in front of the windows , as though in anticipation of conversation with me . |
| 17 | Obviously I bring out the worst in him . ’ |
| 18 | And I bring back the livin' herbs , some overproof rum , some italvital dubplates and some duty-free ribbed condoms . |
| 19 | they charged me thirty six quid for a plus V A T , plus a fiver till I bring back the other one . |
| 20 | I dance round the kitchen table , twirling the hat on my hand , so that the ribbons fly out behind it . |
| 21 | A couple of grey and white winter-plumage black guillemots — called tysties in Shetland — complete the picture , and I wind up the window and move on . |
| 22 | I make up a bath of dye to treat the sarkandas before cutting the reed to the required lengths . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 24 | I make out the sunk foundations |
| 25 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
| 26 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
| 27 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
| 28 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 29 | I pick up the ‘ Glass Dildo ’ photo again and this time I am struck by Cicciolina 's expressiveness . |
| 30 | It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike . |