Example sentences of "[pers pn] [det] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 21 | Since Catholic schools require Catholic teachers to staff them that obligation extends , by implication , to maintaining adequate teacher training resources . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , we the wise , to quote Erving Goffman ( 1963 ) are allowed increasing manpower to pursue the cannabis/hallucinogenic using folk devil and to present the incompetent and the inept from the hippie element to the courts and the public for their solace ; and to assure them that drug taking is being stamped out . |
| 24 | if they just bring one , I shall say well I 've got choice then to say well is this this week 's or last week 's , now I do n't want to give them that opportunity to say well she 's worrying about one week 's wages , I mean Jan could love that and that 's given him chance to bring er , whereas if it pops through the door , or he comes |
| 25 | And he said , It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery , neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear ’ . ’ |
| 26 | She had not even phoned them that morning to explain her absence . |
| 27 | To do with her whatever nerves they cause them that cause itching . |
| 28 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 29 | ‘ We also told them that failure to act would help swell the ranks of paramilitary organisations . |
| 30 | Yeah but each seat ooh excuse me each seat had a microphone built into the desk . |