Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
| 2 | Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’ |
| 3 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
| 4 | And then I goes up the shute . |
| 5 | Where I call the cut , and he 's going the cut what cut that 's the canal I says up the cut between the two the two buildings she said no that 's the alley |
| 6 | I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad . |
| 7 | When the Israelites go out to gather it , each of them gathers exactly the right amount for himself and his family ; on the sixth day of the week a double portion is given and collected so that the sabbath rest can be properly kept ; on the sabbath , appropriately , no manna appears at all ; while any kept at the end of any of the first five days goes bad overnight , the half of the sixth day 's gathering put aside for the sabbath keeps perfectly fresh . |
| 8 | There are very pressured days , says Jackie , when she has several visits as well a clinic , when she goes up every front path praying both mum and babe will be problem-free . |
| 9 | She goes up the fire escape and looks into the upstairs rooms . |
| 10 | so she goes back a long way . |
| 11 | She , she goes down no problem when there 's just erm us at home , you know ? |
| 12 | She goes down the Railway |
| 13 | Margaret 's there every day , she goes out every morning . |
| 14 | There 's no harm if she spoils Olly a bit . |
| 15 | Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier 's neck |
| 16 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 17 | She sits on a little wooden bench , and seems to be engaged in animated conversation with the empty space beside her . |
| 18 | From experience and familiarity he or she builds up a mental pictorial encyclopaedia based on study of museum collections , information from archaeological research and accumulated knowledge from books and papers describing objects of particular periods and cultures . |
| 19 | She builds up a full and fascinating portrait of a community with an acute sense of history which gives her descriptions a unique dimension . |
| 20 | Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier 's nose |
| 21 | She understands fully the permanence of the bonds which link men and women to the stars , to Venus , to Jupiter , the Black Moon , the Dragon , her understanding is her passion etc , etc . ’ |
| 22 | It is very easy for a Secretary to fail to capture the feeling of a meeting when he or she writes up the minutes . |
| 23 | She wants just the plain white one ? |
| 24 | Presumably not : but it would be a very bold man , a Karl Marx indeed who would assert that , for each and every woman and always , housework is her spontaneous activity , that it is the satisfaction of a need ; or that she fulfils herself in it ; or that through it she develops freely a physical and mental energy and will not be physically exhausted and mentally debased . |
| 25 | She holds up a sepia portrait of a turn of the century belle in a high-necked Russian blouse , standing before the backdrop of a painted Arcadia , with balustrades and beckoning groves . |
| 26 | She holds up a Waitrose bag . |
| 27 | She holds up the American education system as an answer to the supposed link between language and class mobility . |
| 28 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
| 29 | She holds out the tray . |
| 30 | She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink . |