Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can they be so hideous in appearance the mere sight of them drives you mad ? ’ |
| 2 | I says I sure of that and er I left and went and got into a row over it . |
| 3 | I likes thee wonderful ! ’ replied Dickon , a big smile on his round face . |
| 4 | She drives me batty . |
| 5 | She drives me batty . |
| 6 | And she drives you insane ! |
| 7 | And no doubt she thinks me strange beyond belief I am too tall , not handsome by this world 's standards , and I do n't know how to pay the pretty compliments a young woman expects . |
| 8 | ‘ She only wants you safe — ‘ She wants me safe from Jean . |
| 9 | She wants me dead , ’ she said slowly . |
| 10 | Now that we 're talking to Anne and er she wants it pink . |
| 11 | Her arms encircle him … and she holds him close |
| 12 | She tears it open : a ragged fumbling of her hands , not like her at all . |
| 13 | She has it ready for you , I believe . ’ |
| 14 | And she buys them white Swiss cotton , no other . |
| 15 | ‘ Paul says she keeps him young . ’ |
| 16 | She calls it corrective training . |
| 17 | She is uninterested in fame ; she may attract it , however , and although she finds it annoying , she can turn it to good account for the work she is doing . |
| 18 | Failure to talk about sexual needs may mean that the individual does not consider it to be a problem , or that he or she finds it embarrassing to discuss such matters . |
| 19 | On the other hand , she finds it difficult to take much interest in financial control , which means that there are sometimes errors in bills , and her unwillingness to ask walk-in guests for a deposit has led to the occasional bad debt . |
| 20 | She admits in the final analysis she finds it difficult to make sense of the ‘ gratuitous savagery ’ . |
| 21 | But what her eyes do n't actually see she finds it difficult to imagine . |
| 22 | Because I shall probably need some help here when I examine Mrs Cole , as she finds it difficult to move . ’ |
| 23 | Irene is in a great deal of pain at the moment her bad back is giving her trouble and she finds it difficult to walk . |
| 24 | She finds it hard to explain why , but ponders that it may have something to do with the religious faith she grew up with . |
| 25 | She is so slowed down by the dope slamming fifty visions of hell at her a second that she finds it hard to fight , hard to believe in her own anger , hard to believe in what she 's doing . |
| 26 | She is such a sincere person herself , she finds it hard to believe anyone can behave as you did . |
| 27 | She finds it hard to think clearly about Charles . |
| 28 | She finds it hard to get to sleep , unless she 's exhausted , and even then she sleeps lightly . |
| 29 | Says she finds it hard to . |
| 30 | She finds it disconcerting . ’ |