Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Experience next to thee I owe , best guide , not following thee I have remained ignorance .
2 ‘ I 've only had twelve hours ’ flying instruction and flown one solo — never even frightened a German — but people keep telling me I 've saved Britain .
3 Got ta be careful when I 'm cooking , I shall have to have the window open me I 've got smoke alarms all over the place darling which is good in a flat .
4 On asking a young woman from whom I had collected books how she knew of the sale , I got the pleasing reply ‘ It 's the highlight of my year . ’
5 The journalist with whom I 'd joined TWW on the same week from sister papers in Cardiff had wickedly gone into another room to make the mischievous call .
6 Stuart Balmforth , with whom I 'd done part of my National Service in the Canal Zone , was now the co-owner and a director of British Midland .
7 Perhaps I could tell Norman he was a godson with whom I 'd lost touch when his real mother died ?
8 My thanks also are due to Miss Mary Burkett and her staff at Abbot Hall , from whom I have had help and co-operation since the start of the survey in 1975 ; to Mr B. C. Jones and Miss S. J. MacPherson , County Archivists , of the County Records Office , who have given generous help and advice ; ; to Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby , whose book first aroused my interest in the stocking trade ; to my fellow members of the Lancashire and Lakes Guild of Spinners , Weavers and Dyers for encouragement and support ; to my granddaughter , Anne Allen , who took the photographs , ( except where otherwise stated ) ; to my daughter , Jan Hare , who typed the manuscript ; to my friends , Penelope Porter , Kathryn Allen and Mary Sutherland , who gave technical advice , reviewed text and read proofs ; Elizabeth Edwards and Kathleen Drummond for advice and information , and above all my thanks to the many kind people who live where there are galleries , and who have put up with my enquiries with such patience and kindness .
9 Many witches with whom I have discussed Christianity have a real sense of humour and pleasant personalities .
10 We stand to England in a different relationship since John 's day , and no prisoner for whom I have offered ransom can vanish now without an account being demanded .
11 And when I found Dr Kenneth , he told me someone had seen Isabella and Heathcliff meeting secretly in the garden earlier that evening .
12 If you can find them I 've got loads
13 Cos he used to go shooting there and and they went in there and they should n't of done because Michael told them I 'd taken meadows back and he sa , he said when Tony told them , they , they 'd been there shooting he said well they 're , they 're out of bounds !
14 I have searched high and low and can not find them I have sent others out , two dozen , also seeking , and they can not find them either .
15 to do a ginger , I I 've eaten ginger of that kind
16 Erm I I 've allowed Don to have a jacket as he was getting soaked .
17 But I I 've got contacts which can get us academic recordings ,
18 I I 've got Sue round at our house , so
19 Well I 've done I I 've sold advertising I suppose but by blackmail .
20 I 've discovered that because I I 've sold advertising .
21 I I 'd asked Chris to organize it and it was n't .
22 I I I have had dealings with him .
23 It was I who had introduced Thessy to McIllvanney and who had secured him the job with Cutwater , but Bonefish had only allowed his son into the wide wicked world because of his trust in me .
24 When I faltered as the realization hit me that it was n't Mum who 'd neglected me , but I who 'd neglected Mum , Pyke said gently , ‘ I think you may like to be in my next production . ’
25 An overhit forehand from Sampras who , despite offering a far more solid challenge against Forget than he had done against Leconte , was still not as consistent enough with his groundstrokes as one would have expected from someone who had become ATP Tour champion two weeks earlier , made it 15–0 .
26 It would be difficult to be friends with someone who had made Jenny so unhappy and who was clearly going to make her unhappy again , stringing her along .
27 The chief smiled and introduced himself He had the bloated appearance of someone who had gained weight too quickly .
28 I felt relief that someone who had known Marie Claire for so long should share my opinion of her .
29 The next morning at Hillside for the pre-qualifier ( it was strange that someone who had finished runner-up in the 1960 Open should have to pre-qualify the next year , but they were the championship rules in those days ) Mr Munro was with Gary player and I was back with Mr Palmer .
30 Over half the farms had someone who had taken part in some kind of formal training .
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