Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked professional John Burns what the hazards were at Silloth . |
| 2 | In order to discover whether voice setting and other factors might give hearers clues to a speaker 's ethnicity , I asked 43 East London children aged about 14 to listen to 12 short stretches of speech on tape and fill in a questionnaire . |
| 3 | I despise that dauber Antonio Saura , admirer of Picasso and supporter of the transfer of ‘ Guernica ’ to the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía . |
| 4 | IT was in July that I announced Leeds-born superchef Marco-Pierre White was to marry his second wife , beautiful 19-year-old London model Lisa Butcher , after a whirlwind courtship . |
| 5 | Yeah , but I mean basic things Ken , we 'll take for example |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ Juliet continued , ‘ I mean this West End thing is something I can really tell my friends about . |
| 7 | That was until I met this fellow Johnson and we went to Kyrle Hall . |
| 8 | Reluctantly I agreed that goalie John Slack should have a ten-man defence in front of him . |
| 9 | When I got that letter June and , were it Tuesday ? |
| 10 | you 'll all be sitting saying , oh I hate that Maggie Thatcher , or whatever ? |
| 11 | At last he sent for a chaprassi and sent him with me to look for something , but on the way I found nice Mr Dickensen , an American from the University in Rangoon . |
| 12 | I propose that Mr Chairman . |
| 13 | so he said so he poured her another one and she said I want another glass George so he said |
| 14 | How would I know this Marie Savigny was secretly a member of the de Montfort coven , who wanted to come to England to plot mischief , perhaps even murder ? |
| 15 | I do n't know whether you saw any of the rather naughty stuff I put old Percy Bysshe up to ? ’ |
| 16 | The present occupant may say ‘ Oh well , I let old Mrs Smith walk through my garden and down the sideway when she needs to ’ and regard it as no more than a neighbours ' agreement . |
| 17 | The tank looked rather one-level , with most of the activity being on the substrate so I added six Silver Hatchets and six Spotted Headstanders , Chilodus punctatus . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , ’ said the agent , ‘ they 're looking for someone to play Long John Silver in a new production of Treasure Island . ’ |
| 19 | The occasional sly lift is one thing but I suspect Irish referee Stephen Hilditch will become suspicious when he sees Adolf Malan waving at him from upon high while he waits for the throw . |
| 20 | I I appreciate that point Mr , but as they arrived separately they 've been given different numbers er a as simply er a matter of administrative convenience . |
| 21 | I read that story Ken . |
| 22 | There was still no news of Waite , but I read that Archbishop Runcie 's offer to help Iran locate four of its diplomats still missing in Beirut had received official welcome . |
| 23 | I consider that Bingham L.J . 's rationalisation of the failure of Morris to disapprove of Lawrence is of some significance . |
| 24 | They were good to me , too , and I recall young John Thwaites being sent down to our farm one Christmas with such a big rosy red apple that I can close my eyes and still see it now . |
| 25 | I hear that editor David Thomas 's valedictory piece did not go down too well either . |
| 26 | Three weeks only and already I know that Mrs Scamp . |
| 27 | Actually her global role as described in the handout makes her sound like a sort of spy satellite , beeping her way round the globe peering over the shoulders of Random House New York , Random House Australia , and for all I know Random House Namibia . |
| 28 | ‘ I know old Mother Scamp from way back , you see , and she 's a bad ‘ un . |
| 29 | I like that outfit Brenda . |
| 30 | I like that Mr Woodall — he 's good , though I do n't think he 's got the feeling for pigs that you have . ’ |