Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 2 | Eight of them lived their last years in their children 's homes . |
| 3 | The growing Country opposition to William 's ministry in the Scottish Parliament consisted mainly of men who stood on a Revolution and Presbyterian foot , but whose exclusion from office exacerbated their disillusionment and allowed them to indulge their nationalist sentiments . |
| 4 | One of them turns her tired beam on us . |
| 5 | ( Let me answer my own question . |
| 6 | Dark gull-like seabirds , called Jaegers in North America , noted for their piratical methods of feeding , by pursuing other seabirds , especially gulls and terns , to make them disgorge their last catch . |
| 7 | But it can stop them seeing its underlying gender biases . |
| 8 | Some in the colony 's business community share that view since following it in policy terms would allow them to continue their prosperous trade links across the border . |
| 9 | BELVILLE : This happy estray thus restored begs leave by me to acknowledge its lovely owner ! |
| 10 | ‘ Would you really , a man of your enormous wealth , sue someone like me for a sum that to you is little more than pocket-money , but to me represents my very livelihood ? |
| 11 | First of all let me emphasize our common experience that most human relationships are asymmetrical . |
| 12 | And they should , as well , be able to get everyone to attend their own dentist so that as you 're registered with the doctors then you should with the dentist . |
| 13 | Let me make you some coffee . ’ |
| 14 | You 'd , you 'd expect me erm er with my finger on that pulse to have made that point to the directors , may be help me make it several times during our sort of discussions about er both this year 's budget and next year 's projections . |
| 15 | Just for once , let me make my own decision . |
| 16 | On Norfolk he remarked that there was not " any hand unemployed , if they would work ; and that the very children after four or five years of age , could everyone earn their own bread " . |
| 17 | Not so much because of the menace in his voice and manner , but because it caused me to lose what little respect I had for him . |
| 18 | Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach . |
| 19 | I think they rather wanted me to wear my old farm clothes , but we compromised with a grey check skirt which a good friend gave me , and a blue jumper . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you like me using your Islamic name ? ’ said Mrs Wilson . |
| 21 | Although reporters gave the impression that the troupes were new to the American stage , they had in fact made their debut as far back as 1900 when George Lederer booked them to perform their original Pony Trot . |
| 22 | By trying different sheets and pushing them to perform your working requirements , you will find your favourite papers in time . |
| 23 | To enable them to conduct their private practice economically and sensibly from their viewpoint , pay beds were an imperative . |
| 24 | Under expert instruction , dad ( of course ) would administer the fatal blow , and mum would ensure everyone got their favourite cuts by overseeing the butchery . |
| 25 | Later , he takes me to see his new Honda XBR 500 motorbike . |
| 26 | Then he held two men friends of his estranged wife at gunpoint and forced them to drive him 200 miles to her secret address at Barrow-in- Furness , Cumbria . |
| 27 | As the barges plough the blue waters nothing slows their stately progress , no wind fills their sails , no hand guides their tiller . |
| 28 | ‘ Will you let me lend you five pounds , Len , and take a couple of days at Southend , or somewhere ? ’ asked Clare . |
| 29 | ‘ So , ’ said Gedanken , ‘ everyone thinks their own life is normal , and it 's the other 's that 's gone wrong — going too fast or too slow . |
| 30 | As I detest midges more than most things in life , leaving them to enjoy their open season for humans is no hardship either . |