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

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1 He left them cooking each other supper and drinking brandy .
2 Henry Ratter had arranged for me to attend several training courses , including the two-day ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop .
3 ‘ Will nothing make that water cold ? ’
4 ‘ Shall I make some sausage rolls ? ’ asked Betty .
5 I despise that dauber Antonio Saura , admirer of Picasso and supporter of the transfer of ‘ Guernica ’ to the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía .
6 But they were only relatively cheap because at the time I made that change musician union .
7 I made many water colour drawings and my Masters and fellow students were interesting .
8 Facing page : I made this bow shape from a length of velvet ribbon before fixing it to the wall and the back of the oval frame .
9 I made some deposit money back on as many as I could carry .
10 Of course , I regret those job losses , but the hon. Gentleman has surely seen the article in The Independent on Sunday a week last Sunday which spelt out clearly the devastating consequences on jobs in the retail trade of his proposal for a national statutory minimum wage .
11 ‘ Now then , ’ he said , speaking to the assembly , ‘ I declare this town meeting adjourned .
12 And I mean that exclamation mark .
13 I mean that stuff spots .
14 That er that , that , I mean that efficiency thing is becoming an important consideration in a way which we , we , we 've not mentioned before .
15 Now that is I mean all age worship every Sunday ?
16 ‘ No , ’ Juliet continued , ‘ I mean this West End thing is something I can really tell my friends about .
17 Thing is it is healthier and I mean this tablet lark now more I 'm thinking about it , right
18 No , I mean this flue thing should of been .
19 I mean this coal tip is is n't going to be based on what I said a moment or two ago with it 's thirty million tons of coal covering nearly three hundred and fifty acres a bit of a monster .
20 Well I suppose more salted meat I mean more home home butching and erm making bread I suppose or the womenfolk were likely baking every day .
21 The joke here little girl on a beach says , mum , if I eat enough silicone chips will it increase my bust size ?
22 I lose more telephone directories that way . ’
23 I stress this folk opera strength in Grimes , because it is usually considered an example of the doom of the individual , faced by the oppression of society .
24 I produced some option plans and they took to it like a duck takes to water . ’
25 That was until I met this fellow Johnson and we went to Kyrle Hall .
26 I sought this Adjournment debate in the hope thatMrs .
27 Reluctantly I agreed that goalie John Slack should have a ten-man defence in front of him .
28 Yes , I make this noise kind of thing in my throat and I say , ‘ I 'm just ready . ’
29 FRIDAY , NOON I make another driving tour .
30 I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer .
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