Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cross me heart and hope to die . |
| 2 | Seven student teachers will be taking their examinations on 21st and 28th March — we wish them luck and hope to see them at next Q.T. Day . |
| 3 | ‘ Cross my heart and hope to die , ’ Charlie stated solemnly . |
| 4 | ‘ Cross my heart and hope to die . ’ |
| 5 | Ollie 's Honour , cross my heart and hope to become a Girl Guide . |
| 6 | ABC tracked me down after seeing some of the papers in my case and wanted to know if I could confirm what they 'd been told . |
| 7 | I threatened them with my knife once , after they stopped me on my bike and started pushing me around and demanding money . |
| 8 | While I have not been a wildly flag-waving Canadian I am proud of my birthplace and continue to admire Canada and Canadians immensely , which sentiments must not be taken as damning with faint praise . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's come into my parlour or get sliced into pieces with the lasers . ’ |
| 10 | Lisabeth followed my eye-line and reached to pull down Binky 's creeping hemline . |
| 11 | I cursed my luck and began to invent adventures . |
| 12 | I have great sympathy with the needs of village schools but at the end ofg the day we have to consider the needs of the children and I have no doubt in my mind that trying to open a school in Brockweir is simply not on for the children . |
| 13 | You 've been set in a certain class and no matter how your opinions change and you want to throw that class off , if ever a man does , it wo n't let him , it 's there in his voice , in his manner ; even if a gentleman was to take to the road he 'd still be a gentleman ; I mean , according to the kind of education he 's received , so to my mind that has become a kind of cage . |
| 14 | ‘ Believe it or not , my responsibility to my daughter rated higher in my mind than going to seek you out at the hotel . ’ |
| 15 | Then as she stepped towards his desk , a further protest on her lips , he put to her flatly , looking her in the eye , ‘ Are you afraid that , once the eighteen months are over , I might change my mind and refuse to release you ? |
| 16 | They even put a rifle in my mouth and threatened to kill me . |
| 17 | I popped the red plastic thermometer in my mouth and sat checking the map . |
| 18 | Lucy says ’ when George died I phoned my agent and said give me three weeks off to get over the physical shock . |
| 19 | I just had to have it , so that weekend we stripped out my car and prepared to start again from scratch . |
| 20 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 21 | The prison chaplain came to me in my cell and tried to make a bargain with me . |
| 22 | I went back into the house and , when I was sure no adults had sneaked back in to spy on me , I went upstairs to my bedroom and started to pack . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's just my determination and wanting to win and sometimes I get a bit over-zealous — but there is nothing malicious about me . |
| 24 | Hazel said she intended to spend her vouchers on items for her home and said : ‘ I am very pleased to reach this milestone because I have always enjoyed my work and have made a lot of good friends over the years . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And it was my plan that has brought you to your heart 's desire . ’ |
| 26 | He stepped on to my lap and began to tread my crotch , purring loudly . |
| 27 | I sat down behind my desk and tried to pull myself together ; I was trembling suddenly , and I felt the hollowness inside me growing into a pain . |
| 28 | The sharks seemed less intimidating , so I gulped a lung-full of air and flapped like crazy in an effort to regain my position at the bottom of the tank , clutching my hair-brush and trying to control miles of floating red chiffon . |
| 29 | I also missed my footing and went plunging forward , only by luck managing to keep myself upright . |
| 30 | ‘ I feel that he would be extremely uncomfortable looking back at me , holding my gaze and trying to tell me that the loss of Tim was merely the unfortunate by-product of a war against Britain . |