Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 2 | P T O I suppose it 's unlikely that I 'll ever see you again but we might see each other at William 's or something and if you ever need to speak to me for some reason you can call me at school |
| 3 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |
| 4 | Sid gave a growl and informed that as I knew nothing about modern techniques he had brought ‘ the lot . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She knew nothing about any document she was to sign until it was brought to her by her husband . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , ’ she said resentfully , ‘ when Billy was inside he was sharing a landing with some very funny men , and one day he was telling them about that pub he bought with the cellars full of Château d'Yquem not showing off or nothing , just by way of general conversation , and they said , ‘ Nice , is it , with that stuff you lot eat ? |
| 7 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 8 | Whether they have just arrived in this country , or speak little English or have difficult home circumstances , unless we see them as competent learners we will soon find reasons why they can not learn . |
| 9 | Whereas if he had , if he sold them as separate houses he 'd probably get forty thousand apiece . |
| 10 | The woman was simply his mistress , whom for some reason he did not want me to meet ; or who perhaps did not want to meet me . |
| 11 | The issues raised by this and subsequent questions go to the heart of the debate on the Compensation Fund , and it is apparent that many of those who answered negatively felt to varying degrees that in the present commercial climate the public could no longer expect the entire profession to compensate them for any losses they suffered at the hands of a tiny minority of errant solicitors — particularly as no comparable compensation was available from the providers of other professional services . |
| 12 | Even worse , you would tell me about new poems you had started to write , and it was like a dagger in my heart when you described working on them without my help — though the real reason you had come back to see me was to labour over them with me , adding my suggestions and excisions in the margins in your minuscule script . |
| 13 | And also you said , you were going , you were taking the piss out of me about that thing I told you about something to do with Aaron erm |
| 14 | Can you tell me about any friends you er you made at work ? |
| 15 | He said : ‘ They have told me about these steps they have taken to check this out and I 'm really delighted with their attitude . |
| 16 | Another thing that seriously disappoints me about this life I 'm living through : the reading . |
| 17 | ‘ You still have n't told me about this evidence you have against me , ’ Claudia said with an assumed air of indifference . |
| 18 | ‘ Now , tell me about this book you are writing . |
| 19 | If they provide excellent support for someone of heavy build they 're most unlikely to suit anyone lighter . |
| 20 | Well he does that on every questionnaire , but he still has got to get someone to double check it . |
| 21 | And if we can , we 're only looking to improve ourselves by five percent we 're not looking to improve , or increase double sales next week are we ? |
| 22 | After a time David relaxed and joined in , complimenting Felicity , chaffing her husband and turning often to Julia to remind-her of earlier conversations they had had or to ask her opinion . |
| 23 | Two Bengali women in their twenties told me of many women they knew , and knew of , who were thus stranded . |
| 24 | He told me of one case he had had of a woman in her early twenties . |
| 25 | The smell of machine oil reminds me of other guns I 've handled in my time . |
| 26 | Do you remind me of other people I like or dislike ? ( i.e. do you look like a schoolteacher I disliked ? ) |
| 27 | At last , their order given , he took a sip of his very dry sherry and said , ‘ This reminds me of that evening we spent together in Bruges — except that your hair was done differently then , and you wore a deep-pink dress . ’ |
| 28 | Mentioning the white chromosome reminds me of another thing I wanted to say , because erm another variant of this incorrect criticism that people made of Darwin about blending , and you still hear this today , and people should know better , especially the social sciences , is , oh , single genes can not influence behaviour . |
| 29 | It reminded me of those rooms they put guests in in horror movies — the sort where you know something horrible 's going to happen in the middle of the night . |
| 30 | Contrasting considerably from the Spartan angularity of Siobhan 's bungalow , Kim 's house reminds me of American homes I have seen , lavish with plum and antiques to imitate English country homes . |