Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great man in those days who was trying to be encouraging told me I had a terrific eye for English weather . |
| 2 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |
| 3 | Behind me I heard a slow-moving car . |
| 4 | ‘ Non , Inspector , everyone had the same — oh , save for the Prince of Wales for whom I made a special soup . ’ |
| 5 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 6 | They 're trained to collate evidence about the present , and project it into the future , not to find out what happened fifteen years ago to some one particular person , least of all one with whom I had a slight personal acquaintance . |
| 7 | Erm we were asked by the managing director er a man called W P whom I had a great deal of respect for , because he was a , he was a design engineer by trade and , and craft . |
| 8 | When the Second World War broke out in Europe , it was difficult to get supplies of helpful books , and when the Japanese came into it after the disaster of Pearl Harbour , I myself , as well as the clergy and students for whom I had a pastoral responsibility , felt the need of prayers to meet the threatening danger , as well as the provision of prayers which would express a Christ-like spirit about war , enemies in war , dangers in war and sufferers in war . |
| 9 | One interesting visitor was a man with whom I had a long and interesting talk . |
| 10 | They were the faces of two entirely separate people , and try as I would to superimpose them they would n't focus into a single man for whom I had a single , straightforward feeling . |
| 11 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 12 | I am sure that my hon. and gallant Friend , whom I have known for many years and for whom I have a great affection , would agree that about half the best people are women . |
| 13 | When I have to answer them I have some difficulty defending Members of the House , for whom I have a high regard and affection , if they behave badly , but such bad behaviour does not always come from the same side of the House . |
| 14 | There is no leader with whom I have a deeper sense of personal friendship and gratitude. * |
| 15 | But at the same time I was learning the lesson that such behaviour is not acceptable to adults , to whom I presented a different personality . |
| 16 | I had no desire to share the fate of Galileo , with whom I feel a strong sense of identity , partly because of the coincidence of having been born exactly 300 years after his death ! |
| 17 | Not the young Francis either , in whom I stood a better hope of experiencing the odd happy memory , but Francis as I 'd last experienced him with the tang of his Lucky Strikes , last night 's whisky and dejection all togged up as joie de vivre . |
| 18 | Very often , I have gone to interview somebody , having told them I want a two and a half minute interview , and I want to cover roughly the following five topics . |
| 19 | I I I know a good doctor |
| 20 | I I got a twelve month ban anyway . |
| 21 | But you see I I got a vivid ginger hair , real red , you see ? |
| 22 | I I I got a little bit involved in that a few years ago , when I was working on it , having had some scepticism before-hand . |
| 23 | It was when I was about twelve I broke the front of my tooth so I I had a temporary cap put on , and it only lasted six months and came off ! |
| 24 | Yeah I I had a vague recollection of you drinking Newcastle Brown sometime and quite liking it . |
| 25 | And that 's I I had a quick er look through last year 's sales and and laid out in fact I went through item deliveries and worked them into the months |
| 26 | I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench . |
| 27 | And in fact at the greenbelt plan inquiry er er I I spent a considerable amount of time arguing on the issue of prestige sites and the availability of prestige sites within the greater York area already planned and available . |
| 28 | Why I I I can because I I saved a little bit , and I 'm I h I had to keep going on my savings . |
| 29 | A lot of people would turn round and say Right I 'm a lorry driver and I I leave a nice gap . |
| 30 | Anyway I I bought a little book that I saw in one of the shops and it was er The Industrial Lawyer . |