Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I forge myself a letter . |
| 2 | I mean what a character . |
| 3 | I mean what a hassle . |
| 4 | There was some rather naff comments about the union people COHSE I mean what a shower . |
| 5 | Yeah I know but I mean what a way to look . |
| 6 | But now I mean what a difference . |
| 7 | Oh yes , smashing , I mean its a combination between police and stewards and erm |
| 8 | He 's holding James and Richard 's reins while I bring you a bit nearer . |
| 9 | I make myself a cup of milkless tea , vintage 1974 , and take a cautious sip . |
| 10 | And I make sure that I 'm here and I open up for them , and I make them a cup of tea . |
| 11 | It is , I make it a couple of minutes past |
| 12 | I make it a rule to go at least three times . |
| 13 | When I go along , say , to open a fete or spring fayre , I make it a rule not to rush straight away after my little speech . |
| 14 | ‘ I make it a rule never to mix business with pleasure . |
| 15 | ‘ I make it a rule never to drive at more than forty-five in a built-up area . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Sorry , but I make it a rule never to have working lunches — so bad for the digestion , I find . |
| 17 | ee , I make you a year younger |
| 18 | Good I , as I make you a pie then for your tea . |
| 19 | I do n't know , something about youth club , probably if I make you a cup of coffee |
| 20 | I shift myself a stair higher , so that I can reach up and stroke my son 's head . |
| 21 | I realise what a fool I was , throwing myself at you the way I did . ’ |
| 22 | Five years of therapy later , I realise what a lot of ‘ work ’ we did have to do to understand the underlying reasons for my eating disorder , and for many other things in my life , and also to have a wider understanding of eating disorders in general and what they are about . |
| 23 | I 'm just echoing the whole country when I say what a venture to make such a track . |
| 24 | I shall make sure that I send him a copy of my speech tomorrow , which will give detail after detail of what is actually taking place in the valleys . |
| 25 | It was suggested at the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council that I send you a copy of the objections made by the Parish Council to the siting of a communication mast on land off Higher Lane , Scorton . |
| 26 | I frightened you once before , that first night in the hut , and I want you a hell of a lot more now . ’ |
| 27 | I want it a bit smaller this . |
| 28 | I count it a privilege to have been asked to become its chairman — though naturally I would wish it had been in happier circumstances . |
| 29 | I shake it a bit and hear a rattling , so I look inside . |
| 30 | Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows . |