Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But were you not here to greet me I would miss you . ’ |
| 2 | we 'll fool them we 'll put we 'll say diesel |
| 3 | It spoils them dear , you should n't throw them I can smell a smell |
| 4 | If you have to go out to deliberately buy them the chances are that you wo n't but if you buy the occasional packet when you happen to see them you can have a grand time selecting them to effect a change on a sweater at the right time . |
| 5 | In order to see them he would have had to climb a couple of hundred feet more . |
| 6 | Most clothes shops sell nothing we can wear , and specialist shops are expensive and offer a very limited range of images . |
| 7 | ‘ I have n't heard of anybody , ’ he said casually , ‘ but if the lawyers asked me they might have asked somebody else before … |
| 8 | If he asked me I would turn him down . ’ |
| 9 | I was n't gay , and when somebody asked me I 'd say , ‘ No , I 'm not ’ , which was the truth . |
| 10 | As you would hunt him to the end , God helping me I 'll hunt you , and see you into your grave before ever you lay hand on his . ’ |
| 11 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 12 | ‘ If Gómez is not at the address you have given me I shall presume it is because you 've been in touch with him , so do n't phone him . |
| 13 | And er the bedroom they 've given me I can see |
| 14 | If you make them you can make a waffle with mashed potato |
| 15 | And , darling , if I make you half as happy as you make me I shall have done well … |
| 16 | So you need to know the objects you 're dealing with , then differentiate them , then when you 've differentiated them when you 've differentiated them you can work back and you think , Ah I know how I got that . |
| 17 | we 've actually had trout in the freezer for ages , and not used them fresh the day I got them I 'll use it and |
| 18 | ‘ Hence , when money wages are rising , workers may , rightly or wrongly , credit such rises to unions and hope that by beginning or continuing to support them they will do as well or even better in the future ’ ( Bain and Elsheikh , 1976 , p. 64 ) . |
| 19 | She said , " You 've got to promise me you 'll go back to college and finish your education . " |
| 20 | Yeah I mean I I would assume that there must be agreed death rates which everybody would accept as as as being applicable in projecting population . |
| 21 | I mean I I would say that was an abuse of the position of power , because if he was Joe Bloggs in the street nobody would listen to what he was saying about electoral reform ! |
| 22 | Well having seen a little bit erm was on the other day and I I mean I I must admit I touch shut up you ! |
| 23 | I mean I I 'd love to see the the whole history and that 's why I 'm glad that erm you people are taking an interest now in not helping us but some day somebody saying who 's that crank who 's been talking on there . |
| 24 | Well I got to work all day and I 'm still oh do you think , want me I can get you two I 'll write you a list , . |
| 25 | If you want me you 'll find me close by . |
| 26 | If it 's true that you were so keen to meet me I might satisfy your curiosity completely by reversing my rule to only date brunettes — ’ |
| 27 | If ever you should need me I will come , night or day , and gladly . ’ |
| 28 | If I had ever not gone to Abraham when summoned , he promised me he would tell Sarah everything , or at least his version of everything . |
| 29 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |
| 30 | Then a woman in the street — the Via Monserato , between the Tiber and the Farnese Square , they talked about it so much , Mena and my grandmother , when I was little , I think they talked about it every day : Il Quartiere Papale , it does have a magnificent sound , has n't it ? and so much of it a slum ; the rich live above on the piani nobili , the ground floors and cellars are rented out to artisans ; my mother , who was brought up in those streets , says to know them you must have breathed the air in the evenings when the wine-shops are full and they are lighting charcoal braziers on the pavements ; she says I will go one day , but I think I know already — well , a woman in Mena 's street who sold salad greens knew the cook who worked for Anna and the prince round the corner and Mena was given things to do in the kitchen . |