Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [indef pn] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exactly thirty minutes later , Shannon packed the last two brushes into an already crammed hold-all and glanced quickly round the small room , checking for anything she might have missed first time round . |
| 2 | • If you do n't know of anyone you could share a job with , try approaching employment agencies who might be able to match you up with someone . |
| 3 | The chance to pull in everyone they could . ’ |
| 4 | I want to something she would n't have a , I was quite happy to , I 'd , I 'd have cooked her a choc ice , |
| 5 | And if I had n't met the people I 've met , I think I 'd 've been a very frustrated person cos erm , even though you can think of something , un unless , if you have other people you can go , if you say to somebody you could say , oh God , you know let's do this and this and this , or I think , really think this or this and someone else goes yes I do |
| 6 | We nearly died today , and I could think of nothing I 'd rather do than exult in life by taking you to bed . |
| 7 | ‘ Bith , Culdub , ca n't you think of something we can do ? |
| 8 | I wish you 'd think of something you would like for your birthday . |
| 9 | I wish you would think of something you would like for your birthday |
| 10 | you know , can you think of one you might 've had last night or one that you particularly remember or something like that |
| 11 | I ca n't think of anything we could n't talk about — money , our jobs , our antipathy towards our enemies . |
| 12 | If you 're gon na think of anything it should be sex , cos our rhythms are , like … sensual . ’ |
| 13 | If you 're gon na think of anything it should be sex , cos our rhythms are , like … sensual . ’ |
| 14 | But ca n't you think of anything I can give you ? ’ |
| 15 | I 'd tell her everything — I ca n't think of anything I could n't share with her . |
| 16 | ‘ Personally , I ca n't think of anything I 'd like more than to have you as a brother-in-law . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't think of anything I 'd loathe more ! ’ |
| 18 | Erm he , he then obviously goes on to erm to erm talk about peasant bans and prohibitions erm and for some incredible reason the peasants suddenly take a disliking to gaming , gambling and opium smoking , three things that I could n't think of anything I 'd like to do more , erm |
| 19 | Susan could n't think of anything she 'd like to do less , but she would support Maggie . |
| 20 | I ca n't think of anyone I 'd really like to speak to , except Marie of course , but I du n no if she 's got a phone in Scotland . |
| 21 | Which is why I made up my mind to come and tell you first thing that I could n't think of anyone I 'd rather Naylor married . ’ |
| 22 | By the time we had heard of anything you could be sure it was over . |
| 23 | And a witness told how he had seen looters running through evacuated apartments hunting for anything they could carry away . |
| 24 | ‘ When you want to talk about anything you 'll know where to find me . ’ |
| 25 | The man who had severed his traditional local ties to live in the impersonal and anonymous city searched for something he could identify with , for new loyalties and attachments . |
| 26 | The suspect may also be searched for anything he could use to effect his escape and for evidence relating to any offence if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the items are in the suspect 's possession . |
| 27 | Even then we would play it a bit too close and find that some unforeseen emergency would send us scrambling around looking for something we could sell to avoid starvation . |
| 28 | He was thumbing through USA Today for the umpteenth time , looking for something he might have missed , when he heard her giggling . |
| 29 | As most actors are looking for someone they 'll be happy to hang around with for years to come , they tend to choose subjects they like and approve of . |
| 30 | Hence the dark-haired girl who did not know him and who wandered Skye and Minginish at will , searching for something she could not recognise . |