Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their neighbour , the writer Julia Strachey , found them " congenial souls and seeing them does cheer one up " , although she recalled one evening when Eliot suddenly emerged in a dressing gown apparently " utterly distraught and Strindbergian , with his at-all-times remarkable manner accentuated into something ghostly and weird . |
| 2 | Journalists who call to the farm to interview me do see us in that setting and describe it as they will but those really are only momentary glimpses into what must remain , fundamentally , my private life . |
| 3 | I tried to make my excuse sound plausible , but I fear I did hurt him ; he had been pronounced unfit for military service and he was lonely and smarting at his exclusion from the experience of his peers . |
| 4 | yeah , well I was there the other day and erm the bell went and nobody sort of moved and I thought I think , I know , you know , so I got up and I washed me cup of tea like , you know , they looked at me as if you know oh there 's a keen , but I mean I do think it 's important to do that , because not only that it 's not fair for the |
| 5 | erm I think I mean I do think it 's a stunt and I think stunts are very often not very well thought out , and I think your your definition is actually wrong . |
| 6 | I mean I do think there are limitations with er |
| 7 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
| 8 | ‘ My parents ’ hotel is very small ; they did n't really need me to help run it . |
| 9 | I expect she does love you in her own way , ’ she said gently . |
| 10 | ‘ But you say she did leave your employment . ’ |
| 11 | No , but say you did get one though |
| 12 | You did say you wanted I say you did say you wanted to go did n't you ? |
| 13 | I say we did have it done . |
| 14 | ‘ I expect they did want you , but it was n't their choice . ’ |
| 15 | It is not true I married for a red corduroy jacket belonging to my wife 's father ; but there is no denying he did pass it on to me , as a sort of dowry I believe . |
| 16 | She says she 's made a special cake and wants us to help eat it up . ’ |
| 17 | Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated . |
| 18 | or at home and he 's put both his numbers unlikely or not I hope I do see you soon again . |
| 19 | And what we in fact the the reason we tell people everything on the phone Ron is that there are some things that pen I did have one here , |
| 20 | She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway . |
| 21 | Well temperature , of course , is a very complicated thing , but let's assume we do understand what temperature means . |
| 22 | Manchester City have shown a strong interest in Scott and United could be forced to sell him to help ease their dire financial plight . |
| 23 | Everybody says it does pay you to have the house looking fresh . |
| 24 | Barnett , what is there to make you think she did visit me ? ’ |
| 25 | Yes , well he s he did take it up with me as a , er , I mean you did take it up |
| 26 | Yeah , so yeah ah you 're alright so you 'll say yeah course I 'm alright , there 's no fee , so eventually I get to the point where I said look I did say there 's no fee involved but I 'd , I , that 's a bit of a lie because there is a fee for all the work I 'm er but it comes in the form of referrals , in the form of recommendation , not actual money . |
| 27 | erm I did see I did see you on television . |
| 28 | He 'd thought he did love her , until she went on worrying at it , thrashing it to and fro , churning up feelings like a dog digging up a bone . |
| 29 | ‘ Although , when I was going he did give me a sort of squeeze and said I 'd got the loveliest mouth he 'd ever seen . ’ |
| 30 | You must have realised we do have them . ’ |