Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone will reach for a tin of fish-paste only to be brought up short by another member of the party reminding them that fish-paste is unclean , while someone else may get as far as the checkout with a year 's supply of baked beans , when , across the crowded shelves of the supermarket , comes a voice reminding them of the danger they are facing . |
| 2 | Cancer has taught me that life is n't a dress rehearsal , this is it and you only get the one chance . |
| 3 | Mr Blackadder tolled me this buk is ful of jokes that are abowt as funny as getting your bottom caut in a bacon slicer . |
| 4 | No all he 's given me each day is paper money plus about one fifty . |
| 5 | Another point which has given me some concern is that the present book is supposed to be a directory of Cabinet Committees . |
| 6 | They were both straining to reach , leaning forward as far as they could , agonisingly aware that the door and its ring handle that might have given them some leverage were out of their reach , when another sound fell on their ears . |
| 7 | The Goldsmiths confirmed the appointment in writing in October , but in December John Warren , Lord of the Manor , travelled to London to inform them that Leech was simply not competent . |
| 8 | The conventional way of defining financial accounting ( the convention was established in 1966 by the American Accounting Association 's A Statement of Basic Accounting Theory ) has it that accounting is a purposive activity , i.e. it is directed towards a specified end . |
| 9 | Common misconception has it that rock'n'roll was invented when Alan Freed first foisted this brash new music on the unsuspecting good burghers of Cleveland in April 1952 . |
| 10 | Not much late I asked Dr Ethelwynn Trewavas her opinion , and she assured me two species were involved , and kindly showed me photos of the teeth of both species , which even I could see were different . |
| 11 | Dr Kepepwe assured me active steps were being taken to trace those who had been intimate with me during the ten blank years : my parents , my academic colleagues . |
| 12 | Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missed tricks told them that tiredness was now king . |
| 13 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 14 | My mother told me that Dad was on one of his frequent business trips to America and would be home in a couple of days . |
| 15 | ‘ I picked it for you because Jeff told me that blue 's your favourite colour . ’ |
| 16 | One of the numerous girls in the film , Catherine Schell , told me that Lazenby was never difficult or temperamental . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Jaguar people told me some valves were already bent through test-driving . ’ |
| 18 | Then , before she could protest again , he turned to her and added , his eyes like steel traps in the dark lines of his face , ‘ And what at the moment is causing me some concern is one very simple but crucial question — are you bolshie , unreliable and irresponsible , too ? ’ |
| 19 | If you 're gon na give me any money are you ? |
| 20 | Well I told you that man was trimming trees at the bottom , the other day . |
| 21 | Despite himself , he heard again Fael-Inis 's words earlier : who told you that life was intended to be easy , Mortal ? |
| 22 | I told you that butter was n't good for watches ! ’ he said angrily to the March Hare . |
| 23 | ‘ Would it make any difference , ’ Fen asked , ‘ if I told you those photographs are not of Petula ? ’ |
| 24 | Razak said afterwards that when Soviet officials told him that neutralisation was similar to collective security he replied that ‘ he appreciated this , but added that Malaysia preferred a neutrality plan which would be applicable to a smaller region such as Southeast Asia ’ . |
| 25 | He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . |
| 26 | Pastor told him that business was more important and he threw a tantrum . |
| 27 | The man with her demanded a double Scotch on the rocks and Emil told him that alcohol was available only after departure . |
| 28 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |
| 29 | She noticed the tightness of the thin lips , instinct warning her that trouble was at hand , so she leaned back in her chair and waited for the storm to break . |
| 30 | I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay . |