Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 2 | Yeah , well you then just go and change them for that one drawing ! |
| 3 | They sorted through the books and divided them into two lots . |
| 4 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 5 | I put them first in one pocket , then moved them to all my other pockets , except two which I kept secret . |
| 6 | And when that one ‘ went home ’ she provided me with another one , which is still going today . |
| 7 | I do go out , I swear to God I put on Zoey 's tight skirt , you know the straight tight ones , they really do n't suit me at all I really do look awful . |
| 8 | And he never forgive me for this you see because he were a big noise you know , he he 'd got a big business in . |
| 9 | You 'll just have to trust me on this one , baby . ’ |
| 10 | I wo n't bore you with all my personal and professional distractions . |
| 11 | I 'm gon na leave that to the historians , so I wo n't bore you on that one . |
| 12 | I ca n't think of anything else so I 'll finish by thanking you for all your hard work . |
| 13 | Collinson 's first garden at Peckham was a modest one , but from there he took nosegays and potted flowers to grace his City window , and when Kalm visited him in 1748 he remarked on the many rare American plants already established there . |
| 14 | She was as fearless as the Wooldridge boys who involved her in all their mischief , but sometimes Anna would stand and stare , as if she was seeing things that others could n't see . |
| 15 | He took hold of her by the shoulders and began to shake her with all his strength , forcing her back through the hall towards the staircase . |
| 16 | In Shylock 's trial against Antonio , having preached towards Shylock for mercy in line 180 ‘ The quality of mercy is not strained ’ , she promptly forgets to show any mercy towards Shylock , stripping him of all his wealth , possessions and even religion . |
| 17 | It would have been very hard for him to have suddenly dropped her after all she had endured . |
| 18 | Anatole France , more effusive , likened it to a woman who ‘ is so beautiful , so proud , so modest , so tough , so touching , so voluptuous , so chaste , so noble , so familiar , so crazy , and so good that one loves her with all one 's soul , and one is never tempted to be unfaithful to her . ’ |
| 19 | Style director Hamish Bowles , a lifelong fan , visited her at her magnificent home , Templeton , on Long Island and spent a day talking to and photographing her in some her favourite clothes ( see page 220 ) : ‘ It 's a ravishing and evocative home , C.Z. is a scintillating hostess and brings a contemporary touch to a house that is almost Edwardian in its management and battalions of staff . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We fuel cells have done our best You really put us to the test Exhausted now the charge is done Replace it with another one ’ |
| 21 | Sometimes I did n't even need it at all I could walk about shopping and everything . |
| 22 | Wexford grasped it in both his hands , raised it high and brought it down hard to meet the empty air . |
| 23 | I seen it before that one . |
| 24 | I I say it to all whoever comes in here and they 're |
| 25 | When I say it like that I 'm struck by how near that is to Pope 's ‘ What e'er was thought / But ne'er so well expressed ’ definition of poetry . |
| 26 | You can build a wardrobe around it , blending it with all your usual clothes . |
| 27 | Well swap it for another one . |
| 28 | When Pennant visited it in 1772 there were three farmers living in it with their stock and crops and at times in the summer months as many as twelve families were known to stay in it at once and it was the headquarters of those employed in the manufacture ( if kelp . |
| 29 | When Josiah Wedgwood visited it in 1773 it had ‘ the appearance of a considerable Seaport town . |
| 30 | It is highly probable that by early in the next century it will require no more than ten per cent of the labour force to provide us with all our material needs — that is , all the food we eat , all the clothing we wear , all the textiles and furnishings in our houses , the houses themselves , the appliances , the automobiles , and so on . |