Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You feel guilty about enjoying it so much . |
| 2 | Forgive me for keeping you up all night . |
| 3 | But it 's a shock , you see , after expecting you home all that time you was in hospital — it 's not what she expected , that you would be off somewhere else . |
| 4 | I 've got ta give it back this Friday tomorrow . |
| 5 | ‘ This is all I get for loving you so much ! ’ cried Bathsheba bitterly . |
| 6 | That was my revenge on you , for causing me so much trouble ! ’ she cried angrily . |
| 7 | She felt a curious leap of apprehension at the thought of seeing him again this morning , after the unthinkable intimacy of last night … |
| 8 | He claimed if a developer had to meet the cost of knocking it down each flat would cost £50,000 to build . |
| 9 | tell her not er not to be sort of hurrying you too much saying , Oh come on come on you should learn . |
| 10 | Subconsciously he was beginning to resent her ; and there were flashes of anger when he accused his staff of paying her too much attention . |
| 11 | I mean it was it was a very small affair fortunately I think sort of glorifies it too much by giving it giving it the name , riot . |
| 12 | And he ca n't think too badly of me or he would n't of invited me back this year . |
| 13 | Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence . |
| 14 | This would have the double value of hiding its stark skin and of giving it back some of its missing insulation . |
| 15 | My stepfather was saying to me , ‘ This is my way of showing you how much I love you and care for you . |
| 16 | ‘ I think it 's the thought of leaving him as much as anything else which is worrying me . |
| 17 | She knows I 've got some , but I 'd never give her the satisfaction of telling her how much . |
| 18 | Asking a Frenchman how he votes is like asking him how much money he earns . |
| 19 | He acknowledges that Donald is South Africa 's top bowler and major attraction but he believes that is still no excuse for bowling him too much . |
| 20 | It is concerned with telling you as much about what we do n't yet know as about what we do know . |
| 21 | about giving them too much advice . |
| 22 | Berate the Lord for giving her so much only to frustrate any future hopes ? |
| 23 | ‘ Thank you for giving me so much help . ’ |
| 24 | Whatever Jean saw in you that first occasion was still there and she accepted your explanation about letting her down that evening . |
| 25 | I strongly believe that parents should be properly informed about the policies and practices of their schools ; that they should have the means regularly to voice their opinions and should indeed be represented on the governing bodies of schools , yet I believe too that there are dangers in allotting them too many constitutional powers . |
| 26 | Jonathon watched it , for a while , with admiration , as if appreciating its impudence in charging them so much . |
| 27 | ‘ The proved long-term risks of lung cancer — and the smaller risk of leukaemia , from inhaling it over any period of time — mean it has to be regarded very seriously . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ So I had no hesitation in telling him as much after Saturday 's match and I am proud to say we exchanged shirts . |
| 29 | ‘ He does get frustrated but there 's a delicate balance between curbing him too much and losing his effectiveness . |
| 30 | Recent absurdities of the tort litigation system have included the parents ofa teenager who had committed suicide suing the Catholic church because a priest allegedly gave their son poor advice , and a series of bankrupt borrowers suing their banks for lending them too much money . |