Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It does upset me seeing all the stories about her because it 's not a true picture of the real woman . |
| 2 | ‘ Pineapple pyramids : I always felt that the Jews made them to mourn all the slaves before them that the Egyptians had broken with building their mighty pyramids . ’ |
| 3 | I got them to try all the recipes in the book — even a mouthful of chitterlings . |
| 4 | Almost always , by helping them stay in their own homes — not only by providing the necessary cash , but also by helping them to obtain all the entitlements to which they are due . |
| 5 | Teach them to observe all the commands I give you . |
| 6 | Private Acts of Parliament are often needed for major development projects , and it is convenient for them to contain all the provisions relating to the project including consent under the appropriate Planning Act . |
| 7 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 8 | You expect me to know all the details of what is happening in a legion of divisions ? ’ |
| 9 | A discussion I overheard concerned the merits of an airing cupboard as winter quarters for fly-traps . |
| 10 | once I read all the leaflets |
| 11 | In readiness for the event I made all the arrangements I possibly could before the baby was born to make my return to work as smooth as possible , including hiring a nanny , and I thought that this was going to be easy … |
| 12 | KEVIN KEEGAN and I made all the headlines for being sent off and throwing our shirts down last time Leeds and Liverpool met in the Charity Shield . |
| 13 | When using the motor , I noticed that there was a lot of vibration , so I made certain the clamps were tight before I started . |
| 14 | I mean all the cameras , erm all the newspapers from the the sort of cheap tabloid ones , right through to Sunday Times , Observer . |
| 15 | all the downstairs , I mean all the plebs were upstairs all the downstairs was erm |
| 16 | I mean all the papers wo n't be through but they can tell us whether it 's |
| 17 | You 'd expect about ta , thanks you used to think cor christ and then I , I mean all the bits I did for them and I remember one woman getting up saying come on Flo come and stretch and she said who are you ? |
| 18 | microwave a new vacuum cleaner or whatever , I mean all the things they make , music centre that is a luxury really . |
| 19 | I mean all the officers said no , he 'll probably come round and ask one of you lot ! |
| 20 | I mean all the chips will fit , but you got ta . |
| 21 | I mean all the clichés really on Germany 's need to expand militarily , on the need to do one 's duty , to obey orders in an unquestioned way . |
| 22 | I thought she was being sarky about my bouquet but then I realized all the rooms were named after flowers . |
| 23 | ‘ Doctor , ’ Bernice said , standing , ‘ why do n't you come back here and answer some questions while I make sure no bits of my inner ear got left in the transmat . ’ |
| 24 | I checked all the facts . |
| 25 | Yes but the , the general ones we 've got in those flip you know when I was off , when I had my cartilage removed in my knee , well I was off for six weeks so I got all the photographs and put them in order , the children and us , you know ? |
| 26 | I had a studio there for two months and during that time I got all the ideas together for the record . |
| 27 | I listed all the things I could remember : camera , five films , pens , pencils , compass , maps , books , address book etc . |
| 28 | I actually took all those letters home and I went and I listed all the things that were listed er mentioned in all the letters and also that I tried to consider giving you know my impression of the meeting and tried putting exactly what what they 're saying . |
| 29 | and I listed all the items |
| 30 | I tried all the baits which worked earlier in the season and varied my approach . |