Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not two years since a rag-tag group of about 200 men , few of them daring to wear their Soviet uniforms , gathered in the Kiev building that housed a short-lived nationalist government in 1917–18 , to found the Ukrainian Officers Union . |
| 2 | To this the Queen returned a gracious reply which while maintaining the full impartiality of the Crown encouraged me to continue to do my best to serve her as her First Minister . |
| 3 | Ian is OK — friendly and cheerful — but there 's something about Robert that makes me want to fight him all the time . ’ |
| 4 | Their proud father had them painted wearing their new finery . |
| 5 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
| 6 | Well in that case and they 'd been stopping them for us you see and er excuse me stopping them for us and whoever decided to speak to them has had his few words and that 's it carry on . |
| 7 | Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ? |
| 8 | I mean did anybody similar experiences |
| 9 | We 've also approached Nottingham Evening Post who 've expressed an interest in taking it on , but again we still have n't got a meeting , so I intend ringing them both this week , and stressing that we need to get a move on because really we need an issue out by March . |
| 10 | There 's no way I intend leaving you alone here with Kirsty . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We have a quality street team to welcome the Aussies , ’ said Probyn , ‘ and I intend to go one better than the last time I faced them — the World Cup final 12 months ago . ’ |
| 12 | Odom said : ‘ A lot of people doubt my ability and I intend to prove them wrong . ’ |
| 13 | I I mean I intend to keep my own roof whatever . |
| 14 | It 's one of the CIA 's most closely guarded secrets and I intend to keep it that way . |
| 15 | I 'm now my own man , and I intend to keep it that way . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I intend to keep it confidential . |
| 17 | I 'm on to you , and I intend to spike your little game . |
| 18 | My life depended on my coolness , and I fought to control my murderous passions . |
| 19 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 20 | They caught the sparks that showered from my own tiny anvil and I failed to think it odd . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I got kissed lots these hols , how about that ? |
| 22 | I got to give you two eights . |
| 23 | And they says as soon as you see one coming you sa say can I got make your bloody mind up which one do you want ! |
| 24 | Not only did I get to model the clothes how I liked , I got to keep them all afterwards . |
| 25 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 26 | I do n't , when I go I hate to see my front door open . |
| 27 | ‘ And I hate to see you unhappy , and you wo n't feel better if you stay in and frowst by the fire all day . |
| 28 | I hate to see someone sad . |
| 29 | I hate to burst your royal bubble , Excellency , but I 'm free to come and go as I please . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I hate to prove you wrong . ’ |