Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian is OK — friendly and cheerful — but there 's something about Robert that makes me want to fight him all the time . ’ |
| 2 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
| 3 | Erm not any more I do n't I 've given them all away hello , are there any spare handouts in the room ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's one of the CIA 's most closely guarded secrets and I intend to keep it that way . |
| 6 | I 'm now my own man , and I intend to keep it that way . ’ |
| 7 | Not only did I get to model the clothes how I liked , I got to keep them all afterwards . |
| 8 | Dad they 're not gon na be looking at your legs , I hate to tell you this . |
| 9 | I hate to tell you this but the er the forecast for the weather is pretty awful this year . |
| 10 | I tried to telephone her this morning at the flat but there was no reply . |
| 11 | ‘ I tried to telephone you this morning — ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ I tried to call you this morning , ’ she said , ‘ but you 'd already left . ’ |
| 13 | I tried to call you this week-end . |
| 14 | I tried phoning you this lunchtime to ask about the above proposal , but I do n't even know if I had the right number , though I got through to it twice ; about five different people spoke to me uncomprehendingly , and eventually a man came to the phone and said ‘ Bratislava ’ ; I did n't know whether that meant I 'd got a Bratislava number , or that you 'd gone to Bratislava . |
| 15 | I tried to catch him this morning , before we went to our appointments , but he would n't speak to me . |
| 16 | I tried to contact you this afternoon but was unable to get through . |
| 17 | ‘ I tried to tell her that , ’ he said . |
| 18 | she never , never could , and I said what I tried to tell you all |
| 19 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 20 | I phoned to invite you this morning , Guido , but of course you were n't there . ’ |
| 21 | When he left I phoned to wish him all the best and he said , ‘ keep on picking people 's brains ’ . ’ |
| 22 | Hilda , he wrote , when I ventured to tell her all her troubles were her own fault : You are so cold . |
| 23 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , this will be our last meeting before the big day and I want to thank you all for your co-operation , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke shouted above the noise . |
| 24 | I want to see them all do the best they can , because they deserve it . |
| 25 | I want to see you both happy . ’ |
| 26 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
| 27 | Of more concern is the way Barnes has failed to silence his critics with his feet since his poor display and when asked if he will win his 69th cap next week , Taylor said simply : ‘ I want to give it some thought . ’ |
| 28 | So I want to give you that positive feed-back . |
| 29 | I want to give you some positive feedback , you asked for it , from the National Alliance of Women 's Organisations , er , which represents two hundred and six organisations , in , all in all about five million women . |
| 30 | It could be that you 've never taken your family abroad on holiday , so you set yourself a little objective , that in two years ' time , I want to take them all , even if it 's a damn package deal on a flight to Tenerife , do it , will you feel good , will the family enjoy it ? |