Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd like me to retire if the truth was told , but what I say is , why retire when you do n't want to ? ’ |
| 2 | That 's what makes me think that the man may have been a foreigner perhaps even killed on the other side of the channel . " |
| 3 | Carol began to sing a very rude version of ‘ Pretty Flamingo ’ which made me think that the stories of graffiti in ladies loos were all true . |
| 4 | It was he who told me to see that the room was prepared for you . ’ |
| 5 | For example , adding a little recycled paper to a package enables them to claim that the item is made of recycled materials and convey a sense of ecological responsibility . |
| 6 | Well then Pam made me laugh cos the tiler he , she said he 's go up on the roof and he 's there for hours ! |
| 7 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 8 | All of them say that the MacSharry plans would be devastating for farmers in every part of the United Kingdom . |
| 9 | The actual state of the market is that it 's flooded with property , so we have a case where supply has increased , demand is still at a fairly low level , so we 're having to be very honest with our clients , our vendors , and let them know that the situation is that their property has to be of good value in the market place . |
| 10 | Hayling had let them know that the move would complicate his personal life . |
| 11 | Er , let me apologize if the motion appears a little vague . |
| 12 | The centre of Matson was brick-built , a few buildings rising to three storeys , a few of them whitewashed but the rest left the whisky colour of the local clay . |
| 13 | We shall return to this issue later , but it surprised me to discover that the population of Waltham Forest needed more expenditure per head for such deprivation than that of Cleveland and about the same amount as Knowsley ; similar observations stem from the comparison of Hackney and Westminster , although this is hampered by including components referring to ILEA . |
| 14 | That morning , as usual , he found nothing to complain of , so instead he wheeled on me to demand whether the boat 's electronic instruments were functioning properly . |
| 15 | I 'd even had a call from the Archbishop of Canterbury , Robert Runcie , who had been kind enough to phone to say that he had been greatly moved by the vigil and had wanted to let me know that the situation was n't hopeless . |
| 16 | If not , let me know because the copy you loaned me has been returned . |
| 17 | But let me know if the CID turn up . |
| 18 | Can you also please let me know if the drawings are at present mounted , and , if so , what their outside dimensions are . |
| 19 | Promise me that you 'll let me know if the pain returns . |
| 20 | Take two or three of these before meals and let me know if the symptoms do n't clear up . ’ |
| 21 | It was disappointing to discover on asking if I could have them to find that the museum had only just got round to registering what appeared to be Audubon 's proofs . |
| 22 | She opened them to find that the priest had come in and was blandly regarding her and her father . |
| 23 | I asked whether the unification of Germany was an issue . |
| 24 | I asked that the link road from to Lane , which had been omitted , should be included in the town plan and Councillor has written on that matter to District Council and they agreed that it should be . |
| 25 | I asked if the volume of calls which Childline gets indicates that today 's young people can not talk to their parents . |
| 26 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 27 | I believe that the spending levels that we are now seeing , through the new scheme that I announced in the summer , vindicate the judgment I made because the £17 million that was spent in the two years of the initial scheme represents an average spend of £8.5 million . |
| 28 | I regret that the link will not come through south London . |
| 29 | I regret that the committee decided it would not approve funding as detailed in your application . |
| 30 | Personally , I regret that the effect of these changes would be to make professional cricket in England less different from the first-class game everywhere else in the world . |