Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Them that caused this war and them that 's getting fat on it should be made to fight it out between them , not our fellers . ’ |
| 2 | Below , Western Avenue ran from the Hollywood Hills in the north for miles south towards the port at San Pedro , one of many frontiers that let gangs know which turf was theirs and separated one class from another , black from Latino , Latino from Asian , white from the rest , us from them . |
| 3 | One elderly Palestinian in Beirut wanted to draw a map of his olive grove for me and spent ten minutes sketching and re-sketching the roads south of Jaffa . |
| 4 | ‘ It has been lowered over my head many times , and then , as I have reached up to smite it , it has passed before me and consumed many people . |
| 5 | He looked across at me and whispered one word : ‘ Rum ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ She recognised me and had some idea I wanted to do a story about her on York station . |
| 7 | ‘ I was pleased that Lawrie McMenemy watched me and said good things about me , that 's another boost . |
| 8 | On the thirtieth of September er , a good friend of mine called me and said these people are interested in what you do , give them a call . |
| 9 | Vincent came to see me and stayed all day . |
| 10 | He squinted at me and lit another cigar . |
| 11 | The next development was of those which required a larger number of people to build them and became corporate activities and into which the community cattle and goods could be taken and defended . |
| 12 | The next development was of those which required a larger number of people to build them and became corporate activities and into which the community cattle and goods could be taken and defended . |
| 13 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 14 | I can see my life as a road , and I can go back on that road and see what I 've passed and come to terms with and what I have passed by without realising and appreciating ; how I 've stopped in various cafes on the way and met interesting people in them and had fascinating conversations when all the time I should have been speaking to the person on the next table instead . ’ |
| 15 | An interruption came from one of the schoolboys who had walked up behind them and had some question he wanted to ask Matthew . |
| 16 | Those MPs who succumbed to the pressures of Party democracy brought their golf clubs with them and spent long days on the sandy links of Southport and elsewhere , returning to their hotels in the evening to take part in an entertainment such as the Agents ' dinner and dance . |
| 17 | Calvert favoured large investors who would bring indentured servants with them and granted large manors to these planters . |
| 18 | When I opened one of them and saw English words I could feel the tears pricking at the back of my eyes . |
| 19 | It was on a programme the other night saying the advice bureau are on the er companies cos some bloke , they were employing him to do something and he sued them and got two grand out of them . |
| 20 | They remained , therefore , on the outskirts of the town , until , terrified of being crushed by the mob , they decided to seek refuge in the open fields , but they had hardly agreed on this when fresh ash clouds , denser than ever , overwhelmed them and brought total darkness . |
| 21 | PP : of course , Ben always challenged the artists he wrote for , extended them and offered new insights into the capabilities of their own voices or instruments . |
| 22 | ‘ I carried on dealing in Sevens , servicing them , repairing them and did some racing until the economy picked up again in 1965 . ’ |
| 23 | One girl told me that though she had never taken them herself , her friend had tried them and turned bright orange . |
| 24 | He told enough boring stories about them and ended each office day with : ‘ I must go or my children will be afraid I 've got lost . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And I only wish that I was family and so could be of help to you and had some rights to see you . |
| 26 | They did n't stare at them but had good eye contact . |
| 27 | Widows ' and orphans ' pensions were not greeted with enthusiasm outside women 's organizations , who supported them but had little influence . |
| 28 | McCandless kept the woman with him and reached another rock , to which he clung totally exhausted . |
| 29 | Sadler was twice married and had two sons , Windham William [ q.v. ] and John , who assisted him and became professional aeronauts . |
| 30 | He had this little stylophone with him and played both parts , because ‘ Space Oddity ’ was originally written as a duet for him and Hutch who was his partner in Feathers , the mixed media group , and when David split with Hermione , he and Hutch were working as a duet . |