Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
| 2 | Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’ |
| 3 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
| 4 | And then I goes up the shute . |
| 5 | Where I call the cut , and he 's going the cut what cut that 's the canal I says up the cut between the two the two buildings she said no that 's the alley |
| 6 | I picks up the phone and dialled a special number for the fraud squad . |
| 7 | She goes up the fire escape and looks into the upstairs rooms . |
| 8 | She , she goes down no problem when there 's just erm us at home , you know ? |
| 9 | She goes down the Railway |
| 10 | Margaret 's there every day , she goes out every morning . |
| 11 | There 's no harm if she spoils Olly a bit . |
| 12 | Sometime she driveth o'er a soldier 's neck |
| 13 | Sometime she gallops o'er a courtier 's nose |
| 14 | She understands fully the permanence of the bonds which link men and women to the stars , to Venus , to Jupiter , the Black Moon , the Dragon , her understanding is her passion etc , etc . ’ |
| 15 | It is very easy for a Secretary to fail to capture the feeling of a meeting when he or she writes up the minutes . |
| 16 | She holds up a sepia portrait of a turn of the century belle in a high-necked Russian blouse , standing before the backdrop of a painted Arcadia , with balustrades and beckoning groves . |
| 17 | She holds up a Waitrose bag . |
| 18 | Literary , second-sighted , sick , she holds out a hand to him : he clasps it , but then decides he ca n't go on . |
| 19 | She holds out the tray . |
| 20 | There 's a stigma attached to the stay-at-home mum , as if she has n't a brain between the ears ! |
| 21 | She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink . |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ Grace added , ‘ She has n't a horse . ’ |
| 23 | I think she thought Emily would be able to earn her living as a governess or lady 's companion , in the end , but she 's too idle and she has n't the wit . |
| 24 | She has rather a thing about patchwork . |
| 25 | So she has absolutely no idea how to cope with young children . |
| 26 | She looks out every day for a knight who 'll ride by , so she can unbraid her hair . |
| 27 | ass If she starts out a goosegirl she 'll shit on |
| 28 | She scoops up the rest of the cakes , shoves them into some recess within her tatters , rushes out of the cubicle and disappears into the crowd . |
| 29 | She describes well the privileges attendant on maleness , as well as the hazards and horrors awaiting certain groups of men — notably poor , black men on welfare in the US since Reagan , and gay men in the era of AIDS . |
| 30 | She describes how a porpoise appeared and guided her so that she was being carried with the tide , and then helped her to a section of shallow water . |