Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just could n't believe it , it was , er , I just felt very very happy and I just break into tears , I just start crying , and I think it 's tremendous , erm news , I just want to see him safe home . |
| 2 | I don' want to play you bloody dominoes . |
| 3 | Why do people always want to give me maternal advice ? |
| 4 | I want to give you good answers to your questions . ’ |
| 5 | Stop giving me dirty looks ! |
| 6 | Simon liked to impress , and having a girlfriend who was considered to be a high achiever gave him extra kudos . |
| 7 | Erm are there any specific areas of difficulty like you know sort of things like statistics , things like , you know , erm I du n no , other bits and pieces that er you know give you particular problems ? |
| 8 | And there 's always the informality about these course , we 're all addressed on christian name terms , all speakers prefer it that way and of course we like to address you christian name terms when we know you . |
| 9 | Hence the ungrammaticality of the structures in ( 31 ) which purport to offer us adverbal adjectives : ( 30 ) the Dean met Mrs Smollett and her uncle a Persian Kite costs $4,000 ( 31 ) Angela resembles her cousin dark the Prince admired his Chief Justice merciful |
| 10 | ‘ Try to give you short change , did he ? ’ |
| 11 | We try to keep it low temperature . |
| 12 | Why not jot your suggestion on a post-card and send it to the Sports Desk , The People , 33 , Holborn Circus , London EC1P 1DQ.There 'll be a special gift for the best suggested dialogue — try to keep it clean folks ! |
| 13 | All the time we keep losing them little stubs you wan na leave the gr the whole complete thing on then we wo n't lose them . |
| 14 | We are very prominent estate agents in Oxfordshire and the efficiency of our network of offices , our massive mailing registers , our eye catching ‘ For Sale ’ boards and our unrivalled advertising exposure , all combine to get you fast results . |
| 15 | I think maybe English men would refer to their car as She or so on if they get to think you know they make things have personalities you start to give them personal pronoun there . |
| 16 | If we humanize the cat to the extent where we start to give it human medication , we may be hurting it when we are trying to be kind . |
| 17 | Lucy : ( At school ) there used to be a group of white girls and a group of black girls , right and y'know , they start … once they 're on their own they 're alright but once they 're with their people they get a bit lippy so they start callin' me black bastard — ‘ Look at you you mother fucker ’ — an' all that fing . |
| 18 | To perform the tremolo picking part correctly you should use alternate picking , and aim to keep you right-hand wrist as relaxed as possible . |
| 19 | That is because we 've given them good service over the past three years . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've given them good service — 130 goals in 140-odd games — and feel good for a few more seasons . ’ |
| 21 | I can write , you know you 've given them middle names , you know , that suitable middle names |
| 22 | I 've given you good reason to be suspicious of my motives . ’ |
| 23 | And I 've given you special stuff for nighttime to keep the back of your throat clear at night . |
| 24 | and this woman 's like saying , I 've saved you bloody cow and they 're always shouting . |
| 25 | Pig iron you know er pig iron was what they had I 've seen them pouring furnaces pouring it onto the pig beds , and you know when I was a kid when we lived in Caldmore from about half past nine at night all across West Bromwich , Wednesbury all over that area , you 'd see the sky light up and it was due to the pouring of er pouring the pig iron . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've got me regular suppliers an' they always come on time . |
| 27 | And then you 've got them other ones , the white ones ai n't you ? |
| 28 | Well you 've got them spare ribs here , . |
| 29 | We 've got them Milky Ways to take back yet . |
| 30 | in the morning , so what nutty nut , I 've got it nutty nut |