Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , watching the thin , lemon beam of sun catch across the postman 's bicycle bars , she let herself think it unfair that her dear friend , Faith Lavender , should have died so suddenly and so much younger than the husk of a woman left in the next room . |
| 2 | He spread an artist 's folio before her , untied the ribbons with delicate fingers , and invited her to lay it open . |
| 3 | I 'm about 5'7 ’ and found it fitted me fine , although as with all sacks , it took a couple of days of walking to get the best adjustment . |
| 4 | After an inept start , Rangers battled belligerently to achieve the result they sought which keeps them abreast of Marseille , who defeated Club Brugge 3-0 in France . |
| 5 | Luke told me to leave you alone . |
| 6 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 7 | She told me to keep it quiet . ’ |
| 8 | That evening you visited your GP who told you to take it easy and prescribed a course of tranquillizers . |
| 9 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |
| 10 | Jobson approached with a coat over his arm , said he wanted to taslk to Mrs Smith , who told him to leave her alone . |
| 11 | Shortly after the inauguration , for example , when Secretary of State Haig tried to raise the issue of Central America , the White House told him to leave it alone . |
| 12 | I did n't want to put any extra pressure on him , and when he went on I told him to keep it simple . |
| 13 | so I told her to fetch them bloody home |
| 14 | Whether he thought it would be more unnerving than a show of rage or whether he imagined he owed me civil consideration , I was uncertain . |
| 15 | ‘ I asked you to leave me alone ; I … ’ |
| 16 | But when Bernard 's plan backfired I needed you alive in case you could lead me to Graham . |
| 17 | Just for this once , she told herself , she was n't prepared to fight her body 's response , and the intensity of her desire rose as she allowed him to pull her close to his warm maleness . |
| 18 | She guessed he found it intriguing to be able to talk about his consuming interest in the sport with a girl who not only knew what he was talking about , but could actually offer opinions that were interesting . |
| 19 | Indicates the left hand , ROS opened it to show it empty . ) |
| 20 | As Mahoney returned she shook it free but her eyes remained on the painting . |
| 21 | He tried to keep his eyes on her face as she examined him thoroughly , declared him fit , warned him to take it easy for a day or two and to drink sparingly because of the risk of delayed shock . |
| 22 | so I went in to pull them out , then I rang her rang her wee fella , she came round on Friday night and collected them sorry she collected them and she could n't get them back to , till the Tuesday , Tuesday . |
| 23 | And when the King thought it a fit season , he spake to him and said , that Doña Ximena Gomez , the daughter of the Count whom he had slain , had come to ask him for her husband , and would forgive him her father 's death ; wherefore he besought him to think it good to take her to be his wife , in which case he would show him great favour . |
| 24 | And you got him calling me filthy ! |
| 25 | Secondly , such small , delicate tables are difficult to visualise in terms of proportion , and so the prototype enabled me to get it right again , before touching the precious ebony . |
| 26 | I knew I found it hard to remember they were there , was very aware of you as I talked . |
| 27 | Th I , I thought I had it clear , and now I 'm slightly confused as a result of an answer that you gave , and I 'm not quite clear again . |
| 28 | Thought you had it fixed ? |
| 29 | ‘ I thought you wanted me dead . ’ |
| 30 | When some designer friends saw it they persuaded him to get it ready to market and it was ready just in time for Esher 1990 . |