Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [det] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peggy ’ — he put his hand out towards her — ‘ I 've got him where I want him , where we all want him . |
| 2 | The term " registered land " is itself a misnomer , although we all use it , from law draftsmen downwards : what is registered , of course , is not land but the estates , interests and obligations of individuals in land . |
| 3 | To finish , I will remind you of something which Paul Eyles regrets he can not sell in his shop — although we both agree it is indispensable when setting up a tank for fish : patience . |
| 4 | Maybe he seeks a more thrustful mien so that when he goes to his nasty little hutch in the City and glares at his neurotically blinking little screen and barks into his cellular telephone for another tranche of lead futures or whatever , he comes over as just a trifle more macho than we all know him to be . |
| 5 | Everyone was so kind and helpful when Copper had his accident , although they all thought I was mad , and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all , especially Cooper 's vet . |
| 6 | He did not mention his other reason for secrecy , although they both knew it . |
| 7 | It will only happen if we all treat it as a priority . |
| 8 | If we all do it they 'll have to take the train on ! ’ and 60 fellow travellers rebelled in agreement , using seat cushions to prevent the doors from being closed . |
| 9 | If we all give her a little of our pastry , she 'll get a lot , and we 'll have some left as well . |
| 10 | We certainly do n't want to do without it if others have it , for fear of what we might be missing , but if we all gave it up — Mr Vansitart , because the human race has invented TV does n't mean we have to put up with it . |
| 11 | If we all bashed it together we could do in that door . ’ |
| 12 | If we all want it put a stop to , will the government do something about it , or will it be like you said , Mr. Gerrard ? |
| 13 | ‘ And if we all watch him , Stefan , you , I , he ca n't do anything fatal . |
| 14 | Oh do n't bother , for god if everyone gets you know like what you said before , he said he did n't like you , he did n't ask you out you know the first time , cos everyone was hassling him , if they all hassle him now , you 're not gon na get far are you ? |
| 15 | The prosecutor tells them that if they both confess they will go to jail for ten years ; if neither confesses they will get two years ; if only one confesses he ( the confessor ) will get just one year while his fellow prisoner goes down for 20 . |
| 16 | Yeah , it 'll be great because they all , cos they all like you do n't say |
| 17 | And no one phones you up cos they all think you 're too busy . ’ |
| 18 | If the ice comes he 'll be far enough South and if it all melts he 'll be above the new sea level . |
| 19 | Then there is — unless we each imagine it — a very faint thump . |
| 20 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 21 | You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time . |
| 22 | I 'm going back to the erm controversial emotive subject of atomic power I suppose , as you said earlier , the the atomic bomb and erm I suppose the most worrying thing for er for everybody was when erm the Cuba crisis was on and everybody was just waiting for these mushrooms to appear over London because we all thought we were gon na be bombed at any time but er obviously the other thing that sort of worries people is other things that you said about Chernobyl and Three Mile Island but on the other side , obviously the erm the low cost of atomic power must be the advantage for the future . |
| 23 | We all know the grave problems in some of our children 's homes but we ca n't run away with the fact that er they 're unique to or the problems do n't exist elsewhere because we all know they do . |
| 24 | After Clare 's sudden departure from Saracen , Miranda had immediately located her through friends , then telephoned and urged her sister to be sensible and apologize to Elinor , ‘ because we all know you really love Gran ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ He is misleading people and will do everything in his power to keep away from me because we both know I 'll beat him again . |
| 26 | Because they all hate us , they hate us for being different , for not being them , for their own not being like us . |
| 27 | ‘ Because they all hate us , you know . |
| 28 | erm James and Alex and Danny laughing at him and thinking he 's funny because they all fancy him |
| 29 | The whole squad was eager because they all thought they had a chance of being involved . |
| 30 | All the sounds of the valley end here in my room , and the women speak in front of me — of Hywel and Beuno and Elizabeth and me — and the men who work on the farm piss in the hedgerow in front of me because they all think I am dead . |