Example sentences of "your [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I exclaimed : ‘ Your Excellency tells me one thing today and another tomorrow ! |
| 2 | Well I said to her er your mum asked me last night . |
| 3 | Make sure that your text makes it clear where the quotation comes from ( see pp. 107 – 8 ) . |
| 4 | I got here about half an hour ago , and your sister gave me some tea . ’ |
| 5 | Your faith gave me new life and strength . |
| 6 | Erm when you do your stock do you first of all roast the bone ? |
| 7 | If ( and hopefully when ) you do finally quit , it may create more of a problem than if you gird your mental loins at the outset and make up your mind to do it first and foremost . |
| 8 | Does your drinking make you careless of your family 's welfare ? 3 . |
| 9 | Setting up the program can be time-consuming — you have to back up your entire hard disk , repartition it and encrypt it — so you 'd have to have some really important data on your machine to make it worthwhile . |
| 10 | Since you are still in the process of learning about your camcorder 's capabilities , it might be a good idea to deliberately try some of these mixed light shots and to shoot some comparisons between fully auto white balance and outdoor/indoor presets , if your machine gives you this choice of operation . |
| 11 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 12 | The office procedures , she said , is simple anyway , and yet , ethics and etiquette is a , she said , and your teacher works you that hard and it just drills in anyway ! |
| 13 | ‘ Does your job give you total satisfaction ? ’ |
| 14 | It 's your job to make him interested . |
| 15 | Only when the children feel less threatened will they be able to relax , and it 's up to you and your husband to give them that security . |
| 16 | ‘ And why did your friend tell you all this ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Your unconscious tells me different . ’ |
| 18 | Your eyes and your mouth show me that feelings are important to you , but your forehead shows me that common sense is your main guide in life . |
| 19 | Typically the punter would say : " One of your crew rang me three months ago . |
| 20 | ‘ Yeah , your secretary told me that . ’ |
| 21 | You may say that it is feeble in colour and monotonous in tone — it may be so , but it touches the heart , it arrests the attention ; and what is the use of all your correct drawing and pure tints , and skill in light and shade , if your subject leaves me cold and unaffected . |
| 22 | ‘ If it 's not unethical — and there was no one else to do it , anyway — why have Celia and your grandmother kept it secret all these years ? |
| 23 | ‘ Your grandmother rang me last night . |
| 24 | You might be able , for example , to persuade your employer to give you constructive help by engaging an out-placement counsellor to assist you in finding a new job . |
| 25 | Eh — ’ she laughed ’ — I remember , I put a headscarf over the lamp , and your Dad gave me such a telling off . |
| 26 | That smile on your face says it all . |
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| 28 | ‘ Did your son find it fruitless ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ When did your mother tell you all this ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Did n't your mother learn you any manners ? ’ |