Example sentences of "[pers pn] poor [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You poor things , ’ murmured Tommaso 's mother , looking glad however that the Pittagoras suffered some misfortune . |
| 2 | You poor things ! |
| 3 | ‘ You poor darlings ! |
| 4 | ‘ You poor children , ’ said Glenda Grower , turning to Penny Warlock and Toby as they slunk away . |
| 5 | " You poor guys ? " |
| 6 | ‘ Nineteen people in our street killed and them poor souls in Durning Road School . |
| 7 | I thought them poor cars behind me . |
| 8 | Right from the outset Wales looked in a mean mood , determined to put behind them poor performances in winning their previous five games . |
| 9 | Penwith and Kerrier hundreds were obviously poorer than the eastern parts of the shire ; a high proportion of men were taxed on wages who had not been thought worth mentioning in the earlier survey , many of them poor immigrants variously described as tinners or labourers . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's all them poor bastards you cut up , applaudin' . |
| 11 | Fair comment , but this week she was on holiday , did n't stop her and going and leaving them poor dogs in there barking their heads off and crying , for seven and a half hours did it ? |
| 12 | He said , ‘ What will we poor priests do when you conquer , against a double invasion and your own new fleet turned against you ? ’ |
| 13 | We poor women must be looking to our defences , I swear ! |
| 14 | Senior council officials in Birmingham , some earning up to £65,000 a year — that is more than we poor Members of Parliament get — are living in council properties and paying rents as low as one fifth of market levels . |
| 15 | We poor savages , way back in the Dark Ages , still think that our women might possibly be satisfied with one man . |
| 16 | They give him poor tips and charge high commissions . |
| 17 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 18 | In the all ticket days you could often wait for the first coach from Leeds to turn up and they would have 20+ tickets for us poor souls who could nt get one ! ! |
| 19 | Well I think you know you 've got ta , got ta speak up for us poor husbands sometimes |
| 20 | When Harold Skimpole declares to him that ‘ The owners of such places as Chesney Wold … are public benefactors … good enough to maintain a number of delightful objects for the admiration and pleasure of us poor men ’ , Sir Leicester receives the compliment as no more than his due . |
| 21 | No thought for us poor traders etc , was the cry . |
| 22 | How strangely can you discompose , calm and turn us poor weathercocks of men . |
| 23 | ‘ Better than singing boastful tunes like ‘ Rule Britannia ’ as though you Brits were n't beaten hollow by us poor rebels , ’ was her riposte to that . |
| 24 | Us poor workers then had the even trickier job of turning the christmas grotto back into a living room ! |