Mind Your Language (TV Series)

Take Your Partners (1978)

Barry Evans: Jeremy Brown

Quotes 

• [Mr. Brown suggests each member of the class tell a continuing story using their imagination] 

  Jeremy Brown : Right, Giovanni, your turn.

  Giovanni Cupello : Now, the coppers are-a coming. The burglar panics, then he sees-a the church, so he goes and knockers on-a the door. A priest, he hears this knockering, so he come along and open the door. The burglar, he say "Father, I'm in-a the big trouble", so the priest say "come into the church my son, and I give you sanctuary." "OK" says the burglar, "and sanctuary much."

• Jeremy Brown : I a got a bone to speak with you.

  Juan Cervantes : Chicken bone?

  Jeremy Brown : No, a bone of contention!

  Juan Cervantes : I've never had that before.

  Jeremy Brown : Last week I asked you to write how a verb is a word that denotes an action of state 20 times.

  Juan Cervantes : All right, in the home book. Look, here it is. A verb is a word that denotes an action of state twenty times.

  Jeremy Brown : Yes, you are right.

• Jeremy Brown : Went shopping, Ranjeet?

  Ranjeet Singh : We have been in the funny park. I am wining gift on the shooting rifles for only twenty p.

  Jeremy Brown : You must be hitting the bulls eye.

  Ranjeet Singh : Oh, no, I hit the honor man, and they gave me prizes to go away.