;man boat 3-made (Slavey; p.997)
dene ?ela@ thehtsi~

*dene thehtsi~ ?ela@
*thehtsi~ dene ?ela@

;woman REFL.child to hat 3.gave (Slavey; p.997)
ts!e@ku deyaa gha@ ts!ah ni~?o~

*ts!e@ku gha@ deyaa ts!ah ni~?o~
*ts!e@ku ts!ah deyaa gha@ ni~?o~

;that man 1sg.know.3 (p.261)
?eyi dene bek!e@odehyo~
*?eyi denee@ bek!e@odehyo~
*?eyi dene@ bek!e@odehyo~
*?eyi sedene@ bek!e@odehyo~

;3.clothes.possessive 3.dimenional.O.is.handled.on
beyu@e@ k!e?ede@ht!o~
*beyu@ k!e?ede@ht!o~
*?eyi beyu@e@ k!e?ede@ht!o~

;the boy dog 3.distr.cry (p.1001 and 998, constructed)
;is listed for bearlake elsewhere, e.g. pg. 240
;`The boy's dog is barking'
;(Elsewhere, ?eyi is glossed as `that')
?eyi ?ehkee li~e@  ya@hi@tsee
*?eyi ?ehkee ?eyi li~e@  ya@hi@tsee

;Q bread 3.is (p.1123)
;`Is there any bread?'
?asi~@ l\e@ht!e@e ?o~t!e
si~@ l\e@ht!e@e ?o~t!e
*l\e@ht!e@e ?asi~@ ?o~t!e
*l\e@ht!e@e ?o~t!e ?asi~@
*?asi~@ ?asi~@ l\e@ht!e@e ?o~t!e 

; baby 3.is_heavy NEG (p. 1101)
bebi@ neda@ yi@le
*bebi@ yi@le neda@
*yi@le bebi@ neda@

; person 1p.see NEG (p. 1101)
dene gha@yeyi@da@ yi@le
*dene yi@le gha@yeyi@da@
*yi@le dene gha@yeyi@da@
*gha@yeyi@da@ yi@le dene