Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By protecting them we ensure a healthy environment — for ourselves and our children as well as for the wildlife . |
| 2 | Some seem flower-like yet when you touch them they have the incongruous scratch of stone . |
| 3 | Queue , queue barny magrew leg it , run , leg it I know a short cut , it 's a long shot but it might just work |
| 4 | As Lisa 's face fell he continued , ‘ However , it would seem that poor , downtrodden Nigel has what they call a cast-iron alibi . |
| 5 | I do n't know what you wan na big roaming house for ? |
| 6 | So the carbonates , any of the carbonates , heat them you get a good chance of getting the carbon dioxide given off . |
| 7 | Your answers show me you have a wicked heart . |
| 8 | It is also important to create what I call a maternal genealogy to add to the paternal lineage which the current histories of art canonise — the succession of geniuses passing on the Olympic torch down the ages , man to man . |
| 9 | And as I say , you ca n't really beat what I call the basic training apprenticeships which you 're to come through . |
| 10 | Twenty leading British scientists have called for a change in Government to reverse what they call a dramatic decline in the standard of British scientific research . |
| 11 | As we read it we get a good idea of the character of each one . |
| 12 | An enthusiast points out that its real attraction is that it is fun : ‘ When you ride it you have a permanent smile on your face . ’ |
| 13 | They say the villain , whoever he was , should have used what they call an inverted beehive plastic explosive attached to the underside of the tank by a magnetic damp , in which case more than ninety per cent of the explosive charge would have been directed upwards . |
| 14 | Usually it is sufficient to read the headnote and the passage you want ; but if the case is an important part of your argument you would , in court , read what you consider the essential facts in full . |
| 15 | so these local experts , you ca n't believe what they say the only way really is to , the scriptures do n't they say give us an accurate er description of what 's |
| 16 | Mankind throughout the ages has produced what we call the Holy Ones . |
| 17 | Our customers have always told us we offer a superb service . |
| 18 | So I suppose what you do with Debs is er tell them you want the whole discount and I suppose they give you a card for each floor cos you ca n't walk around with it each floor can you ? |
| 19 | The combination seems to point to some underlying form of ‘ essential history ’ of which each individual provides his variant but which can only be hinted at , not revealed , because when the voices join across time they never quite marry , though their coming together is an attempt to generate something which like a collective emotion is necessarily felt as something more than the experience of the individual , as something dominant and external' . |
| 20 | Nevertheless having said that , er I would say that the County Council 's moved as far as it believes it possibly can do to meeting some of the requests of the the district in providing what we consider a generous , and what other people might consider a overly generous allocation of land . |
| 21 | So And you have to do n't use too much oil and you use the oil on it you know , and then when you get what we call a good body on it , that 's when all the pores is filled up . |
| 22 | and it was dark green oh it it 's not bad but you know I 'd just lost ten pounds to the taxi driver to him giving me the wrong change so I was feeling in a very frugal mood an and this the green of this candlestick holder you know what I call the old fashioned dark green , of some china ? |
| 23 | You may want to go back to your original data and indicate what you want a certain sound to be ow that you have checked it , and from now on you would use correct and consistent symbolisation . |
| 24 | The buses tell us they 've no particular problems , but obviously they are getting held up where the traffic is busy . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the producers hope the film will correct what they call a public misunderstanding about squatting and the law . |
| 26 | We are going to improve and produce what I believe the optimum product eventually . |
| 27 | I think you 're having what they call a nervous breakdown . |
| 28 | If you ask me you need a new washer . |
| 29 | Do not allow yourself to be pushed around by an agency that tells you they have a large number of suitable vacancies and then persists in sending you for jobs which are not within your specifications . |
| 30 | Yes , it 's a funny old thing , actually I must tell you I feel an awful lot better since I 've passed my I suppose , last Friday I saw a Solicitor and the divorce is now actually sat up on it 's merry way rejoicing , and |