Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [verb] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith said bluntly that Coleman 's long life was an unmitigated evil ( has anyone ever lived such a life ? ) . |
| 2 | Yes , I shall send someone tomorrow to cut all the girls ’ hair . ’ |
| 3 | Let us now consider this a little more closely . |
| 4 | Soon as the royal visitor had gone , he called us in and told us never to do such a thing again . |
| 5 | He grabbed at my hands and held them to his chest and begged me not to say such a thing . |
| 6 | When you know you only have half an hour or so you can become quite absorbed and interested , and quite jealous of the limit you have set yourself . |
| 7 | Erm , on page thirty you talk about the erm Employer 's Federation in the er minimum terms and conditions , well I 'm only hoping that my own firm Securicor do n't have any er input into that , because er as you know they unilaterally reduced all the terms and conditions Securicor guarding and cleaning recently erm I 'd like to know when we intend meeting with Securicor Cleaner I do know you 've written to them on a number of occasions and their refusal to meet with us . |
| 8 | ‘ You know he never said such a thing . ’ |
| 9 | Shall lure it back to cancel half a line , |
| 10 | Shall lure it back to cancel half a line |
| 11 | ‘ They taught us how to use all the divination equipment … . |
| 12 | " Almighty God , we beseech Thee graciously to behold this The family , " he said in his church , murmuring the words in the presence of a small congregation . |
| 13 | Who could hate her enough to do such a thing ? |
| 14 | I thought I actually gave all the sales figures we have . |
| 15 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |
| 16 | A licensee of licensed premises is not permitted knowingly to sell liquor to a person under 18 , to allow a person under 18 to consume liquor in a bar , or to allow anyone else to make such a sale . |
| 17 | I think I never witnessed such a squabble of people rushing into a building . |
| 18 | Harry turned quickly to Joe and cried excitedly , ‘ Did you ever know such a brother as mine , spending his money on something he hates ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Did you ever see such a mess ! ’ |
| 20 | And did you ever see such a bonny piece ? |
| 21 | ‘ Just look at the brilliance of that yellow forsythia — and did you ever see such a border of anemones ? ’ |
| 22 | Not only do we already have such a statement in the apostle 's creed , but theological it 's in a different realm . |
| 23 | 3 ) The question was asked do we really need such a statement when our ‘ creed ’ is already explained in the earlier leaflet ‘ The Task of Christian Aid ’ . |
| 24 | Did they ever have such a policy ? |
| 25 | Erm and the limit was five thousand pounds for one year but I think they only pay half the fees or something of whatever course it is . |
| 26 | Do they really provide such an appalling fir that they need to be replaced , at no small expense , by a more intricate system designed to provide perfect synthesis between the foot and the shoe ? |
| 27 | The Santa Cruz Operation has reversed itself on what to name its SCO Forum ‘ Product of the Year ’ and has gone with Applix Inc after getting complaints that Clarity Inc , its first pick , was not delivering on the SCO platform nor did it even have such an animal in beta : SCO is kind of lax in its standards . |
| 28 | Now that I 'm feeling a bit calmer , I can see that it was amazingly presumptuous of me even to imagine that Madeleine might love me enough to sacrifice all the luxuries she 's used to , just to be with me ! |
| 29 | The general manager of LUFC is called Alan Roberts , but as I said I only heard half the story . |
| 30 | Nor had she ever seen such a dress on anyone over the age of thirty , but seeing it , she had to admit that it did not even look bizarre : it was a pale purple smock , waistless and bustless , with long , much-buttoned sleeves , and yet it managed to give only the faintest , most delicate air of Bohemia . |