Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb base] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I do n't think I 've ever had that amount in it
2 Er this is , I mean I 've just got that way .
3 I mean I 've only got some figures here up to the twenty fourth of February , and in that particular week we sold about thirteen and a half thousand U K holidays , as against the week last year of about five and a half , so we 've obviously seen a fairly major growth in U K holidays , but , as I said , we spent about a hundred thousand pounds on promotion , so we 're very pleased with the uptake of business coming in .
4 Oh I must n't lose that , my grandson bought me that in Greece Cos I 'm a pipe smoker and er , but it 's not a Zippo , and he got it very cheap English you see , but I 've knackered him you see , because I , he thinks I 've still got that , but I , I , I bought a Zippo one , and it 's , it 's the hippo , the Zippo one that 's in there the other one was fucking useless , well , it lasted for a couple of months , a few months , but er
5 Police say they 've already contacted several potential witnesses and this afternoon they recovered the getaway car , a Sierra Cosworth .
6 And if there 's anything surprising about that results , it 's that nineteen people say they 've never taken any kind of drug !
7 They say they have never encountered any problems in being an all-female firm ; if anything , they find that a lot of their male clients find it easier to talk to a woman about their finances .
8 She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers .
9 Mike Morley says I have always refuted that allegation and I still do .
10 So far I have discussed the different criminologies of the previous two centuries with little reference to the problem of the concept of ‘ crime ’ itself : Worse , I have sometimes used ‘ crime ’ and ‘ deviance ’ interchangeably — though I hope I have only done this where the argument has happened to apply equally to both .
11 Do you feel you have fully resolved that situation ?
12 and then your man also told me , he said , this is something you have to watch them , John says they 've already paid that for doing all the advertising
13 Steve White of Swindon says they 've still got some tough teams to play but they are in good form and if they do n't get into the play-offs it will be their fault
14 Still , I ca n't believe you 've still got that
15 ‘ I would have thought we have now exhausted that possibility .
16 She does n't realize we 've just done this bit .
17 But that is quite impressive figures for us , I mean we 've never seen that sort of volumes of figures before , but erm over the last year or two I mean tour operators have worked far more closely with travel agents in promoting U K products .
18 I confess I have never met any woman as shrewish or as critical as you ! ’
19 ‘ I 'm waiting for the baby to actually move I 've already sensed some little flutters . ’
20 I said , ‘ You know I 've rarely said this to anyone in real life and certainly never on television , but Nigel , your flies are undone . ’
21 Well it 's , you know I 've never had that and you 've never had that .
22 I know I 've never had some of the breaks I deserve but I do n't allow myself to dwell on this .
23 Erm I know you 've probably had more than enough of that , but keep keep having a little look
24 Or I know you 've recently received some information , that 's good .
25 You know a colour television , cos you know we 've only got that one .
26 ‘ I believe I 've already answered that question , ’ he said at last .
27 Oh nothing to make you cringe or anything he was just , he was just like saying you know just stuff that was really pretty well
28 But you 've been brought you 've never had any slang
29 I was actually going to give to you Sue , so that you could test them but I understand you 've already got some new ones ?
30 Nothing else was right , you had to go for the best in life , and I suppose we 've always felt that . ’
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