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 . ’ |