Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Francis added : ‘ I 'm all in favour of lots of goals , but I like to see them created properly rather than artificially . |
| 2 | He has sat and matched the former world amateur champions shoot up the rankings and said : ‘ I 'm glad to see them doing so well but it 's annoying when you know you are as good as them but are not able to do anything about it . |
| 3 | He disliked occidental empires and wished to see them ended as soon as practicable . |
| 4 | They went back to the Franz Joseph together — she liked everyone to see them walking off together when the performance was over . |
| 5 | No one would accuse the Americans of being frightened of the new , or the Indians of refusing to show emotion , or of inability to communicate , but all need to work in an environment which encourages them to give of their best , and encourages them to look outwards rather than inwards . |
| 6 | Do you want me to come round there so you can read |
| 7 | One day my mum rang up and said she did n't want me to come home again and that I should go to Social Services because she was sick and tired of all the bother and everything . |
| 8 | ‘ My father would make me stand up straight and sing the national anthem four times . |
| 9 | I thought you 'd want them to know as soon as possible . ’ |
| 10 | Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis . |
| 11 | I tried an abortive term at Durham University Drama Department and that made me realise even more that I wanted the real thing ; by then I had , in any case , worked the AIM stint and I did n't need theory ; I wanted practice . |
| 12 | I denied homosexual inclinations but he still made me bend down so that he could inspect my behind with a wooden spatula . |
| 13 | When you need to put pressure on someone , reminding them of time limits can increase their stress level and make them capitulate sooner rather than later . |
| 14 | ( This is perhaps why those who appointed me enquired rather anxiously whether I , too , meant to enjoy the kingdom for thirty years . ) |
| 15 | He asked them to come up today or tomorrow to start work on the er pipe work again . |
| 16 | I mean ah I know I know but then he 's pretty tied up and I know very well but even trying to get lunch with is difficult but there may be there may be I mean I know quite well but would want . |
| 17 | because you think , I mean I come up here and I slag someone off to you or yeah , and then I 'll go downstairs and I 'll sit with them at lunch and have a perfectly normal conversation with them |
| 18 | I mean I think as far as NUPE 's concerned we would want our branch secretaries or a branch official and probably senior senior shop stewards I would think . |
| 19 | I mean I er er I mean I just do n't know how you , you begin and end with this actually I mean I really do n't and I mean I think quite frankly if Hydro Electric were to go out and say okay , we will fund the purchase of twenty houses four bedrooms each for the homeless right I would have thought in terms of doing something I mean I walk round Princes Street and I see those poor sods and I say to myself |
| 20 | The people of Tiree were very kind , and I had to take tea with a family who had good English , and invited me to come right away and remain their guest while I stayed on the island . |
| 21 | the shares , together with any shares already held by the person acquiring them carry not less than 75% of the votes ; and |
| 22 | ‘ We expect them to go home now and say , ‘ Mamma gim me lamb ’ . ’ |
| 23 | It was far enough away to be no real danger , but it certainly stopped me going any further and was probably a timely warning ! |
| 24 | Some 36 years later I was invited to become Patron of Vliegclub Grimbergen , which honour I took very seriously and when my Belgian friends told me of the threatened closure of this , one of the busiest of Belgium 's general aviation airfields , I could see no obvious reason for closure , other than what only seemed to me to be political bias . |
| 25 | When I signed up for the trip I really did n't know just what to expect ; when I got my packet information I wondered how I would stand up to it but I soon found I adjusted very well and even though I had never slept in a tent in a tent in a sleeping bag or had any experience canoeing I did OK . |
| 26 | It might suit you to dabble around here and there , where you will , but you can count me out . ’ |
| 27 | And if she did n't rush , how come she fell so heavily as to make that sort of wound ? |
| 28 | I urge you to consider very carefully before you vote and to oppose . |
| 29 | Now when the film 's over I 've got one or two more questions to ask you so I want you to watch very carefully and listen very carefully as we go through the film . |
| 30 | I want you to know round here that if anyone 's taking pictures , you better ask George Felix before . ’ |