Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt it amused him , but although he did n't laugh outright he took this way of telling her she could forget it . |
| 2 | Well absolutely , I mean we 've got together a little earlier this year to make sure we did n't have the same problem as last year , and obviously that 's a good thing to get all the problems out of the way so early and so we can all plan ahead for next year without facing any problems that , you know , just before the season starts like we did this year , so altogether a good thing , yes . |
| 3 | certain cases you 've got ta say to Joe , well you mean that 's what the lady wants now you know those Ercoles I did ? |
| 4 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 5 | When too many break away they jam each other and that is the cause of work hardening . ’ |
| 6 | When he came home we saw each other often . |
| 7 | An and everything they be be architects or something , you 're gon na pick one who 's who who said well I did that building at London Airport or something like that . |
| 8 | Like I I see it done today I think that sort of thing , you used to stand in a corner . |
| 9 | all them eggs you know , when we went to Alec , when they were selling these trays of eggs , er , we went there with Alec , so I said I 'll have one like , and they were really fresh , but when I got home I got that thing of , from Kwiksave , I got the whole packet , big packet |
| 10 | I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software . |
| 11 | The Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt had little sympathy for the Arabs he painted in the mid-19th century : ‘ Speaking generally I regard these people as the most detestable in existence . ’ |
| 12 | Well , you know like she had that problem with her you know |
| 13 | The lake rarely freezes so we have little opportunity to discover our ice-legs . |
| 14 | The subterranean passage view offers a plausible account of how the monsters could feed , but unfortunately in doing so it destroys another theory about ‘ Nessie ’ , which is that the animal is a relic of the dinosaur age , possibly a plesiosaur . |
| 15 | If chargers move through Fanatics they have not already encountered then they sustain more damage as they hit the deranged Goblins . |
| 16 | Lancaster meanwhile was encamped near Bedford , and seeing his support ebb away he made another offer of submission . |
| 17 | Erm and er and that Audrey or Aubrey and and nobody knew well he ran that bar . |
| 18 | Thought well I had this fire on so , I gets up to go through and make myself a l you know a drink before going to bed and I put my 'jamas on and dressing gown . |
| 19 | I thought afterwards I bet that tape would run out when you 're talking to and wo n't be able to turn it over . |
| 20 | Obviously if the whole of the surplus-value is consumed unproductively it makes little difference how it is consumed , either as necessaries or as luxuries . |
| 21 | so anyway , she hires so he hires this prostitute and they , they go upstairs and he gets a bit hungry so sarnie and they get down to the serious business |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I think maybe we built this tradition over the last three years . |
| 23 | But he said they 've just I mean this year the whole orchard . |
| 24 | Maybe I do n't know but it just so I would say he should n't snore like he does all night . |
| 25 | She left when she got adopted as Conservative candidate for Newbury , so he is not without erm competent female advice , and some would say perhaps they have more power than the having a woman colleague in the cabinet . |
| 26 | when Carolyn was working there they had this intruder . |