Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , it 's like , it 's like the foreman on the shopfloor for some reason , there 's a er , in the systems or whatever , er , the warehouseman er , the night porter er , when he takes over , he knows what he 's doing , he knows what I want , because I 've spoken to him about it , erm , he knows what items I want to leave for stock people , erm , and Sue , the checkout manager , she 'll know if I want extra people on the shopfloor because we 're quiet , or I expect it to be quiet , erm , she knows where they 've got to be , and I 'll come back and review it with her . |
| 2 | Peter Gilroy , deputy director at Kent SSD , said : ‘ Research shows if you leave elderly people 's needs simply with personal care and do n't take into account their anxiety about their home , they are likely to go into a spiral of decline . ’ |
| 3 | I know so you know different people that make us laugh . |
| 4 | ‘ They know as he does that 75pc of the cigarettes manufactured in Darlington go abroad . |
| 5 | John has always said that prejudice is hard to combat because it means changing people 's inner feelings , ‘ their hearts and minds ’ . |
| 6 | A circular letter , erm the landscaping company asking if we have any works that we need doing , I do n't think we do erm hedging and lawn cutting and everything . |
| 7 | But it sometimes helps if you remind key people which side their bread is buttered on , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 8 | Three out of four directors say social workers lack the necessary powers to act when they suspect old people are being abused by carers , relatives or neighbours . |
| 9 | There was a disco where beer was on sale but thoughts of dancing the night away evaporated when we found other people were using it for sleeping . |
| 10 | Planting can be done during the summer and the oxygenating plants should be given three to four weeks to become established before you introduce any fish . |