Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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1 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
2 | However , males are sexual opportunists and if they come across another male 's female they will try to mate with her . |
3 | If you follow this day 's eating you will get through only 2,778 calories . |
4 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
5 | In this month 's Surgery we shall be describing a simple method of measuring unknown capacitors . |
6 | In this month 's competition you could win a prize patio worth £3,000 , designed and built by a Chelsea medal-winner |
7 | In this month 's article we will concentrate on some examples where the double stops are all derived from chords . |
8 | In this month 's article I will be discussing this and in passing we can look at the wider aspects of how techniques and paddle strokes are developed . |
9 | Er , Chairman erm , I do believe that this has always been an issue erm of vested interests and bureaucracy administration but all I want to say to members of the council today as a member of the youth and community advisory committee is that extremely serious er far reaching decisions are gon na have to be taken because we were told at the last meeting of that sub committee that just to stand still because of the changes in legislation regarding transfer of funds to the er F E funding council , we will lose a further two million pounds next year so even if we er do not have to find any cuts within our own budget that money is going out of this authority 's budget it may come back in in commissioning agreements but because of the different timescale that the funding council works on we probably wo n't know that when we come to set our budget and really the issue for the Labour group I think in particular as councillor has said , is the question of budgetary control . |
10 | If she dreamed of him again it would be this man 's face she would see . |
11 | Erm in order to meet a commitment which is the same as this year commitment then last here increasing last year because this year 's commitment we will not reach this year therefore , we 'll be into deficit ! |
12 | i implant and yeah that kind of thing and er whereas , you know , in this guy 's view it would erm involve the erosion of , of the whole culture of sign language |
13 | So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago . |
14 | So the heating addition that you , that you , that you erm been talking about , that 's the extra heating m money you can get if you can prove that y that your erm |
15 | We are starting with the press that the need for a National Airport 's policy I can not think of a number , a major or even a concentrate all these airfields and resources in one region . |
16 | So in three year 's time we 'll back to where we are today , |
17 | Oh there was a tremendous variety , but then there were all the same in , erm you look at the er the three light fitting er it hangs down from the ceiling and has three branches out from it and it either has three lights hanging down or three hanging upwards , er with four ordinary bulbs in or candle bulbs in and shades , sometimes they have four , erm , there 's still an awful lot of those about and any lighting shop you look in you 'll still see plenty of those er and yet they 've got a tremendous number of disadvantages , one thing , a lot of them got glass shades , if you break one shade three year 's time you might as well throw away the fitting because you ca n't get another one er , and erm it 's a design that does n't , it does n't lend itself to giving a good lighting in a room at all er , it they , they harsh glassware , the edges of the glass during all round the room and that sort of thing |
18 | At the beginning of each day 's trading you will be given a small amount of money ( eg £20 ) in small change , to put into the till . |
19 | And this brother who married his late brother 's wife he would also take over all that belonged to her , because , you know , all that , it was his dead brother 's , he would take it all over , it would become his the land , the business the property , the mortgage , the debts they would all become the brother who now marries the th th the widow . |
20 | ‘ In the 22 years I have sat on the North Eastern Co-op 's board I can not recall a year in which so many negative factors have combined . |
21 | In eight week 's time he would be Virginia Grafton 's husband . |
22 | But for the heavy torch in the older woman 's hand she might have been tempted to make a dash for it . |
23 | With over 50 year 's heritage you can trust the family range of great tasting vitamins from Haliborange to give you and your family peace of mind . |
24 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
25 | ‘ It 's good , though , because in ten year 's time you 'll be able to do family trees for records . |
26 | ‘ It 's good , though , because in ten year 's time you 'll be able to do family trees for records . |
27 | After the payment of one full year 's contribution you may encash your Bond at any time . |
28 | His newborn son 's face he could still recall vividly and sometimes did in his dreams , that white unsullied look of sweet knowledgeable contentment , as if , in a brief moment of life , he had seen and known all there was to know , seen it and rejected it . |
29 | By the time I 've finished with this room and had the forensic lab 's report I 'll be able to tell you a lot more than his mother ever knew about him . |
30 | Erm it 's to erm reserve er for emergencies , obviously , I , I 'd use a building society or bank , to cover holidays and domestic needs , to set up hobby or retirement applications , so we 'd always say , leave a fair amount in the building society , and the only thing th advice I 'd give you is one , stick to the major societies , and secondly , if you 're looking for larger investments , use a postal account . |