Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [pron] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Rosen , poet and broadcaster , was the champion of a strategy for reading dependent on enthusing readers by offering them books which they could enjoy , books which had been chosen by them or for them by people who knew about children 's books . |
| 2 | See , Sue has n't come back to me , the science department has n't come to me so I 'm not , I may leave that and say , and do something like that next year in a module or wait until I 've finished again I do n't mind , that 's still something in my mind which I would like to do but because talking to the form tutor 's , what I had written down as a fait a complet erm they 're not too keen so therefore I opened up and say you know , which particular things they were interested in the banking one they are very interested in the environment one , yes , within the school tidy upping area that they would like to do but I 've got ta be able to , and I do n't when planting season is or if I wan na put , be able to put flowers in etcetera , you see what I mean ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm tryin' to work out in my mind what we could do in this district if a general rebellion should break out . ’ |
| 4 | There was no doubt in my mind what I would do and I 've never regretted going into the business because we 've seen it grow enormously . |
| 5 | And he said that I had perceived correctly , that he might do nothing without my goodwill which he would strive to gain , if I would allow it . |
| 6 | Mostly very cheap and quick to knit , this year most of mine use something you 'll have plenty of — empty cones ! |
| 7 | He 'd tell him , he 'd get his orders from the office , cos the Deputy Harbourmaster he would go down all the sound he sound in river and see what wanted taken out , then he 'd say to my father I 'll dredge at so and so belo below docksill and docksill what they used to do they used to , my father what he 'd do he 'd put stakes on the mud , a short stake and a long stake on account of the tide and he 'd , he 'd make an imaginary on that stake , then he 'd go ashore at Wolverston , phone up what have you got on your docksill , the fella might say it 's ten feet , well he 'd say right we 'll make that twenty feet , so that 's er , that 's what he used to work on to dredge the river . |
| 8 | I see people every day of my life who you can bet are going to have a heart attack . |
| 9 | ‘ I seem to have some other side to my personality which I can bring to certain parts , ’ he says . |
| 10 | By the time she had finished she had it clearly in her mind what she must do . |
| 11 | But in summer the male ruff is an amazing-looking bird with a variously coloured ‘ ruff ’ of long feathers round its neck which it can fan out in nuptial display . |
| 12 | For the younger workers , in particular , mechanization has become a badge of their modernity which they can show off to otherwise uncomprehending townies in a manner which the latter can understand . |
| 13 | On their return , volunteers will submit a report on their fieldwork which we will publish in the Globe . |
| 14 | The Fine Arts Society denies this , but by lowering the price to £35,000 , just under the export limit , and selling to a foreign buyer , they also avoided the 17% VAT ( sales tax ) on their profit which they would have paid had they sold to a British institution . |
| 15 | Had there been any sign of their ill-treating her he would have gone straight at them , hopelessly , with his knife alone . |
| 16 | She said the girl discussed with her mother what she would do if something similar happened to her , before clamming up and denying she was a victim . |
| 17 | How about this gem : ‘ Both thy bondmen and thy bondmaids which thou shalt have , shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy them bondmen and bondmaids . |
| 18 | In skill terminology the interviewer uses the interview to create a model in his mind which he can use to predict the behaviour of the individual interviewee in a work situation , a stress situation , an illness or whatever an interview is about . |
| 19 | He had a light lunch in a small sandwich bar off the street called Crutched Friars , where monks once hobbled with one leg bound behind them to cause pain for the greater glory of God , and he made up his mind what he would do . |
| 20 | I once asked a 14 year old who had the word SKIN tattooed across his forehead what he 'd do if he ever lost the faith : — ‘ Cut me 'ead off ’ , he said grinning , ‘ Or maybe grow a fringe ’ . |
| 21 | It would indeed hound him for ever , and inspire the many references in dialogue to his father which we shall encounter , and his ambiguous sense of direction and self-fulfilment . |
| 22 | Mr X may emigrate from the United Kingdom leaving behind members of his family who he may wish to benefit from his assets . |
| 23 | But they too posed a threat , for there were few of his vassals whom he could trust . |
| 24 | She did not accept that within a more open-ended task , all children could experience success by setting themselves goals which they would work towards accomplishing . |
| 25 | I 'll have these Freshers all the way down the side near that erm middle wall , thought to myself wonder what I could have done there that will look pretty |
| 26 | Hold on to some part of your legs which you can reach without straining . |
| 27 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 28 | I owe your Arthur one I 'll have to get one , get one |
| 29 | In other words , you train a bird of prey to do under your control what it would do naturally in the wild . |
| 30 | WAYS TO REDUCE YOUR RATES What you can do if you think your business rates are too high |