Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian . |
| 2 | I have two young children , so my wife Denise does n't work and I have a £50,000 mortgage . |
| 3 | I do n't think it 's right , my niece Sue does n't think it 's right , they 're doing it in school , it 's part of the national curriculum , as soon as they can form the letters now , they join them , I said I go to King university and I do n't join up my letters |
| 4 | It was quite crowded but in her pleasure Rachaela did not mind . |
| 5 | I have given you the section of the room in which Mr Fishbane does not sit . |
| 6 | As the guest calling himself Mr Smythe did not have legal title to the cheque , he could not give legal title to the hotelier ; therefore , the cheque would not be paid and the hotelier would suffer the loss . |
| 7 | The front door was painted blue , and had a coloured glass panel , which Mrs Maugham did not like . |
| 8 | Your Mum 's got so many hairs on her fanny Tarzan do n't know which one to swing on ! |
| 9 | Luke telephoned her early to tell her , tersely , what time he would fetch her that night , and although she put a frigid resentment into her voice Maria did n't demur , since it was in their public , professional capacities that the radio station 's personnel had been issued with complimentary tickets to the first Taiwanese appearance of a fairly famous American singer . |
| 10 | For two days after their conversation Ruth did not see the woman , and then on the third day a man leaned over from the upper deck and called out to her . |
| 11 | ‘ I spoke to Edwards about Bull and so did Stan Flashman , but Alex Ferguson tells me Martin Edwards did n't speak to either of us because he was with him all afternoon . |
| 12 | Something Sir John does not know . ’ |
| 13 | Even the man whose name Howard did n't catch , and who was at Cambridge just after him , is glowing faintly . |
| 14 | Already there were a couple of people watching , Kevin Simpson 's mother and an old man whose name Stephen did n't know , hungry for excitement on an empty April Saturday . |
| 15 | Blackbirds , sparrows , robins , and other birds whose names Vic does n't know , skip and hop about at a discreet distance from the magpies . |
| 16 | To his disappointment Sheila did n't praise him . |
| 17 | But his girlfriend Kathy does n't mind the new additions . |
| 18 | Despite his difficulties Barry did not indicate that he had revised his decision to seek a fourth consecutive term as mayor in the November 1990 elections ( although conviction on a felony charge would automatically debar him ) . |
| 19 | For the first time in his life Brian did not want to be left alone with Celia . |
| 20 | With the stimulus of a wheel in his hands Patrick did not feel sleepy . |
| 21 | But when Fleury breathlessly informed Dr McNab of his diagnosis McNab did not seem to take it very seriously . |
| 22 | But Constable Bedford noticed that his Ford Cortina did not have a tow bar . |
| 23 | I 'm sure Adi Dassler and his brother Rudolph did n't know what they were starting when they began making sports shoes in Germany in the Twenties . |
| 24 | What Mr Patten does n't seem to realise is that most seven to 11-year-old children — and I do n't mean his own privileged daughter Mary Claire — need to be eased and teased into acquiring a reading habit . |
| 25 | What Mrs Ferrari did n't know , was that another baby had suffered a fractured skull while he was being looked after by Withers . |
| 26 | What John Rennie does not consider is the buying power of the audience to the Royal . |
| 27 | Set in the early 1980s , and about liberal politicians cleaning up a small town , it will , Beswick hopes , ‘ do for Little Rock what John Major did n't do for Huntingdon ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ What Governor Clinton does n't understand is that it 's the people in the voting booths that matter . ’ |
| 29 | " Well then , your Aunt Doris did n't give it to you to squander on trips abroad , " said Mrs Maugham . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you mean that in your opinion Betty does n't want to get married ? ’ she asked . |