Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the fact that modern history grows old within a week , I commend that book to people who want to understand what is happening in that part of the world . |
| 2 | Now I got one lot of fruit juices and I said to go and get some more and there were six empty on the thing then I chucked them in and then there were another six empty like . |
| 3 | ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I know several members of staff at the Versorelli Institute quite well . |
| 5 | They have varying effects on humans and as I discovered disastrous effects on fish . |
| 6 | I like different kinds of people but I try very hard to be ‘ nice ’ to everybody . |
| 7 | I suppose any number of people could have seen you leave it there . ’ |
| 8 | And why was I having this trouble with people ? |
| 9 | The spool is once again built up and takes 100 metres of 6lb — I use 150 metres of 4lb . |
| 10 | I took countless calls from people seeking tickets up until then . ’ |
| 11 | I gave it one of its earliest tests on my first trip to Coombe Abbey at Coventry , where I had sixty pounds of bream ( weighed ) and only stopped catching when I ran out of groundbait . |
| 12 | Because I have little patience for people who waste their time on idle speculation without any evidence to support their suspicions — and now , ’ he continued inexorably , ‘ since we understand each other , I suggest you go and have your shower , get dressed and eat some breakfast . |
| 13 | ‘ I have fond memories of people being able to talk to Philip . |
| 14 | Because everyone uses one set of data , specifications are consistent , standards are uniform , there will be no inaccuracies caused by recopying , and products can be updated quickly . |
| 15 | Do you want me to open that tin of fruit ? |
| 16 | Brough Park , which last night hosted the final of the 2,000 Guineas , is now preparing for next month 's Northumberland Puppy Cup , which offers prize money of £2,000 for the winner . |
| 17 | According to the joint receiver , Ian Murdoch , of KPMG Peat Marwick , Levack , which made pre-tax profits of £240,000 on turnover of £22 million in 1991 , appears to have been undercapitalised . |
| 18 | But that should be offset by recovery from the bathroom and heating companies which made little-changed profits of £42.6m last year . |
| 19 | Yesterday Johnson Matthey — which announced pre-tax profits of £33.5million — said it ‘ has been authorised by Charter to say that Charter has no present intention of either buying or selling shares in the company . ’ |
| 20 | Yesterday Johnson Matthey — which announced pre-tax profits of £33.5million — said it ‘ has been authorised by Charter to say that Charter has no present intention of either buying or selling shares in the company . ’ |
| 21 | Common Ground is concerned about the decline in old orchards , which grow traditional varieties of fruit , provide habitats for bees , grazing for sheep , geese and pigs and create beautiful landscapes ; their exhibition encourages people to grow their own fruit trees , and plant larger orchards for the community . |
| 22 | Mr Parkinson is concerned that the cost over-runs of the tunnel , which rose last month by £1bn to an estimated £7bn , could be repeated in the building of the rail link from Folkestone to London . |
| 23 | I am writing on behalf of organisations in Bath and Wiltshire which provide residential services to people with learning difficulties . |
| 24 | There was a twinning arrangement with a local employer which involved one member of staff and a limited number of students . |
| 25 | The Solaris version of Unix uses multitasking , multimedia object management facilities and is able to build true client-server applications , which can be exploited by the Model 116 , which transfers eight bits of data in parallel and also performs byte-to-byte handshaking for increased data integrity . |
| 26 | Mortensen ( 1933a ) noted that A. ingolfiana and A. norvegica were very similar and could only be distinguished from one another by the following characters ; the shape of the genital plate which has two branches in A. ingolfiana but in A. norvegica the abradial branch — the one on the ventral interradial side of the genital plate is reduced and broadened , while the radial shields which are more rounded on the proximal abradial — outer side in A. ingolfiana while in A. norvegica this side is more angular . |
| 27 | The vehicle contract hire business , which has net assets of £5.6m , will continue to be operated as separate subsidiary by NWS . |
| 28 | Direct services committee chairman Stephen Cass said : ‘ The council is committed to enforcing the scheme , which has overwhelming support from people living in and around the town centre . ’ |
| 29 | We devote $300m of research and development expenditure exclusively to the systems division , which has annual revenues of $2,360m : that corresponds to an respectable level of 12% . ’ |
| 30 | Past customers swayed by the dialogue include Fujitsu which installed nine lifts worth £300,000 at its Aycliffe factory , and developer Murray International which gave Pickerings the £150,000 contract to supply lifts for Dunedin House , the Teesdale site office block . |