Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [det] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Bearing that in mind , which of these do you think you 'll have to give up ? |
2 | ‘ Something like this makes you believe in yourself that much more , ’ said Toleafoa , whose father is a consulate-general for Western Somoa , but who qualifies to play for New Zealand because of her mother . |
3 | Carrots and meat and good stuff , and then they used to put a little flour to thicken it like this do you see , with a big spoon like that . |
4 | Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you . |
5 | But expressing it like this makes it look as if there could be a quality of ‘ in-the-foot-ness ’ , and this is absurd since position is not a quality . |
6 | ‘ Did n't anyone at all see him go out ? ’ asked Mervyn . |
7 | You know the housing office If say you 've got need any repairs or anything , if you 've got any problems , do you do you use them at all do you go and go and see them ? |
8 | What I ever did to annoy Old Saul , whether it was the heat that made him especially cantankerous , whether Agnes really had kicked him in the head when she arrived , as Mrs Clamp says-none of this do I know . |
9 | A child 's breathless wailing calmed by the firm slap of the father 's hand , a dead ant revived by the careless press of a passing sole , a wounded finger healed and sealed by the knife 's blade : anything like that made me flinch and veer . |