Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that give you any ideas about this . |
| 2 | The doctor had been in and given her some sleeping pills . |
| 3 | but they do sort of come in and give you some idea do n't they ? |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll go in and find us another shuttle . ’ |
| 5 | Then when it was realized that things had taken a turn for the worse and somebody was going to get killed the vicar stepped in and bought them all ice-creams . |
| 6 | He told us to sit down and served us vinegar-tasting wine . |
| 7 | The nurse came down and gave me some medicine which totally knocked me out . |
| 8 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 10 | Sh they 're like all clubbing together and giving her some money to go in with cos she 's got to have some money to go in with . |
| 11 | Yet his subjects had a right of resistance , of rebellion against him , if he failed to rule them justly and to give them due protection . |
| 12 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
| 13 | They tend to throw the ball rather than kicking it 60 yards up the park . ’ |
| 14 | As Fred said with a grin , ‘ We 'll save money by putting you back on the staff rather than pay you free-lance rates ’ . |
| 15 | They argue for the empowerment of subordinated groups , rather than giving them selective access to existing hierarchies ; for the ‘ democratization ’ of the curriculum by reorganizing knowledge to advantage the disadvantaged ; and for special teacher training for teachers to assist girls in resisting the sexist demands of their schools . |
| 16 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |
| 17 | A representative sample of the adult British population was asked : ‘ If the company you work for had to move its premises , do you think you would or would not move with it and find a new home if it moved more than 50 miles away and gave you financial help to move ? ’ |
| 18 | What matters about lying is giving people false beliefs , just as giving them true ones is what matters about telling the truth . |
| 19 | So come on and give us some respect . |
| 20 | Some people carry on and live it 24 hours a day because they have to be that person all the time and at that time , it was n't like you played a gig , finished the gig and then had a very private life until the next gig . |
| 21 | She was teasing , but I answered , ‘ I 'd guess Mercer assured the waiter he would n't be fired and took him aside and gave him twenty dollars . ’ |
| 22 | start , start , annoying Cheryl , fuck off and leave me alone Trev . |
| 23 | I think I 'd better go home and make him some tea now , he 'll be wondering where I am |
| 24 | The lady at the dole office was nicely dressed in flowered cotton , she 'd seen Alex cry once and got her some tissues and everything was suddenly made easy . |
| 25 | ‘ It is a fantastic achievement to win here just once but to do it six times is amazing and a very special feat . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He kept waking up and telling me silly things … |
| 27 | it was fine , I thought right get up and get them bloody curtains washed , I had 'em on the line , but do you think our Mike noticed them , well when he came home from work , because I thought of having to put 'em back up again , I just |
| 28 | there were one or two lads in our unit who were sons of er , of er manufacturing , one was er Crawford Biscuits you know , I soldiered with him and I do n't know if you remember er erm , er but anyway , Frank , Frank at Keighley of course when I got , when we got married he , he came up and got us these blankets did n't he ? |
| 29 | Er , no what happened , my sister came up and brought her two kids in the afternoon |
| 30 | Yeah but they 've tak they 've taken they 've taken it a stage further and er prettied it up and given it another facility . |