Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I think I 've learnt how to do it , it 's fairly straightforward but er him having tied the leader on for me I wo n't have to go back to him anyway for quite some time . |
| 2 | ‘ Only for you it could n't have come to anything . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Even if anyone came in for me I would n't want to go before the end of the season . |
| 4 | Dr Neil turned away from inspecting his own bookshelves , said , apropos of what she could not imagine , ‘ You are not English , I perceive , Miss McAllister . ’ |
| 5 | It is a common problem for a woman to undervalue herself , being aware only of what she can not , rather than what she can , do . |
| 6 | The good prospect ’ he added , ‘ could arise if , as individuals , we felt able to resist the temptation to produce when that production does no more than fill up warehouses and to resist the temptation to chase prices down with what I can only assume is the objective of preserving a small bit of market share ’ . |
| 7 | A realistic budget will do three things for you : it will sort out the urgent essentials from the details which can wait ; make you feel good if you manage any or all of it at a lower price than your original estimate ; and inspire you to improvise , to consider if you could achieve an equally good effect and still fit in with what you can comfortably afford . |
| 8 | There was a feeling that the Town Boys were an arrogant elite and to actually get in with them you would probably have to do a lot of serious drinking in the Marlborough Arms . |
| 9 | We are just as much annoyed as the ordinary racegoer because our entries are well down on what we would normally expect . ’ |
| 10 | But when it comes down to it you ca n't do it can you ? |
| 11 | She gulped hard , struggling to suppress the impulse to laugh , knowing that if she gave in to it she would not be able to stop . |
| 12 | It was also essential that he believed he was being cured , because of the need he would face soon for what I can only call ‘ self-help ’ . |
| 13 | He comes over as what he might well be — a paid-up member , if not a capo , in the Mafia . |
| 14 | If it were not for them he would not be free , he said . |
| 15 | not for me I would n't . |
| 16 | At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system . |
| 17 | You sit there and spend a million dollars on effects to try to make it sound like something you can already go out and buy . |
| 18 | The group of gentlemen who prepared the list and signed the covering letter to Panmure , however , emphasised that unless Panmure wrote the letters in favour of James Milne which they had requested , then their friend would withdraw ‘ & let your declared oposers run away with what they could not , were you either present or your intrest heartily interposed ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ Not with me it wo n't ’ |
| 20 | But not with what she can not bear , she spawns |
| 21 | It 's just a pity that the castle itself is a little bit indistinct I mean , when you stand away from it you ca n't er you can hardly see the castle there and er , it is an attractive castle , photographed many times but I would just like to see that shown up a little more in the picture . |
| 22 | If you wanted to make a person at a distance come over to you you 'd probably wave your arms . |
| 23 | Not on ours you ca n't |
| 24 | ‘ Not to me it would n't , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 25 | Not to everybody it would n't |
| 26 | Then he saw others , similarly bent , all working away at something he could n't make out . |
| 27 | Perhaps Locke did not recognise the difference because he used the same word , ‘ idea ’ , both for what we would ordinarily call an idea and for what is imprinted in , or on , the mind , the ‘ sensation ’ . |
| 28 | If I did n't order and stand up for her you would n't . |
| 29 | Before you take to the high street , it is worth spending time with your partner to think carefully about what you will actually need and perhaps more importantly what you both like : it is surprising how much tastes can differ over the smallest of items ! |
| 30 | If he gets fed up with it he 'll just stop and we wo n't mind . |