Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What could eat nothin' more than a couple o' chops … |
| 2 | ‘ The tae of ye will need somethin' more than a dispensation from the Pope , Ah would think , if ye go on like this . ’ |
| 3 | He 'll count himself lucky that the rabbit-punch only stunned him and did n't lay him out . |
| 4 | Any basic change in the executive branch of British government will need something more than the type of structural reform of the civil service proposed by the Fulton Committee . |
| 5 | Nobody dared to claim that Dukakis represented anything in particular or that he could reliably arouse anything more than a snore , but that was not the point . |
| 6 | oh another offer , hand cream , Neutragone , Neutragena do n't give you much as a sample , oh highly concentrated |
| 7 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
| 8 | And she 'd do it sharpish while the Battle kept everyone busy . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure it 's all right this time , but you should n't carry anything heavier than a handbag — that 's what my old love used to say . |
| 10 | so let's order two for us and that 'll give us five and a half , six and a half boxes |
| 11 | Since the poetic structure includes only those elements which evoke a response in the reader , it is this response that must be taken as the analyst 's starting point ; the linguist as such can not tell us what is interesting or important about a work ( ‘ No grammatical analysis of a poem can give us more than the grammar of the poem ’ ( p. 213 ) ) . |
| 12 | Did the plaintiff give anything other than the performance of his contract ? |
| 13 | He would report her missing and the crime would doubtlessly be blamed on some tramp or itinerate worker . |
| 14 | We 'll return them unmarked after the paper is published . |
| 15 | Maxwell still thinks he can run this himself , pay up and leave with his daughter rather than keep his money and have the case come to court so that his affairs might have to be examined — that could cost him more than the ransom . |
| 16 | I can take you all and the luggage to Applewick . ’ |
| 17 | A piece to be presented should have something more than a surface narrative quality in the characterisation . |
| 18 | He could hear him better because the noise was less between waves . |
| 19 | It 'll probably take us two and a half . ’ |
| 20 | And er I lost touch with her after that but Joyce was very nice , very , very a down to earth cockney girl from Hockston and she said er she 'd tell her sister she said I do admire my sister she said they 'll never have anything other than a council house , I do n't suppose but she said my brother-in-law mends people 's motorcycles as a side line and the money that he gets from that he gives her most of it and she buys things on hire purchase , this was the days when hire purchase was n't fearsomely expensive |
| 21 | Beryl needed firm handling but losing father and brother inside four days must mean something more than the prospect of a secure income . |
| 22 | The Hancock Half Hours seemed to be finally at an end and both Ken and his public were ready for something in which ‘ Stop messing about ’ would mean something more than an admonition to an actor to concentrate on his script . |
| 23 | She stalwartly refused to take any drugs , once again arguing that she could not hold herself responsible if the baby were born deformed . |
| 24 | Aye it depends in what sort of area , I mean you know , I do n't think I 'd tell anyone public cos the news team would know what we 're paid and |
| 25 | I feel I commit myself more than a lot of people . |
| 26 | The artist 's widow did not think it appropriate that the work should have ended up on the commercial circuit and has therefore refused to sign the document . |
| 27 | It will something which the government will seek er to blame on the French and therefore Mr Deputy Speaker I do think it important that the record is set straight er as far as the French government are concerned . |
| 28 | This does not make it certain that the West will do nothing about other ethnic cleansers ; but it does raise the cleansers ' hopes . |
| 29 | This would make it possible that the poison was administered earlier in the meal . |
| 30 | The invitation should make it clear that a selection procedure is in progress and that all that is required are details , including prices and , if appropriate , samples of products for evaluation , the result of which might be an invitation to conduct trials . |