Example sentences of "[adj] and [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean sometimes you expect him to laugh and he does n't laugh like he says something funny and I say something funny back to him , but he does n't laugh . |
| 2 | I 'm soaking wet and you call it nice and it 's dismal , oh |
| 3 | ‘ His knee is slightly unstable and we thought it best he saw the surgeon who performed the operation on him . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ His knee is slightly unstable and we thought it best he saw the surgeon who performed the operation . ’ |
| 5 | Matisse comes at the end of a tradition of Renaissance illusionism and volumetric painting which is irrevocably shifting into something different and he wants it both ways , just as Giotto wanted it both ways . |
| 6 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |
| 7 | The bruise on his ankle was cripplingly painful and he felt his forty-seven years . |
| 8 | I wish I was back at home with Marie , and it was warm and we had summat nice to eat like fish and chips or summat nice like that . |
| 9 | So I had a look at it from the outside and I changed my original opinion . |
| 10 | Sir Michael , now 88 , adds that the performance is very appropriate and he wishes it great success . |
| 11 | His lips hardened and he lifted her closer , cupping her head and kissing her deeply when she made no move to get away . |
| 12 | His jacket was flame-proofed and we gave him protective padding at the back , just in case . ’ |
| 13 | Now if you do recall your first year notes , this is the relationship underlines a cobweb model , right that prices were based on erm or supply decisions were based on prices at planting right and we showed you that cobweb model erm farmers make systematic errors right cos they never appreciate the cycle there is a cycle to prices , right so they 're making systematic errors right cos prices are high this year as a result erm erm of plant a lot so that when the supply comes on the market next year right , prices are very low and you would thought farmers would er , would learn but prices fluctuated right . |
| 14 | ‘ My legs were very weak and I found it difficult to walk , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Er the butty paid you , you see , out of his tin , what he thought fit and he gave me ten shillings for the first one I done , first day I done , and I told me Dad when I got home , he says , Ten shillings ? |
| 16 | I felt ill and someone gave me some DFs and I felt better . |
| 17 | They 're unique and what makes them unique is that they do not know it . ’ |
| 18 | BELVILLE : I think her very pretty and I thought her humble . |
| 19 | Dr Jim Swire , of the Lockerbie Action Group UK Families Flight 103 , said : ‘ The coincidence of the two flight numbers and the anniversary is a bit sinister and I find it hard to believe there is no connection . |
| 20 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 21 | So you John now Jonathan he 's only fifteen , I know he looks in his twenties , but he 's only fifteen and he 's done a lot of homework so it makes him late and it makes him uncomfortable and he 's fidgety because he knows he 's got to disturb us when he goes out , he does n't does n't enjoy disturbing us , so I have to make that clear to you . |
| 22 | The newly-painted pole was slippery and he found it difficult to get a good grip . |
| 23 | Her breathing had returned to normal and the terror that had seized her when fitzAlan had turned those savage ice-blue eyes on her had receded somewhat , but her limbs still felt shaky and she found it difficult to properly comprehend what Ralf had said . |
| 24 | And they tolerated Gustav — gave him a job on the land — as long as it kept Mina happy and she kept them happy . |
| 25 | Anyway , the point was that Fagg left me alone and I left him alone . |
| 26 | Yeah , towards Hastings and that shows they give their two descriptions of her and Tony 's Hastings they find have beautiful and they find her modest . |
| 27 | I was thrilled when we won through to the UK team chase finals — many people thought she was n't capable and we proved them wrong . ’ |
| 28 | When we first moved here , we were very keen to be Irish and we cut our own turf . |
| 29 | They 're about this big and you squeeze its little paw and it plays a Christmas tune |
| 30 | The final effect is perversely exotic and I feel my usual pang of jealousy . |