Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 It is precisely because costs are passed on to third parties that we let them occur .
2 His lips were doing wonderful things to one of her ears and she heard him swallow , then rasp , ‘ I 'm taking you upstairs to my room . ’
3 Or if you 're a bridge player you might go and ask advice or read books but what do you do about your driving ?
4 The medics say 6 months before we see him like this again .
5 His mouth found her parted lips with a sudden impatient roughness , and even in her drowning state of mindless arousal she thought she detected a flicker of surprise in his eyes as he felt her shudder against him .
6 Make notes on those areas where you feel you need guidance and help , and resolve to seek out that help as soon as possible .
7 Despite some criticisms that it made him look like Michael Foot , it was a media success .
8 Erm , er , erm , people could extend her times if she did it like she used to do before , because what she used to do is to say she would have a a day in Manchester in a months time
9 I lug the kitchen sink and assorted extras — but no tea bags , Tony points out — to this island to look at birds and what do I find ?
10 They played chess and draughts and she helped him improve his English .
11 Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance .
12 I 'll give you two oranges if you let me take your photo . ’
13 Nutrition is a word everyone uses these days but what does it mean ?
14 Oh yeah , they colonised all these places but it makes you wonder , you know , you see all this unemployment and of course this John Major 's in his answer now is ooh well it 's the same everywhe , it 's not , not here , it 's everywhere !
15 It 's an age when we feel but do n't think yet , but you did n't seem to have learnt a thing about either yourself or Jones in the whole of the six years since I saw you last . ’
16 tt right , yeah , incomes have risen throughout the world and that impacts both on the demand for agricultural products and also the demand for manufactured products but what do we know about demand elasticities for those two products , income elasticities what 's the income elasticity of manufactured goods ?
17 So we really do have to fight fiercely , and to do that , of course , erm one of the things that we do I think most effectively is to bring waves of foreign journalists here to write about how beautiful erm Britain is and indeed into your area , into the Oxford area , erm we 've got the Canadian T V crew coming next week , who 'll be filming and erm making erm documentary films for Canadian T V , which should be screened fairly quickly .
18 Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag .
19 He got spoiled with Mrs Sargent always buying him things and everyone letting him do what he wanted .
20 Professor Geoffrey Codd of Dundee University said an in depth study of the algae and what made them produce toxins was needed .
21 During a run in a Neil Simon play , I struggled with soft lenses but they made me cry constantly — which was unfortunate , as Neil tends to expect laughs .
22 It looks therapeutic in movies but it made me feel worse than ever .
23 Is there quilts or what do you know ?
24 Er you see there was , really activists and you see you 've not got the women coming forward .
25 It 's important as a hostess that you conduct a thorough search of your guests ' cars for malt whisky , smoked salmon and interesting cheeses before you let them undo their seat-belts .
26 It does n't seem two minutes since I saw it last oh big fat tummy , big fat tummy or what ?
27 Regardless of our commitment to joint decision-making most of us will find that there are many decisions where we feel we lack either sufficient interest or qualification and are perfectly happy to leave those decisions to our partner , eg many men would feel primarily responsible for choosing a car but would prefer their wives to pick out the furniture , decorations and plan the kitchen .
28 to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out
29 My husband was in the fields and he saw them blow up our new house .
30 He played a lot of great shots but I felt I beat myself .
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