Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , as a result of high levels of unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s ( and possibly also as a result of the capacity of the more affluent to accumulate enough resources to enable them to retire early if they wish ) , the percentage of those in their late fifties and early sixties who regard themselves as permanently retired has increased ( Walker 1980 ; GHS 1986 : 73 ; Johnson 1989 ) . |
| 2 | Let them dry overnight before you switch on the heat again . |
| 3 | It 's good for me to come away because I smoke fewer . |
| 4 | That 's what I said if you buy a grey suit the trousers you 'll , I mean alright if you do n't , I mean you 'll wear , grey wo n't date . |
| 5 | and , like I said I mean anyway if you 've got a tan |
| 6 | I mean just when you think about it they they were actually following estate agents when they went out to value a property . |
| 7 | I mean just cos I want I , just , just cos you want out of here , I 'm not gon na accept any old place |
| 8 | ‘ They blame us for their problems , I mean even though we have lived here for many , many generations . |
| 9 | so I mean even if they do n't bring in , oh the housing benefit |
| 10 | I mean even if they do n't get a result on it |
| 11 | I mean even if you double the size of the Thames Valley force you would n't have a police officer outside every pub . |
| 12 | Oh we used to work er f er six days a week , er all day Saturdays erm eight to eight and er eight till eight at n at er eight till seven at night or er or eight till eight at erm most shifts was early , they used to have a a an hour er an hour break of a dinner time er sometimes they only used to have half an hour at night because , I mean well once you 've got er y y you was there , once you get you shift done it was no good sitting there doing for an hour and er it , it varies on what production what was wanted and how far advanced you was or how far behind you was , you know , but er the average hours was as I say was ten hours a shift that was working shift , you worked ten hours and then a break in between , ten minutes , half an hour |
| 13 | He 's he 's a quick nimble defender Speedy was just hanging hanging on waiting for the ball to be played into him and I must confess I did n't really see anything afterwards I mean well if you look at that that does n't seem anything untoward does it ? |
| 14 | I mean well if I remember in Harlow er , we we i i in in nineteen seventy eight we had twenty thousand er , social er , council housing and about nine thousand owner occupiers the situation , that ratio 's been reversed where we , where i by the end of the century we practically have about three thousand social social housing and about twenty two thousand er er , owner occupiers ! |
| 15 | As I say I mean well because I do feel the cold I suppose I have to have more heat than |
| 16 | Yeah I mean like if you 've got that close |
| 17 | So we , we , we 've got in a sense this holding exercise of rent reduction , interest rate reduction but we are going to need a new land reform document to take us through , I mean certainly once we get to nineteen forty nine and we are in power , th th we , we are gon na want land reform are n't we ? |
| 18 | I mean I , I , I do n't drink a lot , I mean maybe after I 've been out in the hills you have got to drink something to replace the sweat , but I 'm not a great drinker and I do n't , I do n't smoke and I , I do n't like discos or anything like that |
| 19 | ah ha , erm yeah , well I mean okay if we say take fifteen minutes each and we start five or six minutes late each one will overrun by three |
| 20 | Somebody like me , if I was stood at that table , I mean okay if you 've got kids coming in , but if you get adults coming in , I would n't be able to answer questions , I do n't know enough about the product . |
| 21 | if , if you go for a swim right , and you with your contact lenses in , I always wear my goggles over the top , I mean obviously if you dive |
| 22 | I mean ever since I 've |
| 23 | I mean basically when we look at the range of council services , then you have to take decisions about the balance of spending between different priorities . |
| 24 | I mean really when you look round here most people have taken the gates off have n't they ? |
| 25 | Well I know , I mean especially if you know the people , what 's the point of being formal if you know the people ? |
| 26 | ‘ Always I eat here when I have business in town , ’ Madame Gebrec explained . |
| 27 | Nor shall I stay longer than I need . ’ |
| 28 | I cry quietly because I do n't want to wake my mum . |
| 29 | I laughed and said , ‘ I sleep better than you do . ’ |
| 30 | I say surprisingly because I happen to know Tod is n't squeamish . |