Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [prep] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ This man and me are after slaughtering a few trees out there . ’ |
2 | I am considering installing a second hand one I purchased on my 1981 SWB 2.25 , 5-bearing petrol engine . |
3 | Yes , and when the hon. Gentleman reads my remarks , he will see that I said that I am considering disapplying the 1976 |
4 | For the boys in the band , it was becoming like they were frozen fish fingers , waiting to be thawed out for the next meal , because I was off doing a mini series or whatever . |
5 | ‘ I was after thinking the same meself , before you came . ’ |
6 | He 'd probably think I was after spendin' the entire night in a shebeen . ’ |
7 | If you are considering buying a new outfit for the occasion Carita House always has a supply of Medau Blue garments . |
8 | Your direct communication with the patient is a vital part of your care , so you should try to keep a time spare for simple conversation , no matter how busy you are with organizing the practical aspects of home life and the patient 's needs . |
9 | The more exacting you are in putting the finishing touches to the picture , the better the result will be . |
10 | Now , while you 're off checking the Yellow Pages for Hypnotherapists , we 'll take a very short break , but be back in one and half minutes because still to come … |
11 | She 's in piling a bloody list ! |
12 | And another way I can hurt you is er mentally and the third way I can hurt you is by combining the two together . |
13 | We are therefore committed to continue managing rivers , as we are to managing every square mile of the English countryside . |
14 | Sir Angus replied : ‘ We are for advising the Prime Minister , who is very interested in efficiency and effectiveness in the Civil Service . |
15 | Homelessness has been on the increase for a long time and Government initiatives , based as they are on encouraging the private sector to fill the gap left by local authorities , have been essentially piecemeal and fragmentary . |
16 | We would also suggest customers consult their local dealer if they 're considering buying a used Ford . |
17 | But shortly after the trial the twin 's parents announced that they were considering pursuing a civil case for damages . |
18 | In a separate development , British Aerospace and Thomson CSF of France confirmed they were considering making a joint offer for Ferranti . |
19 | Contemplating the others who might have shared this infinity of delight with him was like probing an open wound . |
20 | They was on making a good living and still do I think . |
21 | What must it be like to have a substantial body of work behind you and yet have the creeping sense that you are being remembered only as a bore in Under the Volcano , as the inventor of a word about Greene , and as the friend of Lowry , of Orwell , of Patrick Hamilton ( himself , something of a forgotten figure ) ? |
22 | In other words it 's about buttonholing a large crowd , together , instead of chasing them individually . |
23 | ‘ It 's about putting the positive , funnier side of things in your face . |
24 | But it 's also about a bit more , it 's about defending the National Health Service . |
25 | It 's worth hiring a heavyduty cutting jig if you have a lot of quarries to cut ; ordinary cutters are n't strong enough for the job . |
26 | wrong with it , it 's worth buying a new one . |
27 | Well if they 're doing that then we s we 're looking to make this a dual carriageway on the Richard principle that if it 's a trunk road it 's worth building a dual , a dual carriageway . |
28 | ‘ I do n't know that he will : but he was in High Places at the right times so it 's worth trying the Good Old Times routine … ’ |
29 | For attractive flowering and fruiting plants , it 's worth potting a few rooted strawberry runners this summer . |
30 | For joining wood : Talking of hammers , it 's worth adding a small pin hammer to your tool kit , for driving small nails , glazing sprigs and the like . |