Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 2 | I cite the twentieth century in his defence . |
| 3 | This theme will be taken up in Chapter 6 when I introduce the structuralist account of the relation between signification and social process . |
| 4 | I commend the annual report from the health authority chief executive , which shows that Sheffield is a centre of excellence for health . |
| 5 | I commend the hon. Gentleman for his work on the link between Pittsburgh and Newry . |
| 6 | I commend the Christian doctrine of costly service . |
| 7 | MAYBE SO , BUT I 'LL NOT REST UNTIL , ONCE , I TASTE THE BUTTOCK-CLENCHING THRILL OF BEING CAUGHT IN Flagrante Delicto BY MELVYN BRAGG … |
| 8 | I book the late meals at 1430 hours for everyone , and organise the loading of fifty pallets for the exercise — working through lunch to get the vessel away as quickly as possible . |
| 9 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 10 | really I mean the actual content of them is not too young fo too old for her but |
| 11 | I mean the narrowest part of the river I would say is er where Hall Bridge is , that 's the narrowest part . |
| 12 | I mean the wholesale alienation of my entire sales staff . |
| 13 | I mean the defining moments in the Kuwaiti history are what ? |
| 14 | I mean the famous case of the Thalidomide erm is obviously in everybody 's mind . |
| 15 | I did try and help her about how to run a war because it 's such a long time since anybody 's run a war — I mean the technical methods of running a war — which she did very well . |
| 16 | erm I mean the highest percentage of overseas visitors to this country are from America , and people , you know , like Paul Duffy at Blenheim Palace , you know , depend a great deal on the American visitor . |
| 17 | By ‘ annihilation ’ I mean the total extinction of life , except possibly some subterranean or aquatic forms . |
| 18 | ‘ I mean the commonsensical world of material objects and appearances . |
| 19 | I mean the first couple of days , we spent a lot of time just trying to cool people down and and stop them panicking and er and stop them going over the top . |
| 20 | Yeah but like think about it , first , I mean the first couple of tapes of people like saying oh yeah , so then we had sex , and then we gave him a blow job ! |
| 21 | I mean the first time at a lower level something appeared , I shaded half a square |
| 22 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |
| 23 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
| 24 | For example I mean the one thing about the Europe that the Eastbourne electorate apparently ah understood erm was I 'm sorry the Christchurch electorate understood , was a social contract . |
| 25 | When talking about fitness , I mean the basic amount of exercise necessary to keep our bodies in working order , not activities like athletics , weight-lifting , assault courses or long-distance running . |
| 26 | she 's not , I mean the next door round the corner , like she 's on the corner and the house here , it 's been extended on the side , but it wo n't bring it anywhere near Pam 's extension |
| 27 | I mean the whole point of it is right is it does n't make any difference how you reply to an invitation . |
| 28 | I mean the whole point of this really is |
| 29 | I mean if they 'd been trodden , downtrodden for thousands of years , I mean the whole power of the landlords is in the , the councils in the erm townships everywhere . |
| 30 | I mean the Welsh population in percentage terms is now rising more rapidly than that of England and therefore by the year two thousand and one when the next review would take place er we er will certainly fully occupy if you like , that fifth seat in terms of the average size because Welsh Euro constituencies were during the past ten years , very slightly larger on average than those in England and so er we are moving from under representation to slight over representation for a temporary period er simply because er you know Wales is regarded as indivisible for this purpose and that 's why we welcomed this debate . |