Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sees red , however , when the slogans and other aspects of her designs are copied and bowdlerised ; she has sounded off a great deal about suing the culprits , a litigious reflex often apparent in her career . |
| 2 | She wears her usual dull black leggings , and for the cool April evening she has put on a black woolly top . |
| 3 | When she when she does get up a few octaves , I cringe . |
| 4 | God she 's written down a massive great essay oh my God ! |
| 5 | I mean , it was just the words they were using , I mean oh It makes you cringe , oh and then that er girl oh she 's done quite a few things recently . |
| 6 | she thinks college is alright and she 's met quite a few people and she likes loads of . |
| 7 | Okay , so she 's gone down a few orifices in her time , but if anyone calls her a hookworm I 'll burst their intestines . |
| 8 | They use so much petrol on a taxi business they got she 's got about a dozen still I think . |
| 9 | And also can you put Rebecca 's tracksuit on cos she 's got quite a grubby frock on , so you might as well put her jogsuit on as well . |
| 10 | Yes , okay and we 're still coming round yet again and the last one cos she 's got quite a large fist , I 'll take it over the top , round the back and this one now I can tie , tie it off , sorry tie it off on the back of her hand now , I do n't want to tie it off on the front cos in a minute I want to put this into a sling not too tight ? |
| 11 | She 's got quite a haunting voice . |
| 12 | And she 's picked quite a few words up , and |
| 13 | She 's put on a little bit of weight . |
| 14 | she can only go round with two sticks and she gets er while Beryl 's here in house but erm the brave little kid she er did a degree in erm art and costume design , you know , dress design with a erm and she 's set up a good business at home . |
| 15 | He has built up a strong , ecumenical team of Christians and Hindus which is unusual for a centre of this kind . |
| 16 | During his search for parts he has built up a colossal spares stock , but as the type has been used by so many air forces around the world and is still in service in places , components are not difficult to obtain — although they can be pricey . |
| 17 | In his 33 games , he has called up a staggering 76 players and used 56 of them . |
| 18 | He has converted quite a few to Utopianism . |
| 19 | He has come back a wiser player and he will add drive to the team . ’ |
| 20 | He has arrived only a short while before , but did not question the order that von Keller gave to Lt Rosen and several men of the 10th Company to remain close to the vehicle and to bring it up to the battalion by road . |
| 21 | He has had over a dozen matches and scored only two goals , so perhaps as Joo said its time for the subs bench ( remember Le Tissier on sunday ) . |
| 22 | He has set up a working group to be chaired by the Argyll and Bute MP , Ray Michie , to look at constitutional campaign strategies , including the mechanics of a home rule referendum . |
| 23 | Even though he appears to have been born with the skills , he needs to build up a substantial repertoire of techniques . |
| 24 | It has built up a solid reputation amongst user education practitioners in the USA and is now the undisputed national clearinghouse for that country . |
| 25 | British Aerospace has confirmed that it has built up a 1.7 per cent stake in the company . |
| 26 | A spokesman said : ‘ It has become virtually a one-man book , with almost all the bets on the mighty Quinn . |
| 27 | I know several inspectors who have refused a college scholarship , arguing that the time spent away from the force was time spent in structural limbo , and it has become almost a common adage that time away is time lost in ‘ the promotion stakes ’ . |
| 28 | The anthropological fieldworker who eventually returns to the social setting of his homeland usually finds that it has become quite a different place . |
| 29 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 30 | Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain . |