Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [pers pn] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing particular follows from the fact that he visits them once a month , except perhaps we infer that he has a close relationship with them . |
| 2 | His Elizabethan master had needed money intermittently , but he needs it nearly every day , certainly every week of the year . |
| 3 | He wants it twice a week . |
| 4 | And it takes me over an hour to dry him . |
| 5 | It takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk briskly to work — the maddening thing is that I do not bring so that walking is reduced rather as my feet get tired in the heat , and we have had some really hot and humid days . |
| 6 | It takes me quite a while to go through them cos I check every one careful like . |
| 7 | There 's a lot of traffic here and it takes me quite a bit to cross all the roads to get to where I want . |
| 8 | Given any number , it takes her only a second to work out the combination of smaller numbers which add up to it . |
| 9 | Indeed , one in ten couples find it takes them over a year , while for others it is much quicker . |
| 10 | Indeed , one in ten couples find it takes them over a year , while for others it is much quicker . |
| 11 | Erm y'know even if it takes them quite a while to fill out y'know go through all eighty items y'know which could be erm y'know kind of , well depending how quickly they work y'know , sort of half an hour or something but if you if you get some er er a sort of type-written draft run off um I du n no , next Tuesday 's quite a quite a short deadline but maybe the Tuesday after that er we can try them on the first years if you like ? |
| 12 | He takes me aside a couple of times and begins in a soft Welsh lilt : ‘ I was thinking , now this might not be a good idea and tell me straight away if you do n't like it … ’ |
| 13 | I 'm serious about that , it grieves me greatly the possibility that he may not hear what the patch has to say . |
| 14 | Well it it tells you quite a lot , but it does n't actually mention that bit . |
| 15 | It gives me quite a shock . |
| 16 | It gives us also an indication of where those flows went . |