Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the er desire that I twelve conveys to encourage district councils to make special provision in their you know to emphasize high density employment in their city centres is understood , no quarrel with that , but if you ca n't , if you feel unable er at county level to be absolutely explicit , that a district would be free if it so chose , it might not choose to do so , if it so chose to make I twelve decisions that did n't come out of its I five , er they would n't have to come out of its I five allocations , unless you can be clear that they 're free to do that , erm it suggests to me sir that may be it 's I twelve that 's that 's getting in the way , erm and w that might well be something we can do without . |
| 2 | He only wanted to give you eight pounds a performance , but I pushed him up . ’ |
| 3 | So , expecting to be whisked off to some faraway hot spot for a mild spell of brainwashing , we duly prepared to bring you next week 's Unigram from under the shade of a palm tree on a secluded sandy beach — or at least somewhere nicer than four storeys above the Charing Cross Road in rainy central London . |
| 4 | Feeling desperate and willing to try anything , Kirsty finally came to see me one day in early spring . |
| 5 | ‘ I just happened to discover it last spring , when I was trying to find out more about the d'Urbervilles and noticed your name in the village . ’ |
| 6 | I mean we 're not allowed as many holidays as , as most of them , but then again it was starting up so we just had to take it that way . |
| 7 | " I just wanted to offer you any help if I can . |
| 8 | Kenneth rotated his shoulders as he drove , trying to ease the nagging pain in them that too much drink the night before always seemed to give him these days . |
| 9 | ‘ Julius will take one look at you and wonder why he ever bothered to kiss you last night . ’ |
| 10 | She also agreed to tell him each evening about the sort of day she had had while he was at work . |
| 11 | He showed her into the bedroom and put her weekend bag on the bed , and then went to get her some towels from the linen cupboard in the hall . |