Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb base] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 I think that 'd go down bett or I mean even like when we did the pantomimes , you remember Cinderella we did ?
2 He paused , then with what Robbie considered to be an unutterably complacent smile , ‘ And I doubt very much whether Petula would approve of your presence either . ’
3 But , in any case , I should have realized that a review of high seriousness like The Criterion , the circulation of which never reached 1,000 copies and I suspect hardly more than 500 , was supported by an intellectual minority whose allegiance did not wane on account of the neglect of a man of whom many may not have heard .
4 I do n't think the consumer would ev say that and I think sometimes one forgets er people forget the consumer I mean the erm er but obviously by us going onto the Hong Kong route we are going to reduce British Airways and Cathay Pacific 's profits on that route considerably , we we think that because our costs are considerably less than British Airways , and I suspect considerably less than Cathay Pacific , that the player that er could be around in thirty or forty years ' time is Virgin Atlantic .
5 well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws
6 And I think as far as the critics are concerned , John Maynard-Smith may allow me to adapt erm the critical misjudgement of all time , which was made by a Dublin Professor when The Origin of Species first came out , which you will remember no doubt
7 Yes so and I reckon quite frankly cos he 's living on that lay by up the end and I reckon he was hiding , do a runner or something or he ai n't up to something no good !
8 And you know right away when you hear a Chicago blues song and you know if it 's a New Orleans song .
9 You have to be punished in some way , and you know as well as I do that your case lacks substance .
10 And you know as well as I do Jim was n't the father .
11 and I put the fruit and vegetables in the buggy and we come straight home cos it 's time to eat by then .
12 And we heal farther past than we can see ;
13 Heilen trout are , in my opinion , some of the most beautiful wild brown trout in Scotland and they fight more furiously than you can ever imagine .
14 And they go even further than that do n't they ?
15 No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience .
16 But I remember quite well when the first incandescent gas mantles came in .
17 But I doubt very much whether there are any claims now outstanding which are not statute-barred , in respect of children stillborn before 22 July 1976 or any children born before that date , who are locked in litigation with their mothers over whether the mother tasted alcohol or followed a diet other than that recommended by the current phase of medical opinion during pregnancy .
18 I went , erm I have n't for a while , I said but I do very occasionally cos I he goes
19 Moderator it may seem a little strange to resist this er addendum but I do so really because er it 's never a good idea to er to be amending what is in a sense a liturgical piece of work on the floor of the house .
20 And he was about to add , ‘ But you know as well as I do there 's a reason in both cases , ’ but instead , he said , ‘ Well ! well !
21 But you know as well as I do how banks hate having to call in loans — we 're much happier to keep our customers in business .
22 But you know as well as I do he meant you to be involved in a serious attempt at marriage .
23 But you know as well as I do that you want to go a great deal further than that . ’
24 But you know as well as I do that not everybody responds to it .
25 But they do so only after they 've had their seven rehearsals . ’
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