Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] i [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actually , on stage it 's also mixed because I put one Fender cab on top and a Marshall cab on the bottom and then a Marshall cab on top and a Fender cab on the bottom . |
| 2 | The observant reader may have noticed that I used this construction myself above on p. 98 ; this was done consciously . |
| 3 | Yes he 's saying a com condition of er general conformity that the general conformity is apparently er met by this er what 's being done and I think general conformity , I , I do n't know I 'm guessing , relates to the housing commitment of a broad strategic equivalent , is that the point ? |
| 4 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 5 | It has n't actually done cos I put that funnel on the end to stop it from doing it . |
| 6 | " By combination " , Wilson affirmed , " all reforms and improvements within reason could be secured and I preached this doctrine on every possible occasion " . |
| 7 | No press release was made and I experienced extraordinary difficulties in trying to obtain the 1985 échelle des crus , Quite why this historic event was clothed in such secrecy is a mystery . |
| 8 | ‘ Then you can go and get your lovely hair done while I get some food cooked . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm buggered if I understand that Army of yours . ’ |
| 10 | On a recent visit to the Midland Bank in Southampton to ask about opening a current account I was told that I needed some form of indentification . |
| 11 | It may have been noted that I placed sexual offences against children among cases which may have effect . |
| 12 | The people are very tolerant and it has been overheard that I speak better Portuguese than I do English . |
| 13 | To ease my conscience I would like it to be recognised that I have five co-founders : Jock Lewes , Paddy Mayne of the original ‘ L ’ Detachment , George Bergé who started the French S.A.S. , Brian Franks who re-raised the S.A.S. flag after the war and John Woodhouse who created the modern S.A.S. during the Malaysian Campaign by restoring to the regiment its original philosophy . |
| 14 | All but two of them had been abused and I remember one girl saying to me , ‘ By the time I was nine I knew what it was all about . ’ |
| 15 | It is a particularly painful spot to be kicked and I spent some time hopping round the byre and cursing in a fervent whisper . |
| 16 | For one thing , you 're not the only one who 'll be affected if I give that story about the poison pen letter to the press . |
| 17 | At precisely midnight I lightly prick a lobworm onto the size 6 hook , making sure the hook is only an inch away from the tail-end of the lob , for I have found that I hook more carp when the lobs are impaled in this way . |
| 18 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 19 | ‘ We met on this show , got married , and now we 're getting divorced because I earn more money than him . |
| 20 | The Committee has asked that I seek further information on the way in which the Society is developing its campaign and the nature of the second report . |
| 21 | ‘ MY VISION IS BLURRED AND I SEE BRIGHT LIGHTS ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Of course , ’ said the civil servant , ‘ the question I shall be asked when I put this name to the PM is ‘ Is he one of us ? ’ |
| 23 | Okay in Italy on the marble it does work , but on the slate it you know it it has n't worked and I think various quarries have tried it and found out that it does n't work , and yet he assumed that he knew better and you know , little little things like that , you know he just seemed unwilling to learn or lis heed advice . |
| 24 | So when this tour was advertised and I saw three days would be spent in London I just decided to go , that 's all . |
| 25 | It was one of these African leaders who said : ‘ In the war-torn North-East of Rhodesia , I saw white men killed and I saw black men killed . |
| 26 | My cynicism about the event burgeoned as I walked past stalls displaying rustic-effect patio furniture , cushion covers embroidered with pheasants , and the kind of waxed country overwear that is increasingly seen sported by commuters on the tube these days . |
| 27 | ‘ But when we got married and I had two children he did n't want me to work any more , and he got very jealous of other men looking at me . |