Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So use the opportunity , get a return , make them take a good look at you and then you know you 're alright and can go on for another couple of years and make them look at you again . |
| 2 | People tend to assume that parents of mentally handicapped children and those who work with them are gifted with abnormal powers of patience and understanding , or suffused with some form of religious or social awareness that make them adopt a sacrificial purpose in life . |
| 3 | I do n't mean I could do it myself , not straight away , I just mean I get a great sense of comradeship with these people . |
| 4 | I mean I get a few things in every week that , you know that you need , that you know er I go out on Monday and get everything else for the week like washing powder , and that sort of thing but u for food , I just get it every day . |
| 5 | You I mean you , you criticize him but I mean I know a few people who , who he |
| 6 | Joe and I mean I come a long way and they said he told them I wan na pop in Friday morning before we go He was surprised He said well I were n't surprised , I said but er you know I want a name yeah well , he just said well I ca n't he ca n't fault me on anything . |
| 7 | It is quite a lot to read I mean I read a short story last week . |
| 8 | That 's in the oh a lot of people did , oh yes , lot of people spent the money but I was one of the fortunate ones I had a little bit left because I mean I was , er I was very lucky myself , I mean I had a decent job at that time from time I left school and when I was on the dredging plant , I mean you take er in nineteen twenty five when er a schoolboy left school , his money was about ten shillings a week as an errand boy but I was one of the fortunate being a cabin boy on the dredger , I was getting thirty five shillings a week which was a lot of money and then after a few months they , I , they wanted another deck hand , so of course I went on there on four pound a week and then I was well off . |
| 9 | Oh yeah , I mean I had a horrible time with him for some time and it just , just |
| 10 | You see it 's it 's high whereas I mean I bought a high bed , but even my bed 's not as high as that . |
| 11 | They want them to obtain a good position and be independent , preferably in the city . |
| 12 | You want me to live a middle-class life . " |
| 13 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |
| 14 | I have to pick it up , she said oh that 's good , as I say I had a brilliant interview when the other members of staff come Steve and erm , I forget what the girl 's name was , but she 's already had a |
| 15 | Erm I say I enclose a short story for your consideration . |
| 16 | I excused myself and went to bed I think but she repeated it so solemnly you see not as , say somebody saying a joking sort of way . |
| 17 | Has my hon. Friend seen the latest survey from the Institute of Purchasing and Supply which publishes a regular report based on surveys of purchasing managers throughout British industry , studying their purchasing activities and intentions . |
| 18 | D' ya mean a special kind of mattress be |
| 19 | But since you were silly enough to wash that mop I suggest you put a dry towel round your shoulders while we eat . |
| 20 | I suggest you spend a long time thinking about what you really want . ’ |
| 21 | If you really want to get to grips with inland detecting , then I suggest you learn a little Portuguese and try to make yourself understood to any of the farmers who invariably can be seen selling oranges by the roadside . |
| 22 | ‘ And I expect she wears a new pair of knickers every day , ’ little Kitty whispered in my ear . |
| 23 | D' you fancy a quick drink ? ’ |
| 24 | er sixty three , and how much d' you think a normal M P's on ? |
| 25 | ‘ What d' you want a flaming book for ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Here , d' you 'ave a funny ankle too ? |
| 27 | ‘ D' you have a guilty conscience , maybe ? ’ |
| 28 | D' you have a nice time ? |
| 29 | Dr Howe … an Oxford graduate … had been a tutor in English at the Open University based at Foxcombe Hall in Oxford for the past two years … she 's recently published her first book … through Cambridge university Press called the First English Actresses … colleagues say she had a bright future . |
| 30 | Say you want a Chinese Rach . |