Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [be] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I mean it 's like Jane I mean I was thinking the other day .
2 ( WES ) She still needs to return to hospital regularly for treatment , but doctors say she 's made an excellent physical — and emotional — recovery .
3 Well as I say they 're reviewing the whole lot again .
4 Police say they 're keeping an open mind .
5 Since the august bank holiday weekend there have been twelve arson attacks in the Hereford and Worcester area — police say they 're keeping an open mind on this latest fire
6 Detectives have now re-opened the investigation , and say they 're keeping an open mind .
7 Raytheon say they are reviewing the entire operation .
8 Councillors say they are doing the best they can but Bill Dixon , chairman of the authority 's housing committee , admitted : ‘ We are operating on a knife edge . ’
9 As a result police now say they are following a definite line of inquiry .
10 As a result , police say they are following a definite line of inquiry .
11 They say they were promised a full inquiry .
12 At home in Belgrade , the Serb capital , Mr Milosevic is promoting the Vance-Owen plan in the face of opposition from extreme nationalists , who say he is betraying the Bosnian Serbs , and democrats , who say his nationalism has landed the country in a disastrous mess .
13 Keepers say he is making the right moves with five females at Cricket St Thomas Wildlife Park near Chard , Somerset .
14 She said , Listen I 'm giving a little bit Peggy because , she said , I could n't go away if I could n't come to you .
15 Imagine you are approaching a busy complex roundabout with six converging roads .
16 In conclusion , thank , you , everybody , for listening , and I hope you are having a wonderful afternoon/ evening and are all as happy as we are today .
17 She said as she entered , ‘ My dears … ’ in a very English fashion , and she said all the usual phrases , and then to me , ‘ I hope you 're doing the right thing . ’
18 Hope we 're doing the right thing , ’ he whispered .
19 ‘ I hope we 're doing the right thing , Doctor , ’ she said .
20 I mean we hope we 're doing the right thing , and as I say the response we 're getting seems to indicate that , but we have not erm followed through each of we have a large number of participants every year , you see , in the order of about erm a hundred and fifty each year , so very difficult for you to try and follow through the fate of each of them .
21 I hope they 're doing the right thing .
22 There are any number of razor-sharp splinters and jagged , irregular surfaces , of course , but some fragments usually show what is called a conchoidal fracture : the surface is fairly smooth , but ridged with a number of concentric corrugations , centred on the point of impact of the hammer , and the effect produced is somewhat reminiscent of the appearance of the ridges on a cockle shell .
23 can I just ask British Steel , that I mean you 're hearing the other two groups .
24 Does the Secretary of State agree that despite the tremendous advances in productivity made by the employees of British Coal , the perverse reward that the Government give them is to squeeze the British coal industry between the upper and nether millstones ?
25 look who 's doing the whole lot apparently he just had to do , he just had to model that , he did n't get a chance to do it properly
26 one-offish basis , I mean we are talking a certain one of
27 I mean we are doing a certain times table
28 you know I 'm having a clear out and he promised him a tin
29 I know I 'm going the wrong way , but I do n't care .
30 I know my way round here and I know I 'm going the wrong way , but I just carry on .
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