Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We goin' pick them like they ripe avocados . ’
2 you like it cos its all food
3 In theory the government wants women to have more children , but in practice they discourage it because our living conditions are so terrible .
4 Speakers of less originality , and writers too , pick up these phrases at second hand and use them until their first fire and punch are worn away .
5 Meredith felt breathlessness claim her as his possessive arms wrapped around her once more .
6 ( Look back to the supposedly liberalising 1981 Contempt of Court Act and ask yourself whether its parliamentary proponents intended the general outcome that Lord Donaldson now proclaims ) .
7 ( Look back to the supposedly liberalising 1981 Contempt of Court Act and ask yourself whether its parliamentary proponents intended the general outcome that Lord Donaldson now proclaims ) .
8 ‘ I am very pleased with my visit to Kano ’ , he wrote to its emir , ‘ and I am glad to have seen you again , for I regard you as my personal friend , in whom I place entire confidence and trust . ’
9 Clearly what is required is one unified system which at least matches the manual system for reliability , accessibility and flexibility so that local managers regard it as their primary source of information .
10 But Courier is playing down the fourth-round confrontation at Flushing Meadow , insisting : ‘ I see it as my next match — and every match is a new challenge .
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