Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 2 | Whoever let you imagine such a thing ? ’ |
| 3 | Allison later told Mark : ‘ My first reaction when you told me about your work was to withdraw , and let you have all the credit , but that would have been Quixotic . ’ |
| 4 | Now let us assume that the money supply increases . |
| 5 | Let us consider such a chain of consequence , spanning small to large . |
| 6 | Let us consider such an ethnographer as an invisible witness to a particular speech event . |
| 7 | Let the local authorities control , for example , the business rates ; let us remove all the capping powers and increase the quality and accountability of locals services by making people locally responsible to those who elected them . |
| 8 | The letter continues : ‘ As the barrier to the central portion of the car park has now been removed , what guarantee do I have that a parking space will be available ? |
| 9 | Do you do this every week Mr Smith ? |
| 10 | Do you watch all the time ? |
| 11 | Do you watch that every week ? |
| 12 | Why do you make such a show of disliking me ? ’ |
| 13 | Do you want that a bit closer |
| 14 | Do you want half a cup of hot chocolate ? |
| 15 | Do you eat all the toast ? |
| 16 | ‘ How do you think such a thing ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do you rate such a farrago as splendour ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you keep such a creature ? ’ |
| 19 | Do you know all the way up to the twelve-times table ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Do you know all the way here I 've been looking forward to your particular brand of polite conversation ? |
| 21 | So you know do you get all the credit for it , because it happens in institutions in your division ? |
| 22 | What do you need all the time ? |
| 23 | Do you like that the lavender better ? |
| 24 | ‘ Do you call that a kiss ? ’ she said . |
| 25 | PLAYER : Do you call that an ending ? — with practically everyone on his feet ? |
| 26 | ‘ Do you call this a motoring offence ? |
| 27 | If your flats do not have this communal facility , however , where do you store all the week 's rubbish as it accumulates ? |
| 28 | I 'd like simply to ask the assembly to simply reaffirm that we are indeed a christian church , a christian trinitarian church to father son and holy ghost , the gods whom we adore why do we sing this every time if there are a number of members in this assembly who are no longer able to completely agree with such a sentiment Moderator ? |
| 29 | Erm let's go back to differentiation , what does is mean why the why the big deal you know why do we make such a fuss about , Hey would n't it be nice to integrate things . |
| 30 | ‘ Do we know such a person ? ’ |