Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 2 | You 've really got to be one to appreciate the spirit of the place but pop in to see what a real pub should be like . |
| 3 | Jean then set about teaching her the finest French ‘ Par quoi ele mout chier le tint ’ ( ‘ for which she held him very dear ’ ) . |
| 4 | Du n no what the other one was . |
| 5 | Ah , cos Peter was saying , I du n no , I du n no what the black . |
| 6 | Erm I 've got ta wait for Andy , I du n no what the fucking hell he 's done ! |
| 7 | But most important , please decide today to give yourself the financial protection of the Midland Personal Accident Plan . |
| 8 | In Paris in March , 1951 he assured Eisenhower , then Supreme Allied Commander in Western Europe , that with 12 extra infantry battalions plus the Vietnamese army which he was organizing and training , he would repel the anticipated Vietminh mass attack in September and go on to deal them a decisive blow . |
| 9 | For instance , I wanted to feed him on the baby food in jars and I keep telling her I do , but I end up feeding him the powdered food like my mum wants . |
| 10 | Moreover , stateless societies are either small tribal societies , or small communities within a larger political system , and their political arrangements do not tell us a great deal that is relevant to the great majority of human societies . |
| 11 | Faced with growing hostility or boredom over Europe , M Mitterrand threatened at the weekend to hold a referendum if the two parliamentary chambers do not give him a two-thirds majority for constitutional changes . |
| 12 | They do not give me a carved wooden cup though , something we all covet . |
| 13 | Do not give yourself a nervous breakdown trying to prepare and cook three courses on the day perfectly and on time . |
| 14 | ‘ Contrary to certain appearances , or at any rate to my expectations , Marx 's methodological reflections in Capital do not give us a developed concept , nor even an explicit concept of the object of Marxist Philosophy . |
| 15 | It is a reminder that Chaucer and Langland do not give us the total picture . |
| 16 | Mr. Wakeham : I do not accept what the Hon. Gentleman says . |
| 17 | We do not ask what the absolute probability of a hypothesis h ( written would be . |
| 18 | I do not know what the Labour party is so proud of , because under the previous Labour Government manufacturing output fell by 2 per cent . |
| 19 | I do not know what the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) heard , but I distinctly heard the Foreign Secretary answer yes on several occasions . |
| 20 | ‘ I do not know what the final outcome will be and would stress that there is no obvious solution at this point , but at least we now have adequate time to look at all the alternatives . ’ |
| 21 | If you do not know what the true variable costs are , how can you make correct decisions ? |
| 22 | But this is the mistake of ignorance , because they do not know what the contemplative life stands for . |
| 23 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman means , but I regret that , as ever — and typically of Labour Members — the hon. Gentleman seems to glory in gloom and despondency in identifying the more negative aspects of things , rather than looking at the positive . |
| 24 | I do not know what the hon. Gentleman is talking about . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , many of my letters home miscarried , because , Turkey being neutral until towards the end of the war , the post went through enemy-occupied Europe : I do not know what the Nazi censors made of some of my missives . |
| 26 | Perhaps the English do not know what an immense treasure they possess in having maintained the choral tradition in colleges and churches , since it provides an unsurpassable musical training , an important number of truly fine choirs , and , finally , the possibility to experience ( and for the listener , to enjoy ) repertories that the long-suffering Spanish enthusiast scarcely knows since they are not performed [ in Spain ] . |
| 27 | You do not know who the rival bidders are , who wants what , or how much they are likely to bid . |
| 28 | We do not know who the first organist in the old church were . |
| 29 | I do not know who the hon. Gentleman thinks he is speaking for , but I remind him that these people are volunteers and join with the approval of their parents . |
| 30 | Building societies and banks have finally abandoned their secrecy and pretence over their ‘ inspection ’ and do not call it a structural survey any more . |