Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | — You want to see who the real winner is , then look up there . ’ |
2 | I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology . |
3 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
4 | So if you 're wandering around and you want to write somebody a quick note , you do n't have to open the rings and take out a piece of paper , you just write on here and tear it off . |
5 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
6 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
7 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
8 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
9 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
10 | What happens if he says well I want to alter it a little bit ? |
11 | ‘ Yes , but we want to get it the right way about , ’ said Pumlumon . |
12 | writes from Leeds : Just want to say what a brilliant idea from P. Burley ( PFK Projects April ) . |
13 | ‘ Glad to meet you , Christina , and I want to say what a marvellous job you have done down here . |
14 | I want to ask her an embarrassing question . ’ |
15 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
16 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
17 | He merely stared at her with his bulging eyes and she went on : ‘ There are biscuits in the tin by the cooker and there is plenty of milk if you want to make yourself a hot drink . ’ |
18 | I want to make him an excellent offer for Sleet , one impossible to refuse . |
19 | They want to rip all the trees down as well they want to make it a little piazza thing do n't they ? |
20 | and they want to make it an elected module for people doing other things |
21 | ‘ I forget to tell you the other night . |
22 | That skimp cost me a learned pig of prodigious memory , two weeks in Benidorm with a beautician called Tracey , a life peerage and my entire collection of Marc Bolan records . ’ |
23 | ‘ Just stop giving me a hard time and leave me alone . ’ |
24 | The Purchaser should at least accept that certain warranties should be given subject to the Vendor 's knowledge — eg those warranties which seek to anticipate what a third party might do in the future . |
25 | ‘ No great deal , perhaps , my lord , save to spare him a costly war . |
26 | The study of tone languages is less important for native speakers of non-tone languages , but most students seem to find it an interesting subject . |
27 | Loss of manuscripts or illustrations seem to cause him the greatest concern . |
28 | In fact , the new Microchip machines have every feature you could wish for , including Crease Save to give you a nice rest from heavy ironing sessions . |
29 | and you know we could , in those days because of the number of people employed being Electric Supply and Transport , we could erm , manage to keep it a viable proposition for an evening 's entertainment then and erm , you probably can turn this up in the , the Star they 're showing erm as he was then , one of the drivers swimming from erm Stoke Bathing Place to Felixstowe . |
30 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |