Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [pron] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | See what I mean about her being a real character ! |
| 2 | The Greece that these writers evoke for him is a whole culture , a mode of life in which there is no division between material and spiritual , gods and men : |
| 3 | That 's , my one , I do n't know how you 'd ever get over it , but that 's my one criticism of the thing is that sometimes when you walk in it 's the first thing that hits you and unless people are dancing it creates a cold atmosphere . |
| 4 | So effectively we put in what is a fair price , and we get the job , and we do it normally within the price or within a slight overspend . |
| 5 | Because at the moment , er I mean they spend a lot of money on various footpaths that I know of which are a tremendous er price so let's be a bit cautious you know , because er |
| 6 | ‘ That all that we know of ourselves is an unimportant encrustation over the true seed of the eternal idea which lives inside us , using us as a vehicle merely , which develops in spite of us . |
| 7 | Set against it is the Marxist-structuralist position , that finds the concepts of art and literature inherently oppressive . |
| 8 | All the letters get from me is an annual gasp of inanition . |
| 9 | And talk about me being an honorary man and you know , take the piss out of what I say , like how Geoff [ the Head ] did when I complained bitterly about that bloke [ a workman who had whistled at her ] . |
| 10 | He sees little difference between acting on stage and screen : ‘ It seems to be the same internal life that you try to discover in a character and the way you go about it is the same . |
| 11 | Most published accounts say that Nucella ( all species ) feeds on barnacles and mussels , but they differ about which is the preferred prey . |
| 12 | ‘ My friends , ’ he said , ‘ all I ask of you is a little patience . |
| 13 | Because really all we 're saying to you is , ‘ Switch into whatever is the appropriate mode for what is expected of you . ’ |
| 14 | 4.1 The period of the licences shall begin on the date of this Agreement and end on whichever is the first to occur of the following : |
| 15 | ‘ We have got to get back home and then think about who are the best XI to regain the Ashes . |
| 16 | First I mind about it was the first zeppelin that came over . |
| 17 | According to enterprise expert Peter Nicholson , Smith and those who think like him are the real entrepreneurs . |
| 18 | the file is there , that 's a computer term , or exactly that , a l a , a listing of names , addresses and houses and cars and everything else , and a file is a defined computer term , what you do with it is the next thing |
| 19 | Yet when I tumble out and start pulling my clothes on again , my spirits rise like it 's a sunny morning and I 've had ten hours sleep . |
| 20 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year many of them for the first time and we want to make sure that the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Millions of people travel to the region every year , many of them for the first time , and we want to make sure the lasting impression they take with them is a good one . ’ |
| 22 | Do you want a ham sandwich or do you want a come on what 's a ninety niner Ian ? |
| 23 | I mean come on it 's the same ball game . |
| 24 | Instead what we have before us is a German triumph that could not have happened without Gorbachev and Walesa , a triumph that was not planned and which is in many ways an accident , but which nevertheless has come about because both West and East Germans have seized the moment of national opportunity . |
| 25 | The people who gravitate to it are the so-called " funsters " — people attracted to the entertainment business . |
| 26 | This makes no difference as far as the clinical use of the concept of syndrome is concerned : it remains true that if you see x it is a good idea to look for y and z ( since they are so likely to be present ) . |