Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 2 | We commission consultants who produced a report suggesting a southern route , but the northern route , the A41 route , is not ruled out , because we have n't made any proposals — so we 're looking some years down the road . |
| 3 | It 's to keep you invested in building societies , only they , they 're frantic because all the money 's going out and they want to keep their erm their erm deposits up , so they 're offering these schemes , and they are quite good , there are no charges as such , but er you 'll get the value of the fund that they 've made , or you 'll get a say two or three percent bonus per annum on top of the er share rate , er if you keep it for four or five years . |
| 4 | But once he 's grown enough spines it 's hoped he can live in a walled garden — a real case of wash and go . |
| 5 | And this man came to the door , and he went to get the hold belt , that should just have a tape recorder on conversation just throughout the week so it 's getting all sorts of rubbish going in there , |
| 6 | Some cloners think Sun regrets making previous Sparcstations too easy to knock off so it 's putting some obstacles in the way . |
| 7 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 8 | Anyway , so I , I was getting a bit worried about it , and , I can , cos I was having these headaches , and I started talking to Phil and I , I had n't really said much to him about it . |
| 9 | ‘ It may not be as comfortable as an ordinary saloon , ’ Ward said on a note of apology , ‘ but buggered if Ah was takin' any chances in a country like this . ’ |
| 10 | You know ’ he added thoughtfully ‘ if she 's keeping any secrets in that place she 's not trying very hard with a back-door lock like that . |
| 11 | Freeman ( 1984 ) has suggested that some of her research was not as thorough as it should have been if she was to make such claims , and even that her desire to reach the conclusions that she did made her see things as she wished to see them , rather than as they actually were ( see Shipman 1988 ) . |
| 12 | If you are taking any medicines in syrup form , ask your doctor if he can prescribe a sugar-free alternative . |
| 13 | But if you are taking any medicines , it 's wise to ask your doctor whether you can drink alcohol nor not . |
| 14 | Use the best quality paper , and if you are getting several photocopies made make sure they are done on good quality paper and not ordinary photocopy paper . |
| 15 | If you are fitting several lights ( downlighters or eyeball spots , say ) , run this cable to the nearest fitting , and then run cable from this to the next nearest , and so on to the last . |
| 16 | A few copies are available if anyone needs one and if you are experiencing any repercussions please let the Society know IMMEDIATELY . |
| 17 | If you are rearing those kinds that burrow into the soil , put some soil in the bottom of the cage when you see that they are fully grown . |
| 18 | As with all other learning curve problems , please do not hesitate to contact SST Technical Support if you are having any difficulties . |
| 19 | so , er , come and see me before you know , if you are having any problems , just come along . |
| 20 | If you are told enough times that you are incapable , you begin to believe it and lose the self-confidence you need to do your job … |
| 21 | This may seem rather inelegant or wasteful but , if you are sampling several wines , swallowing them all will result in your senses of taste and smell , and thus your powers of differentiation , becoming jaded . |
| 22 | If you 're using these substances do please be careful but not only about Do It Yourself er er enthusiasts . |
| 23 | But if you 're taking several medicines , you might forget which medicine is for what . |
| 24 | It 's not something that can be changed , like maybe management but erm it 's it 's just that , you know , to be careful , that if you 're doing these things , there 's some things which , I think women can do , and a lot of things that women should be doing , maybe there 's other things which just are n't there for them just now . |
| 25 | He hummed and hawed for quite a while about it , but in the end I asked him if you were getting any visitors , and if not , I said , must n't you be feeling pretty lonely , and that did it . |
| 26 | If we are to control all variables , we have to set up a totally artificial situation . |
| 27 | An understanding of the processes involved in ‘ choice ’ and participation is essential if we are to include more girls , and members of other disadvantaged groups , and alienate fewer . |
| 28 | This is an acceptable solution if we expect to concentrate on one form of arithmetic for a number of instructions , but if we are using several forms ( for example , floating-point calculations with address computation in fixed-point format ) then we have to change the contents of the mode register continually . |
| 29 | Science as it is presented in schools , he argues , seems irrelevant to most 13–16-year-olds , and if we are to recruit more pupils into scientific careers , then science should be shown to have some relationship to the issues that concern them . |
| 30 | If we are to confront these matters , they need to be worked out at the levels of the individual student experience , the curriculum and the institution as a whole . |