Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [det] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlotte was drinking sherry , do n't suppose , should n't tell you that but she only had one little drop and I was |
| 2 | It is almost impossible to form a coalition of interests to get something changed in a statutory instrument or an order , so if there is broad agreement that an instrument is a good idea , one must either take it all or have nothing to do with it . |
| 3 | I thought I 'll only give her half because I know she 'll get in a mess . |
| 4 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |
| 5 | ‘ The snag was , she found it impossible to accept that anyone could possibly find her less than addictive . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't love him more than I do , ’ she replied . |
| 7 | We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week . |
| 8 | I would just tell him this that er there is a problem here which my Right Honourable Friend is addressing and depending on the outcome of those consultations and discussions , will obviously depend the action which we will have to take . |
| 9 | Well they would n't cover them all but erm I see what you 're getting at . |
| 10 | ‘ What we have said in the McFarlane Report is that people are calling for the earth , we ca n't give it all but we can give them a substantial part . |
| 11 | Well you ca n't win 'em all and there 's plenty of time to get it right . |
| 12 | It will not list them all because small magazines come and go , flourish for a while then ‘ die , that poetry may live ’ , as Gertrude Stein said . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've got a party on line wants your private number , He wo n't give us more than ‘ Jack ’ . ’ |
| 14 | Laser light can now give us more than just music in our ears . |
| 15 | Oh , cos I 'm going out with Paul that weekend , I says , I just wan na make sure I can definitely arrange it all and he went are you ? |