Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know the bit at the beginning goes or something stupid like that . |
| 2 | What we perceive or what another species perceives ? |
| 3 | ( 3 ) There is a modern attempt to defend what is called objectivism in ethics which turns on viewing both facts and values as essentially social constructs which are what they are because they are either what society drills us into accepting or what exceptional individuals can persuade us follow from the procedures we have been drilled into accepting as correct . |
| 4 | I must be quiet ; they must not hear my heart thumping or my involuntary gasp . |
| 5 | The trouble was she was talking to people on camera and you did n't hear anyone laughing or anything embarrassing . |
| 6 | Throughout these reconnaissances , therefore , the raiders went to extreme lengths — even possibly to self-destruction — to avoid being caught or their special gear falling into enemy hands , for its nature made clear the purpose of the visit . |
| 7 | Fern Smith and Stephen Fisher both act and direct with great energy and gusto ; the choreography by Smith is good enough to stand or its own . |
| 8 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 9 | There is , then , yet a third way of being systematic with regard to project work , and that is for a school to work out a definite policy on how it should be approached and which particular skills should be stressed at which levels . |
| 10 | Whether I have conveyed anything of the delight we took in his company I do n't know and his exact words may have been even better but the magic of his style returns to me and I had another giggle writing this . |
| 11 | If you have someone who is dependent on you and needs to be provided for , think of them first if you do n't plan to leave them everything , decide what they will need and what personal belongings you wish to leave them . |
| 12 | There was her article to write and her whole way of life in London . |
| 13 | so those few that entered most of them got prizes and it was three police forces that entered and they all got awards . |
| 14 | He had almost decided to turn back , when a growl sounded behind him ; a large mongrel stood there , with its teeth bared and its long ears laid back . |
| 15 | I think probably many of you are familiar with the concepts that Phill described and what those concepts what the client server approach has done is to really bring about quite a revolutionary new breed of systems since the term was first coined in fact by in ninety eighty seven . |
| 16 | It was clear he had been beaten , his face was bruised and his ragged clothing was hanging from him . |
| 17 | Scully , Wakefield 's experienced scrum-half , gained 50 yards in a magnificent run ; but when he released the ball it was dropped and their last hopes faded . |
| 18 | The key to success with such an approach is planning and communication such that everyone involved understands what is happening and their own role within the total picture . |
| 19 | Roughly halfway between the target and the coast the rear gunner signalled that we were about to be attacked and my ham-fisted evasive action severed the repair that the Night engineer had made to the aileron controls . |
| 20 | RJB is run by Richard Budge and its main asset is not coal but its Big Cats huge Caterpillar machines with shovels that can pick up tonnes of coal at a time . |
| 21 | However , they have also found themselves caught between what district health authority purchasers with a population based public health focus want and what general practitioners want based on their patients ' needs . |
| 22 | Her voice trembled and her whole body stiffened as she stared at Robert incredulously . |
| 23 | For this reason , the draft Regulation provides that , where an SE is superimposed on two or more other companies as a new holding company , there will be an easy mechanism for the resultant merger , with both original companies being automatically dissolved and their former shareholders automatically becoming members of the SE : this is similar to a British Scheme of Arrangement approved by the High Court . |
| 24 | But then more and more come and they all started acting flash , like they owned the place and that 's when all the trouble started . |
| 25 | It must be stressed again that there is always a difference between what textbooks say and what real research is actually like . |
| 26 | ‘ I need your help , Nick , because my only son is dying and my only daughter is following his example , and I need a strong man who will save them . ’ |
| 27 | Mitzi was immediately conscious of pain and seconds later of the table upturning and its entire contents spreading themselves across the parquet . |
| 28 | Be explicit at the point where you leave off summarising and your own words take over ( see below , Chapter 5 , pp. 105 – 7 , for techniques which enable you to do this ) . |
| 29 | Paige dragged a hand through her hair in desperation , but she was caught and they both knew it . |
| 30 | In May 1987 , a magnificent specimen of 7lb 8oz was caught and my best fish weighed 4lb 8oz . |