Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Always work a sample for tension with these lace patterns , fabrics with holes in them tend to need fewer stitches because the work becomes more elastic . |
2 | This is all the more necessary because , although some facilitating devices such as information agreements may be made the subject of prohibitions , the majority of them appear to escape these . |
3 | There are few places on the globe unmapped , but there are millions of people in the world who have never seen the sea , or mountains , or a desert , or a snow-covered landscape , and many of them want to experience such places because the unknown is one of the great pleasures of travel . |
4 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
5 | And I mean to say that 's in all honestly , that 's what 'll happen , they 'll pay less I should imagine . |
6 | I mean to say that , you know , every the average cost of a post is twenty thousand , therefore every post costs twenty thousand , is of course rubbish . |
7 | Er er , I mean switch that . |
8 | ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ . |
9 | you ca n't go , you know I mean lugging that around , I this is what put 's me off London this really |
10 | Erm I mean does that give you an idea of which |
11 | On the basis of your experience with tenants here , and the fact that there 's so many people in the same position , I mean does that act is that |
12 | I mean does that hold any water , do you accept that ? |
13 | Now where erm Yeah I mean does that |
14 | But it 's sad really because I mean does all sorts of things with them which |
15 | Now confidence has manifested in lots and lots of ways and its appealing to that confidence as much as the insecurity , er that makes the advertiser 's and the manufacturer 's of all manner of products er , their huge profits , now I guess we all spend money on , on various products and er , do you , do you worry about how much you spend on the body beautiful or just the body ? , do you or , I mean does any , I wonder if you think you spend too much on it ? , let me ask you that , do you spend too much money on your body ? , er button one for yes and button two for no . |
16 | that and so on , erm , erm , I , it would be nice in fact if the er Ipswich evening tabloid which gave us prominence to this rule er would give just a little space to er this latest development , erm but I would like to , not being excessively caracole I mean reading this document I do feel a slight er switch on your comments on er Pipers Vale , er which you note , there are no er nationally er or er common species which sounds as though you have designs on it , erm I , I wonder if this would be the place to ask you , you know , to make some sort of statement about Pipers Vale , you know that we are basically looking for a route which does not touch on Pipers Vale |
17 | Okay , what are the b write down any other things that you can remember about erm I mean turn that over , you can remember Ohm 's |
18 | I mean close that area down . |
19 | I mean given that you 've got a , oh I do n't know , a pound you 're going to spend a week in gambling entertainment , if I could put it that way , you 'd do better to go in for the pools , because if you did have a win you might have a big one , than to put it on a horse — am I right ? |
20 | So I mean put all this effort in the building and for the Queen they knock it down afterwards . ’ |
21 | That 's what I mean get some exercise in your legs . |
22 | I mean to take another example er and this illustrates Mary-Jane 's point about it , it can be conscious , is is n't there a tendency would n't you say John for Clinton to see himself as Kennedy returned ? |
23 | Y y yes I mean to clear this whole matter up Chairman w wo would it be fair if , if I moved perhaps tha that erm erm little one should become little two and little two should probably become little one and |
24 | I mean send another one is what we 're saying , have your money back . |
25 | We have n't used them I mean buy any sausages some of those sausages . |
26 | I mean look that |
27 | By an ‘ ethical a priori ’ position I mean to indicate that certain principles are held to be an a priori and not subject to qualification . |
28 | I mean realize that would be a very bad analogy with women , but nevertheless I think just the analogy on numbers is not a good enough argument for women . |
29 | Er can the Minister in fact , I mean following that question , can the Minister say in fact how many teachers are teaching religious education in private schools are not in fact quali qualified for the subject at the moment . |
30 | I mean has that been examined . |