Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group I talked to could only recall one prisoner escaping in recent years ; he had been shot during his escape and even then was not recaptured . |
| 2 | And then and then like you know and then she went off in a mood cos I cos I go to let's me sit opposite you like hinting like oh I do n't want to sit there . |
| 3 | So anyway , I went through and I said to could I speak to the manager ? |
| 4 | Er can you Well hopefully in the minutes I need to can somebody make a note , we have to fund raise for that . |
| 5 | There are different ways of living a life , different erm cultures , different interests , different likes and dislikes , and on the whole the class that you came from would be an indication of what sort of things you were likely to enjoy , say , of what sort of things you were likely to think were proper , were improper , and this sort of thing . |
| 6 | The person you depend on can lose his or her nerve about something which seems straightforward , like presenting a bunch of flowers or offering a cup of tea . |
| 7 | Quite a number of the people you speak to will be getting on in years and have lost their sharpness of hearing . |
| 8 | But erm Mrs , said she will keep you informed of will discuss with the er , residents and the board of councillors . |
| 9 | You or someone you look after may have suffered a recent bereavement . |
| 10 | Those you run into may not , but you soldier on . |
| 11 | Changing between the 0.10 gauge sets that you refer to should not cause any problems ; the first set has a heavy top and light bottom and vice versa for the other , and the difference in tension and playability would probably be too small to notice . |
| 12 | Why do you have to let's have a look at it . |
| 13 | Do n't you have to can you get it back ? |
| 14 | The decision you make today about which vendor you go with and which technology you go with may be the right decision today and yet may may be the wrong decision tomorrow . |
| 15 | Erm well a lot of them are charged part I mean if you think of let's say the neutron , it smashes into a uranium atom which is a big , really massive nucleus , and splits it up . |
| 16 | While I can see that the woman you wrote about may well have deserved what she got — your report says the little girl was badly bruised — I do think we have to be wary of going to extremes . |
| 17 | The music she listens to must be composed and played by women , the books she reads must have a woman author . |
| 18 | Where you come from can sell just about anything in the home counties . |
| 19 | I suppose you could pork if you wanted to could n't you ? |
| 20 | Someone you care about will h feel happier . |
| 21 | We will now be listening to the music would you please write what you need to would you complete as many of the questions as you can . |
| 22 | Well you tell Mummy when you need to wo n't you ? |
| 23 | I seem to be able to do the thing that she ca n't do ; that Pat ca n't do ; that the women she works with ca n't do : control my weight , my body , my self . |
| 24 | Perhaps , yeah we might find that by the time we got to might not be able to get it all on . |
| 25 | Although the lengthy pause is also identified by Chafe ( 1979 : 176 ) as an indication of segmentation in his spoken discourse data comparable to paragraphing in written discourse , the intonational features we appealed to can have other , quite different , functions . |
| 26 | What we look like may be what we are gradually becoming . |
| 27 | The educational problems we began with can be interpreted in a more realistic and systematic way . |
| 28 | None of the companies we spoke to would forecast how many cars they aim to sell in 1993 , nor how many customers who would previously have bought kits are expected to switch to type-approved cars . |
| 29 | What we spoke of would be a part of , an inhabitant of , the changing inter-acting universe and not the source of all meaning and being . |
| 30 | Later , the presence , or even the existence , of the people we care about may not be necessary for their influence to apply , for we may retain the desire to be the kind of person who would have won their affection and approval . |