Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 For example , the psychological dilemmas of women 's two roles discussed in the late 1950s by Myrdal and Klein are said by them to affect only the minority of educated middle-class women .
2 Mum 's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman .
3 ‘ How many of them lacked only the good fortune that saved you ? ’
4 ‘ I was extraordinarily lucky in starting off in a post that was small enough and compact enough to enable me to meet quite a sizeable proportion of the population . ’
5 ‘ Oh , Beth , I do love you , ’ she said : the two of them laughing all the more when a little voice piped up from its place at the table , ‘ I do love you too ! ’
6 STANDARD LEVEL OF SERVICE : These amounts are the Government 's view , for the purpose of sharing out Government Standard Spending Grant ( see next note ) , of the appropriate level of spending for the authorities in your area to enable them to provide broadly a standard level of service , taking into account the particular circumstances of the area .
7 Students will appreciate the word-list ( over 800 terms with a phonetic transcription ) and the index of grammar exercises which enables them to find immediately a range of exercises on a number of key grammar points .
8 I became quite a celebrity because of it .
9 I never did get the hang of table tennis but I became quite a useful bantam-weight and once even represented the club against Bethnal Green .
10 After a further period of three months or so , Don Bennett appointed me Group training inspector — and I became virtually a horse thief !
11 Can I make just a suggestion ?
12 ‘ When I see the Giotto frescoes at Padua I do not trouble to recognise which scene in the life of Christ I have before me , but I perceive instantly the sentiment which radiates from it and which is instinct in the composition in every line and color .
13 I cite only a few .
14 I back away a bit , and kneel down .
15 I housed both the processor and amp in an SKB 2U rack case and hardwired a double mains board in the back .
16 I read earlier the CBI 's rejection of any policy in which the Government tried to pick winners , determine strategic investments and interfere in the decisions of business .
17 Anyway I made completely the wrong decision with her with her the first time .
18 I made only the semi-finals of the Olympic Trials .
19 Although I hated the very idea of selling things to people who might not want to buy them ( even if it was good for them ) I made quite a few sales , the main commission deriving from the sale of a Group Insurance Scheme to 32 men from the Times-Herald staff .
20 And , of course , all the daytime activities and evening entertainments of Cala Mesquida Village are yours to enjoy just a short walk away .
21 The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called .
22 Well there 's , no I mean surely the same will apply on a Sunday ?
23 I mean alright the pub garden 's next to it .
24 Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where
25 because this is , I mean I did n't hear the dogs last night , only the kid , but I mean nevertheless the day before if you 'd of been in there , so but , but the kitchen can be done , toilet can be done
26 You know we were asked , Do you want your own bank account really and we decided er democratically that we 'd have the one bank account really for make sure the D H S S did n't start snooping really and you know er that 's worked very well I mean certainly the men very much tell us everything that 's going on and erm well you know I do n't think there 's any conflict of erm I do n't know you know it 's it 's difficult I suppose it 's amazing really the way it does work you know and that er you know but it 's quite loose really because it 's er that 's in a way the way one of it 's successes probably you know that 's it 's not a very structured I mean probably the lodge is more structured I mean men are used to their lodge meetings are n't they you know ?
27 I mean probably the members did n't realize what was going on .
28 I mean just a friendly little party .
29 Yeah I mean just a few different should you use a little bit of green powder paint .
30 mhm Well I think it can go from anything , I mean just a vague feeling of suddenly being put off what you 're talking about because you 've suddenly become conscious of how you 're looking .
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