Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The people are very tolerant and it has been overheard that I speak better Portuguese than I do English . |
| 32 | Third , I hope further partnerships can be forged between organisations in the delivery of more effective service at the local level . |
| 33 | I know older people die quicker , but I do n't see that makes a diffence myself |
| 34 | I like plainer food and less rich sauces . |
| 35 | ‘ I like milder curries , and my favourite is a king prawn in a creamy sauce . ’ |
| 36 | Cos I think with ivory , I think peaches and that look nice , but I think with white I like stronger colours . |
| 37 | I said my mate works and I get better service up there . |
| 38 | ‘ I get quicker answers to prayers from God than I get answers to my letters . |
| 39 | But as I get older patience , a commodity not particularly noticeable in the past , has gradually appeared in my personality , like a sandbank silted into place by too many frothing tides . |
| 40 | Near Afdam I hunted greater kudu in the broken bush-covered country round Afdub , a volcanic mountain rising to seven thousand feet . |
| 41 | We had a proper training at the beginning of the war , but I remember later drafts coming out to us — young lads from the Lancashire cotton mills , for instance . |
| 42 | If I discuss safer sex my partner will leave me for someone else |
| 43 | If I discuss safer sex my partner will leave me for someone else |
| 44 | The casing is much wider than it needs to be , I suppose bigger looks better , and although the top is made of a substantial plastic the base is n't and tends to give under pressure . |
| 45 | I used this technique for areas of detail , or when I needed deeper areas in large washes . |
| 46 | I chose higher education . |
| 47 | I mentioned this to no one for two practical reasons : one was that I loathed swimming , and if I pretended that I was still menstruating , signing the little red book every four weeks , I should be able to evade an unpleasant experience for at least one week out of four ; the other was that I feared further reprisals might be taken against me . |
| 48 | After two hours , I reached firmer ground but became concerned that I could not see a four hundred foot escarpment which , according to the map , should have been less than a mile ahead . |
| 49 | I use Sabatier knives at home , but I do n't buy stainless steel , I only use steel carbon which will be a friend for life . |
| 50 | To finish off , I use softer grades , 2B-4B to strengthen the drawing . |
| 51 | To finish off , I use softer grades , 2B-4B to strengthen the drawing . |
| 52 | To accurately imitate what I can see will require that I use smaller shapes than those used in other parts of the painting . |
| 53 | To accurately imitate what I can see will require that I use smaller shapes than those used in other parts of the painting . |
| 54 | I apply stronger colours with a sponge over the top of the background to provide the smaller branches of the main tree . |
| 55 | Because if I escape I shall be a completely different and I think better person . |
| 56 | And , anyway , I think older women are much more interesting . ’ |
| 57 | I think older men are nicer than boys , myself . |
| 58 | I think older people are quite naturally rather anxious , and they 're also rather puzzled as to why people should be interested in what their homes were like , now or twenty years ago . |
| 59 | I think younger guys , the sixteen , eighteen year old with their silver award |
| 60 | er I think further notice and having having a look at the figures . |