Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To me that crack signifies not reassurance but youth and hopelessness . |
| 2 | Because you did not meet the deadline and you 've just told me that deadline means the day I said I wanted it . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 4 | It has surprised me that Monsieur has not spoken out before now . ’ |
| 5 | But my experiences in Guatemala , where the government has murdered tens of thousands for taking the tiniest steps towards development , have convinced me that non-violence does not always work , and that it is arrogant and dangerous to insist on such methods . |
| 6 | Since Catholic schools require Catholic teachers to staff them that obligation extends , by implication , to maintaining adequate teacher training resources . |
| 7 | No doubt age-old instincts tell them that altitude gives a measure of protection , but often the fact that a site commands good views seems a positive recommendation , as if a distant prospect of fields or farmyard is in itself an aid to production . |
| 8 | ‘ From what you 've told me this constable knows as much as Boz about the man who attacked Anna , but he 's made no arrest yet . ’ |
| 9 | Believe me this law seems to come into operation unfailingly at about 3.20pm every day ! |
| 10 | Despite my files tellin me this month has the longest list of genre titles , it is the one with least to offer . |
| 11 | To me this method has several advantages : |
| 12 | ‘ But me old man says 'e never knows what the time is . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Me old man 's got one from the market to burn but you can 'ave it , ’ said Rosa , who had already started with her sixth child . |
| 14 | I rang the School of Tropical Medicine in London and told them I 'd picked up a botfly , and they said ‘ very exciting ’ and quoted me some home cures : ‘ Keep a raw steak over the hole for a couple of hours and the larva will burrow to the surface to breathe and then you can take the steak away … ‘ |
| 15 | Can you give me some safety hints on garden step design ? |
| 16 | In 1798 he exhibited No. 447 , ‘ Derwent Water from Castle Rigg ’ , and in 1801 , No. 649 , ‘ View from Kirby Lonsdale Churchyard Westmorland ’ , but this appears to be the last entry , probably because once he had moved to Ambleside he concentrated on his one man shows in the area . |
| 17 | His one kidney has taken over ! ’ |
| 18 | Richard , 43 , teaches in Telford and his one son attends ‘ the University of Central England ’ ( what a mouthful ) . |
| 19 | It must be at least twenty years since I first saw works by Basil Rocke . |
| 20 | And we know that the tumour I first saw has got less . |
| 21 | To start looking at press links very quickly , because ah I prospective candidate has always got a lead in , and so many issues have a European dimension . |
| 22 | I should have told you that snot comes out of your nose ? ’ |
| 23 | If you find yourself yearning for a relationship with someone where the feelings are not mutual , or the other person 's love has died , ask yourself what aspect of you that person represents . |
| 24 | But there was no applause when he added : ‘ I have to tell you that credit controls simply would n't work . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well , I might tell you that Uncle follows a pattern that was forced upon him . |
| 26 | On particularly clear days ( the locals will tell you that midwinter provides the best of them ) the view reaches as far as the Vosges in France and Switzerland 's Jura . |
| 27 | Mind you that wind keeps you awake though does n't it ? |
| 28 | Experiment with the colour — I will tell you that white gives extra body to your colour , extra covering power . |
| 29 | You know , give us a chance to get into the play and get comfortable on our feet and we 'll have a go , well , Johnson does n't give you that option does he ? |
| 30 | I know also that some Conservatives that feel that perhaps what I 've laid before you this afternoon has some credence . |