Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was planned to appoint development officers whose work would cover a local area large enough to keep them occupied full time but sufficiently small to be manageable . |
| 2 | ‘ Have n't I given sufficient indication that I 'll never marry her ? ’ |
| 3 | Partial topic framework existing in a conversation between K ( 20+ , female , Edinburgh-resident , university student , … ) and J ( 60+ , male , Edinburgh-resident , retired , … ) in P Working Men 's Club , Edinburgh , … ) at T ( early evening , spring , 1976 , … ) mentioning ( J's three children — J ‘ s brothers — the schools they attended — the schools J attended — that J did badly at school — J left school at fourteen ) when K asks J what he did after he left school J : oh I done odd jobs like + paper boy + chemist 's shop worked in a chemist shop + and done two or three others+ and I finally started in the bricklaying + so I served my time as a bricklayer + K : that 's good money J : nowadays it is but in that + when my time was out it wasn't+ it was only three pounds nine a week + so + + K : my father was a stonemason and he started at home + and they were paid a halfpenny an hour extra for being left-handed + + |
| 4 | Because I done extra metal work for three years right ? |
| 5 | So they got in on the scene and I seen young men that was walking the streets that had nowt to do put a football kit on with G M B written across the front turn out and become super human beings , you never seen nowt like it , they were so pleased to associate with like something like that . |
| 6 | Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh . |
| 7 | The most he could borrow and be sure of just being able to pay back the debt out of his future income is ( 1/1 + i ) Y t+1 ; ; this is his discounted future income . |
| 8 | And when I took , I had to report back to area control I was immediate I got immediate applause . |
| 9 | we had a meeting earlier this week were I got huge support , indeed some were urging me not to give way at all on the Paignton amendment . |
| 10 | My Lords , as only one thousand of the twenty four thousand schools er have opted out during five years of this does not that suggest that the schools themselves and the governors and the parents to whom the Minister refers , are not convinced of the advantages and in those circumstances was she given absolute guarantee that no opt- out will be allowed without a ballot ? |
| 11 | Have you considered different kinds of reporting for different groups ? |
| 12 | Have you made proper use of initial questionnaires and will the interview be properly prepared and structured ? ( 4 ) Have you considered if and when to issue witness summons or subpeonas ? ( 5 ) Have you or your client prepared a thumbnail sketch of the witness for counsel ? ( 6 ) Have you tested the witness 's evidence as vigorously as the opposition will ? |
| 13 | Neville Sims , chairman of the committee that heard the case , said in the statement ( see p 99 ) that while the case was not easy to decide , ‘ in our opinion the relationship between the individuals in Coopers , Asil Nadir and PPI constituted a clear continuing professional relationship , and had you made proper inquiries before accepting the appointment , that this would have been clear to you ’ . |
| 14 | Have you met interesting people since you 've been here ? |
| 15 | Never — even in South America with all its faults — had she seen human life like this . |
| 16 | Have you seen stainless steel sinks ? |
| 17 | The 68-year-old Peregrine Worsthorne appears yet again , still gleeful : ‘ Have you seen young Howard 's face ? ’ |
| 18 | Have you seen Loaded Weapon ? |
| 19 | Have you seen old Wix ? ’ |
| 20 | Have you seen square inch |
| 21 | Have you done complex numbers ? |
| 22 | Have you done Central Buttress ? |
| 23 | Have you done inverse functions ? |
| 24 | Have you said good morning Jim ? |
| 25 | " Has she got golden hair and blue eyes ? " |
| 26 | Has n't she got long hair now though ? |
| 27 | Has she got dark bricks or light bricks ? |
| 28 | Has n't she got lovely teeth ? |
| 29 | Have you got new shoes ? |
| 30 | ‘ Have you got crêpe-de-chine ears ? |