Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Find some of them insist on finding their own cage and er so you do then have to er have a flexible approach . |
| 2 | Most of them refrain from spitting at their one-party state — so long , that is , as President Yoweri Museveni stays in charge . |
| 3 | Now I happen to be an extravert , so if I compensate by smoking this will keep me a perfectly balanced and healthy human being . |
| 4 | You see , I refrain from outlining just what this gentleman has been saying to me — about you all . |
| 5 | I refrain from naming the books in case you have yet to read them . |
| 6 | I mean with fitting the |
| 7 | and I 've also spoke , I 've spoke to John this afternoon , he said yes , this morning I mean about taking them yes , he said yes definitely take them , erm and I suggested that Jack goes in |
| 8 | You see what I mean about having to keep up with things . |
| 9 | You see what I mean about feeling sorry for him ? |
| 10 | What I mean by calling a sensation ‘ a sensation of white ’ is the same as my reason for calling it ‘ a sensation of white ’ . |
| 11 | What I mean by calling a sensation ‘ a sensation of white ’ is its mere resemblance to other sensations called by the same name . |
| 12 | What I mean by setting goals is asking yourself ‘ What sort of person do I want to be ? ’ |
| 13 | That is what I mean by taking stock . |
| 14 | So the man needed a way of showing how wealthy he was , and he did that by having a large house , by having lots of servants , and also by dressing his wife , I mean by having a wife who did n't have to work , who could stay at home , and wore clothes to show this , so you get the beginning of incredibly impractical clothes which showed that the woman obviously did n't do any work , because it was completely impossible to do any . |
| 15 | This is what I mean by saying that reforms within the system of utilisation will not change the system in any fundamental way . |
| 16 | Make no mistake about what I mean by selling : it does n't matter if you are trying to get people to buy tins of beans , contribute money to starving millions , or vote for a certain politician , you are selling the product , social cause , or person . |
| 17 | That is what I mean by making fear your friend . |
| 18 | No , I think you just wash your hands , that 's it , cos we 've done long enough and I mean from say the Sunday thing , I mean we 've never ever thought of the Sunday making thing , being a profit making thing have we ? |
| 19 | I think life 's too short , and I think as you 're getting older you realize , I mean like losing my mum |
| 20 | The first people I babysat for have got two children , and . |
| 21 | ‘ At the moment Helen is cooking enormous meals for me , but I 've told her I insist on looking after myself once I start working . ’ |
| 22 | This unwitting co-operation prompts the captain to spring awkward questions on him unexpectedly , and Anderson 's flustered reaction is to implicate his reluctance to co-operate any further by twice flouting the maxim of relation ( " I believe you implied that I was free to go " and " I insist on leaving now " ( p. 71 ) ) . |
| 23 | I insist on eating properly and will not skimp , even if it means altering the social calendar to suit . |
| 24 | NORMALLY I insist on using the names of people who contact me for help , but in this case I am making an exception . |
| 25 | Abyssinia , as I insist on calling it ’ . |
| 26 | I insist on buying her . |
| 27 | I insist on paying for this interview , although there 's nothing further for you to do at present . ’ |
| 28 | I insist on paying half the fare . ’ |
| 29 | I insist on going . |
| 30 | While you 're in the bathroom I insist on making that drink . |