Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am certain that with no additional resource , we can do more for our researchers than provide then with yet another data archive where they can deposit the materials which they developed with inadequate support and for which they got too little recognition . |
| 2 | If the fish were to bend its body as many fish do when they swim , the pattern of the electrical field would distort . |
| 3 | These statistics show why he proposed this , in his view , ‘ unhappy solution ’ . |
| 4 | His rambling sketches , delivered in a casual , off-hand manner , belie an acute sense of timing : ‘ White people hate how we walk — especially when we cross the road . |
| 5 | Yep it 's what people say when they |
| 6 | Is n't this exactly the kind of thing people say when they 're in love ? |
| 7 | And although we often hear about different jobs being of different sorts of status , they 're on a ladder of status , its for unemployed people the situation is very often as if you 've actually been kicked off this ladder and this is what people say when they describe being unemployed as being on the scrap heap and so on , it 's as if you 've been expelled from this particular world where erm people respect you for having a job and know that you 're contributing . |
| 8 | , it 's interesting what some people say when you 're in bed . |
| 9 | We 're trying to bring the knowledge of black history out so that people know where we 're coming from and have no reason for prejudice and fear . ’ |
| 10 | People know where I am , on hearing me say ‘ Here ’ , not in virtue of knowing what I mean , but in virtue of being able to locate sounds . |
| 11 | ‘ Probably plenty of people know where she is . |
| 12 | Make sure that there is a briefing before the visit — that people know why they are going and on what they should concentrate their attention . |
| 13 | Most people know when they are hungry and will eat , more or less , accordingly . |
| 14 | People are much less likely to vote in their own interests , much less likely to vote in their class interests if other people know how they 're voting . |
| 15 | ‘ Kids do n't seem to mind the modern shirts but of course older people remember how they used to be . |
| 16 | People decide where they 're gon na live and what they 're gon na live in . |
| 17 | People decide where they 're gon na work , or have no , that sorted out . |
| 18 | This leaflet answers some of the most common questions people ask when they 're thinking of taking out a policy : |
| 19 | Here is some information about the financial questions which many people ask when they are thinking about a move into a residential or nursing home . |
| 20 | I hear young people ask why they can not find homes . |
| 21 | ‘ People ask why I do n't tour round seeing the sights , but I could see sights in Australia and be warm . |
| 22 | Research shows very clearly that people recognize when they are being spoken down to , and they resent it . |
| 23 | If there is any upturn , people wonder when it is going to benefit them and whether it can be sustained . |
| 24 | A lot of people wonder why I opted for hairdressing as they do n't realise how much goes into the job . |
| 25 | And people wonder why I 've got no money . |
| 26 | ‘ All you 've done , ’ Lorton said angrily , ‘ is make a lot of people wonder why you 're so interested in Tolby . |
| 27 | The first thing most people do when they diet is to cut out many of the foods they like . |
| 28 | Ian : Because people do when they are up high . |
| 29 | ‘ The international division of labour ’ is only a fancy way of describing what people do when they go to work . |
| 30 | The concept of transnational practices refers to the effects of what people do when they are acting within specific institutional contexts . |