Example sentences of "[vb base] and [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enjoying birds is easy — look and listen and nothing more is required . |
| 2 | but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that . |
| 3 | I begin and it all comes blurting out to a complete stranger . |
| 4 | It will do all it can to reassure residents , to accept and prove accountability , to demonstrate openness , and to return communities to a quality of life which others enjoy and which all deserve . |
| 5 | ‘ We try to encourage them to do something original ; every now and again they succeed and it all helps to build them up . ’ |
| 6 | We all know and we all experience that voluntary organisations are changing and are having to change . |
| 7 | I should think at that time the employers thought , Well we do n't want to be arguing about wages every five minutes during this War business you know and they all got b you know they got bags of work you know that of course , do n't you ? |
| 8 | I was talking about it the other day and you go and it all comes , it hurts and , and it comes out and you ca n't even hold it down either cos it just comes in your mouth dribbles out the side . |
| 9 | The others laugh and they all roll together like puppies . |
| 10 | Then the anger builds up , the quarrels intensify and what little charm there was in the relationship finally erodes . |
| 11 | The hall maintenance , well I do n't know whether you 've all noticed we 've got a new sink out there , looks quite smart I think and you all agree the ones who 've seen it ? |
| 12 | and what they wanted was the easiest ones and they came up with the answer economics Gerald simply , we Ge Gerry and I put our heads together and went bib bib bib bib bib , you know as good parents do and we both presented him with a fait accompli you either take an engineering degree , we do n't care what sort or you go out to work in a bank because economics you will not get a first because you are not reader and t to get a first in economics , which is what you 'll need if you 're gon na make any money out of it |
| 13 | The prison service does not have the staff or the resources to provide the rehabilitation that prisoners need and which many prison officers misguidedly joined the service to provide . |
| 14 | I know I thought that was good because then everybody puts the phone down you see and they all think they 're going to be terribly clever . |
| 15 | Now , if you had two horses up the front , you see th their heads are facing this way the engines , th starboard er , two engines you see and they all put starboard up first you know . |
| 16 | ( b ) Trainees ca n't make a connection between what they see and their own teaching environment . |