Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the radical students ' ideals at face-value one might have expected them to see this incident as yet another example of oppression by a fascist regime and protest against it — after all , they protested enough when it used such methods against its own people . |
| 2 | " You asked me to report preliminary findings as soon as I could , so I 'm giving you a ring , " he said . |
| 3 | It was noticeable that many of them made emotive comments when addressing this question ( for example , ‘ a last resort ’ , or ‘ a place for old people to go when nobody else wants them ’ ) , a reflection possibly of their personal involvement with the residents of the home and concern for their well-being . |
| 4 | While he may not be collecting as actively as he was a few years ago , his name still inspires sufficient awe in most art world people for them to request complete anonymity when discussing him . |
| 5 | And we will allow them to attract older students as well . |
| 6 | You 'll save a lot of wear and tear on your hands if you buy a stainless steel trowel , because nothing causes more blisters than using a rusty trowel . |
| 7 | I asked one pupil if he ever said Grace . |
| 8 | I asked many Goans if they disliked the freakish visitors , and their verdicts were almost unanimous . |
| 9 | I asked Brown Owl if we could sell the cakes that were left over and give the money to Blue Peter . |
| 10 | I mean bloody hell if I er |
| 11 | Er without having a good relationship with the people in the flats , er if I mean some people if they say see something going off , they 'll turn their you know , turn their back and they do n't want to know . |
| 12 | Could he just make sure though that in his plans by defining community care and by by that I mean social care as opposed to health care , in a certain way . |
| 13 | I fear much evil while it is with me . |
| 14 | I stress that point because the fashionable view of some London-based political commentators is that regional government has become popular among Labour party members in England only as a response to the position in Scotland . |
| 15 | More recently Gallop has remarked her suspicion of the wish to deny sexual difference because it ‘ might be but another mode of denying women ’ , adding : ‘ I distrust male homosexuals because they choose men over women just as do our social and political institutions , but they too share in the struggle against bipolar gender constraints , against the compulsory choice of masculine or feminine ’ ( Thinking through the Body , 1 13 ) . |
| 16 | he reckons I make better pastry than what I . |
| 17 | I make this point because I am sure that during his year of office he will continue his fight against injustice and let officers of the Council and the Labour Group be aware . |
| 18 | I make this declaration because one of my aims in this discussion is to show that we do not need to share other people 's beliefs in order to understand them sympathetically : we can see the sense in beliefs even when we are convinced they are based upon false premisses . |
| 19 | I got thirty quid when I ir finish Leeds and er twenty five quid when I finish Leeds , and a fiver when I 'm finishing Liverpool |
| 20 | I got better results than if I 'd stayed at school . |
| 21 | I got better results than what they did with their with their fancy gadgets . |
| 22 | I got better results than some of the actual fifteen year olds . |
| 23 | Roger ( 5.1 ) : I got more hair than you , Rodney . |
| 24 | and then when I got this sheet when I joined choir went , Oh yeah I remember |
| 25 | I hate that programme because I like I tend to come and listen to the content of what they 're saying |
| 26 | ‘ I hate rigid schemes where you pick three colours , ’ she explains . |
| 27 | Since my own view of language is one in which meaning is fluid and context-dependent , I attach less importance than some feminists might to such attempts at pinning down what he or man really mean . |
| 28 | She could say , ‘ I feel I need more notice if you ca n't make it . |
| 29 | I tried several places before they tumbled through the ballroom doors . |
| 30 | That seemed pretty profound , till I found another cinema where it was all violence , sex-and-violence , and violence . |