Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | One way of addressing this is for me to continue to highlight some of the views of colleagues who have not , in the public mind at least , been closely associated with the anti-Federalist cause and several of whom were not , for instance , among the eighty-odd Conservative Members who signed one or both of the ‘ Fresh Start ’ Motions . |
2 | Whole oats need to be fed in a larger quantity , as a proportion of them tend to pass undigested through the horse ; and crushed oats are usually smashed into oblivion , and reduced to a poor quality feed of husks and dust . |
3 | Well , as no-one 'ad bought any of me violets or treated me to a sandwich , and me near dyin' of starvation , with no job and no lodgings , well , I was so desperate I went up and grabbed the wallet , which Blackbeard was wavin' about at Dan Pearson . |
4 | ‘ Viz will only have a certain life before everyone starts to become bored by it . |
5 | This , his last concerto , was the first great concerto for the clarinet , and nothing has come near to matching it among all of the wind concertos written since . |
6 | I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present . |
7 | Needless to say , I found his political philosophy disagreeable and unacceptable , but as my mission was to reach agreement I avoided becoming involved in basic considerations or in any way assessing the value of white rule as against black . |
8 | ‘ No , I 'ad to give half of it back , ’ breathed Dolly . |
9 | See I 've got this on tape . |
10 | ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ . |
11 | I mean pinched one of for starters , that makes a difference . |
12 | I have n't actually got a , a poem for this , I was saying to you that I would use this , I intend using this as a writing exercise , because the , the colour of her mouth and the colour of the piece of boot in the background , just stands out to me , it says , its about to me hidden desire of some sort , either the artist 's or hers or mine I do n't know |
13 | Because I have on good information and I 'll say it for the first time on this programme , I intend to give this in my evidence tomorrow , that Rover intend to close not the south works first , but the north works first . |
14 | I am 15 and will shortly be taking a Grade 5 speech and drama exam , in which I intend to read one of the two poems . |
15 | I 'll want to add some more PCs to the contract and renegotiate terms accordingly , and I intend doing this in March . |
16 | And I goes do this to Ricky go up to Lucy and go yo , hot chick ! |
17 | After all , she thought , how can I forget the day I agreed to enslave most of Europe ? |
18 | Even upon discovering the full facts of life , my father 's role in my conception , I failed to shift some of my guilt onto him . |
19 | When I turned up at the theatre and Terry and I got changed next to each other , I frequently made a point of saying to him , ‘ Well , Terry , has the call come yet ? |
20 | Old Angie took everything seriously , always going on about mortal sin , and I got sodding tired of it , and of her , tell the truth . |
21 | Nevertheless , I got to know many of the leading linguists of the subsequent generation : , , , all passed through the MIT graduate school at that time . |
22 | Er but she 's a member and we went there for lunch and it was the ideal place , you know , cos there were n't any , many people around and so we had quite a nice lunch and erm whilst we were there we then had a drink in er in the bar and erm her the , the secretary of the club , a lady , came to talk to Barbara and she mentioned that she 'd seen her on Blind Date you see , and so I got to know more by listening to them two speaking er and er that 's where I learnt about er that . |
23 | It occurred to me , when I got to know some of these families , that they really might believe that their position on the hill placed them nearer to heaven than the less privileged folk below . |
24 | At least I got to know some of the background to the paintings ; the symbolism and the profundity of meaning . |
25 | ‘ I got read tired of being indulgent , ’ says Mark , so he sought ‘ a sweet voice to sing the hard songs , and vice-versa to mess it up a bit . |
26 | I expected to lie awake for hours . |
27 | During my visit to Proctor and Gamble I expected to spend most of my time listening to smart women complain about having their key strokes counted . |
28 | As for sociable hours , I would not be in this trade if I expected to work nine to five , Monday to Friday . |
29 | " I hate to do this to you , Slick , but you got to go see Lorne Guyland — tonight . " |
30 | ‘ Dr Bissett , I hate to say this to a government employee , but … private enterprise round here is on its knees for skilled and qualified people … ’ |