Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | My training as an historian would allow me to save what could be saved and is why I got to work many years ago . |
| 32 | I got fined two classes [ a class was half a crown ] a week for twelve months , so it mounted up . |
| 33 | I was er er there was something that I got told many years ago that I |
| 34 | Whether the Council I , I personally would be quite keen to go down there and see A , and we 'd need permission of the land owners , to do this , to see where the link could go across , you know , the best position , so that we , and I believe this is what Councillor is saying , so that we can actually come forward and maybe this ought to be a meeting with the Amenities Committee , maybe the Ramblers and bear in mind as I say again I hate to do these things and the land owner think we 're steamrollering 'em into something without their knowledge . |
| 35 | I hate to say this guys but lets compare the Irish with the English squads for tomorrow . |
| 36 | Except I wo n't because I hate doing damn dishes in the morning . ’ |
| 37 | I hate bullying mannish men . |
| 38 | When it 's like pancake mix I tend , or omelettes I tend to use two bowls and even though I only really need to use one . |
| 39 | I tend to wear black suits in the evening although I must admit I 'm getting slightly bored with black now . |
| 40 | However , as a compensation , I tend to draw comic devils playing fiddles . |
| 41 | I tend to avoid those conversations . ’ |
| 42 | As compactness is an important design feature of cordless tools the all round efficiency of the tool is crucial , and that is why I tend to perceive cordless tools as being very much state of the art . |
| 43 | I tend to have flat ones . |
| 44 | When this government talks about safety nets for those in need , I tend to look six inches below ground level to find it often the G M B is the only safety net above the ground which leads me to my second word we do this because we care we care about our country our economy , and our people . |
| 45 | Do I need to take both packets ? |
| 46 | I cry to release huge waves of feelings which can build up , especially when I can not or dare not put feelings into words . |
| 47 | Bartram expressed gratitude for Miller 's offer to assist him in understanding Linnaeus 's system and commented on the Swedish naturalist 's publication of all the North American plants observed by Kalm on his visit ( i.e. Species Plantarum , 2 vols. 1753 ) adding , ‘ I long to see these books — to see if they have done me justice , as Kalm promised me . ’ |
| 48 | I tried to ignore both discomforts , but I was n't happy . |
| 49 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 50 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 51 | I tried to leave certain areas vague so they could use their own creativity rather than just copying my cartoon . |
| 52 | My multiple personality required multiple scripts , and from my study of graphology I tried to create individual scripts that conformed to the analyses of heavy down-strokes , ‘ pasty ’ loops and uncrossed ‘ ts ’ : I was especially interested in ‘ pasty ’ strokes , which are supposed to indicate a rich sexuality , and disconnected letters , indicative of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 53 | I recall the situation all the more clearly because , when I tried to market those rabbits , the dealer thought there was something wrong with them . |
| 54 | With the help of Tony Wedd and Egerton Sykes I tried to contact surviving members of the Straight Track Club . |
| 55 | I tried to make some enquiries . ’ |
| 56 | I expect to find rich pickings in the Ministry of Defence , with its townships , its airfields , its office blocks , its country houses , its sailors ' hostel in South Kensington and its acreage of land which would make up an English county . |
| 57 | I know we have all heard of cases where someone has smoked sixty cigarettes a day and still lived to a ripe old age — but is it really worth taking the chance ? |
| 58 | If there 's a younger referee than me it 'll prove that someone has got real guts . |
| 59 | ‘ As you know a little while ago there were discussions between this Office and Stephenson Harwood [ the applicant 's former solicitors ] about a proposed interview to be conducted under the terms of section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 and I promised to provide further details to them of our proposed course of action which is now given to you instead of them : ( 1 ) This Office intends to hold an interview with you under section 2 on Thursday , 13 June 1991 . |
| 60 | And I want to thank those writers with whom solid friendships were formed : Melvyn Bragg , Gordon Burn , Jeremy Paxman , Michael Walsh , Jay Rayner , Colm Toibin and Grub Smith , among others . |