Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Well only just to really , actually all Mr Mr has er said , and just one other bit of information , the time when the Chairman of the council extended the invitation to sixth formers , looking for alternative entertainment for the sixth formers of school , after they sat through a full council , I took them over to the er archivists er department , and we saw the paper restor , sorry , should n't say paper restorer , manuscript restorer at work , and these sixth formers , already knew of the existence , one of them asked to see the records of parish , because he knew they were there , and I mean , I think this is wonderful , that the sixth formers already , er children are being taught about the ar the records , and they will want to be sure that we kept them , and I think it 's our moral duty to keep er , the records of the past for future generations .
2 Such groups consist of closely related individuals , and in evolutionary terms at least it is worth one of them dying to help the others , in order that a predator may learn not to touch them again .
3 ‘ Maybe everyone has to suffer the pangs of calf love before they can recognize when it 's the real thing , ’ she said lightly .
4 This reflects the overall size of these departments , and the fact that all of them appear to have the resources to cover all of the earth science sub-disciplines in depth .
5 This reflects the overall size of these departments , and the fact that all of them appear to have the resources to cover all of the earth science sub-disciplines in depth .
6 Almost no-one wants to see the Tories or Labour do a deal with the Ulster Unionists .
7 ‘ The plans have existed for three years and no-one has asked the supporters for their opinion , ’ says a spokesman .
8 I think I must make the ordinary orders to costs , well what I will do is erm doctor must I think pay the costs of the appeal against the order of master erm both here and below on the other hand the defendant seems to be able to bear the costs of the appeal against the September order , that 's the order , that 's the order of , is that Mr ? , er sorry when I say the doc doctor bears the costs must er in fact he must , right , it is the August , that 's the August decision both , both before erm the taxing officer and on this appeal and er the , I dismiss the defendants appeal against the September board with costs
9 Q. I intend to make a venturi to fit into a transfer pipe from one filter to the next , to allow the introduction of air into the system I am currently building .
10 I intend to cut the blocks myself and ‘ true ’ each one ; each one to be 8×2×1in , with a lip on each bottom edge to form a key to the mastic .
11 I intend to expose the shortcomings of the Labour party proposals .
12 The wind picks up some snow , or it is snowing gently , as I snow hook the dogs to sort her out .
13 I agreed to take the girls there , and for a month I wrote down French words in a little pocket book , to help me on the journey .
14 Oh my god , well they 've estimated mine , it 's fifty five pounds eighty , I checked to see the numbers on it and it 's a hundred eight
15 I got to know the blobs and wiggles in that rough circle that looked like a sample from an oil slick , until I could draw them blindfold , and I began to visualize them inside me .
16 I got to phone the councillors .
17 Every time I returned home I expected to find the police waiting .
18 I tend to trail the sides the though .
19 Do I need to replace the pickups at all ?
20 What parts do I need to uprate the brakes ?
21 David Lynch has optioned D M Thomas ' story of Freud , a woman and Russia , The White Hotel , and has a more obviously Lynchian novel in development , Delacorta 's Vida , about a 16-year-old who becomes a private eye just as someone starts shooting the architects of America .
22 I tried to explore the problems Mrs Singh would have in attempting to be a fully participating parent but the educational psychologist seemed to feel that this was a problem common to many Cedars parents .
23 I tried to muster the arguments I 'd arrived at with Brian nearly four years earlier , in the autumn of 1986 , after having heard Jacobsen making a tape .
24 I tried to start a blues band , but it just did not work .
25 I tried to make no mistakes , but they called me naughty every moment of the day .
26 I tried to make the noises that they made , and slowly I began to speak .
27 I tried putting the boys in nursery school , but they screamed the place down .
28 When I tried asking the girls I interviewed about them I was often met with a shrug , or a short ‘ no problem ’ reply , as if periods were nothing at all , of no significance , and certainly none to a book on looks , fashion and body-image .
29 I shall draw up a timetable , hour by hour , and allowing for the fact that he must have slept , I expect to see the spaces filled in .
30 Someone has characterized the beatitudes as ‘ be-attitudes ’ .
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