Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ’ He gave a sob , ‘ and she went rattling down the stairs to her room the way she always did and then I heard that awful sort of slither and Bunty 's scream … ’ |
| 62 | ‘ I 'm telling you , ’ she said , ‘ when I heard that big clock in the hall striking the five , you could 've knocked me down with a feather ! |
| 63 | ‘ I heard that Lebanese guy offer you a room at his place . |
| 64 | I reckon that high interest rates , falling stock and asset values together with mounting unemployment makes the kill all but a certainty . |
| 65 | I understand that high birth was all important in your circles . " |
| 66 | In looking at routes to permanence I have already indicated that I believe that long-term fostering will be the best route for a number , albeit a diminishing number , of children in care . |
| 67 | It is not practical for her to travel to Alton for the hearing of her case , and I believe that genuine hardship is going to result . ’ |
| 68 | I believe that total employment in manufacturing on the Chirton Estate is unlikely to exceed 3000 , although there are some jobs in retailing . |
| 69 | I believe that great progress will be made . |
| 70 | I believe that real democracy is allowing voters to decide in a general election and not in a referendum , which is a totally different thing , and one that is alien to my concept of democracy . |
| 71 | I believe that philosophical inquiry is , by its very nature , open and untechnical . |
| 72 | I believe that monetary union is political union , and that the creation of a single currency is federalism . |
| 73 | I believe that local democracy was not very responsibly exercised by some people in the years that have just gone by . ’ |
| 74 | However , I believe that particular gamble is often lost by negative press coverage . |
| 75 | One might be asked to report upon one 's beliefs to a psychologist or sociologist , interested in current opinion on matters biological , and say ‘ I believe that natural selection does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life ’ . |
| 76 | Why should I accept even the very small risk of living near a dump site for nuclear waste when I believe that nuclear power is costly , dangerous and unneeded ? |
| 77 | I believe that steady progress is being made , as my hon. Friend says . |
| 78 | I find that traditional cocktail foods are always very popular and Devils or Angels on Horseback are a guaranteed success . |
| 79 | I find that other kind of sound very forgiving ; I can get through it technically , but I ca n't make it come alive the way somebody else could . ’ |
| 80 | I find that autumn-sown oats or rye ripen early and often allow me to squeeze in a catch crop of oats or rye after the main harvest to be grazed in the late autumn and spring before ploughing for roots . |
| 81 | Earlier this week I warned that poor tour morale was the only likely threat to England 's chances of beating an inept Indian Test side , but now misgivings have become reality . |
| 82 | I suppose that bearded bloke must 'ave dropped it , I suppose I must 'ave picked it up without thinking and that I went off with it in an absent-minded way . |
| 83 | I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’ |
| 84 | The success of the TEC movement is the result of an unprecedented partnership between business leaders and the Government across the country — I note that sedentary observation of the hon. Member for Worsley ( Mr. Lewis ) , which no doubt represents the Labour party 's true attitude to training and enterprise councils . |
| 85 | I NOTE that Tory candidate Michael Bates has pledged to support a clampdown on drug dealers if he wins the Langbaurgh seat ( Echo March 21 ) . |
| 86 | ‘ While I support the building of am ambulance station at Whitehill , I feel that urgent consideration must be given to an emergency unit close by , ’ he said . |
| 87 | On English Heritage : I must be confident that Jocelyn Stevens [ its director ] is handing over the sites to the right custodians ; I feel that local management could be better . |
| 88 | Far too quickly and when he left for Oman , I felt that aching void which , after decades of marriage , never lessened when he and I separated to travel alone . |
| 89 | Again I felt that terrible pain and sickness , but a few seconds later I found myself with the face and body and character of Henry Jekyll once more . |
| 90 | On each occasion I felt that insufficient effort had been made by the surgical teams to decide on the capacity to give informed consent , and I was dismayed at the immediate assumption of incapacity because the patient had been sectioned . |