Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if you like you can sign all it says is erm it just it 's just telling you what it is and saying that you do n't mind them typing up the words form this . |
| 2 | Beautiful women , dressed in anything from the flamboyantly obvious to the understatedly elegant , weaved in and out of the crowds , some of them hanging on the arms of men old enough to be their grandfathers . |
| 3 | Some of them made up the remnants of a tiny battery , source identified . |
| 4 | As they poured in further canfuls , I encouraged them to work out the amounts mentally by rounding off £1.19 to £1.20 , and taking away 1p . |
| 5 | take better policy decisions by assisting them to work out the implications of their basic strategy in terms of policies in specific areas , to establish the relative priorities to be given to the different sectors of their programme as a whole , to identify those areas of policy in which new choices can be exercised and to ensure that the underlying implications of alternative courses of action are fully analysed and considered . |
| 6 | Many passengers specially request to sit in the row of seats immediately behind the pilot , and you can see them checking out the instruments with the guide published in the airline 's in-flight magazine . |
| 7 | I give you my word that I wo n't attempt to get away if you let me know when the police are called in . ’ |
| 8 | Let me know how the seeds you planted get on . |
| 9 | Previous experience of using visually stimulating material , encouragement to do so , interest in the task in hand , curiosity and enjoyment seem to play a part in the way that some pupils use even low levels of vision to help them to find out the things they are interested in . |
| 10 | In Chapter 14 I sketch out the fundamentals of a structuralist theory of truth . |
| 11 | So 38×84″ was my conclusion and I made up the stretchers . |
| 12 | I made only the semi-finals of the Olympic Trials . |
| 13 | I choked back the tears and mumbled that I was glad I 'd had cancer . |
| 14 | I mean probably the members did n't realize what was going on . |
| 15 | I do n't mean goggles I mean just the glasses with the side pieces . |
| 16 | I mean even the trusts . |
| 17 | I mean even the drums for us mate . |
| 18 | and erm it was really remarkable because er , I mean presumably the Germans were told about it and erm kept U-boats and and the from shipping out the er |
| 19 | And I mean over the years you can sort of pick a sample out and say ‘ It 's pretty close , this one ’ ; or , y'know , ‘ Do something about it ’ , there and then , if you think there is anything that can be done . |
| 20 | I mean perhaps the forces of change that were normal were not inherent in the Chinese |
| 21 | You know we were asked , Do you want your own bank account really and we decided er democratically that we 'd have the one bank account really for make sure the D H S S did n't start snooping really and you know er that 's worked very well I mean certainly the men very much tell us everything that 's going on and erm well you know I do n't think there 's any conflict of erm I do n't know you know it 's it 's difficult I suppose it 's amazing really the way it does work you know and that er you know but it 's quite loose really because it 's er that 's in a way the way one of it 's successes probably you know that 's it 's not a very structured I mean probably the lodge is more structured I mean men are used to their lodge meetings are n't they you know ? |
| 22 | I bring up the others , cooling all the while , before we flounder over to the descent rake and back to the house . |
| 23 | I pick up the cards and deal a circle for Clock Patience . |
| 24 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 25 | Mum furious that day when , aged seven , I emptied out the contents of her bag and arranged them on the table in descending order of size . |
| 26 | ‘ I checked out the problems before accepting this job , but the virtues seemed to balance them , which is usually the way anywhere . ’ |
| 27 | I zipped up the flaps , not daring to show my anger . |
| 28 | When I found out the times I would be working things started to look better . |
| 29 | The reason I single out the engineers rather than the commentators or the producers is that they ensured the best pictures of the University Boat Race ever seen , as well as the usual smooth coverage of the Grand National . |
| 30 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |