Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did everyone think she could n't cope with hurt ? |
| 2 | ‘ Well , everyone thinks he should just ignore it . |
| 3 | I do n't know , people l I 'm of them say they ca n't afford to pay the kids , and get the food for the kids , and they 'll have to give them chips a couple of , every day of the week or whatever , but th there 's no need for that . |
| 4 | Hearing dogs for the deaf have become increasingly popular over the past ten years — now the staff who train them say they ca n't cope with the demand . |
| 5 | Yeah , but the trouble with it there is that very often you get , you get half of them say we ca n't come Tuesday , but we can come Wednesday |
| 6 | He made me promise I would n't say anything about it . ’ |
| 7 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 8 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 9 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
| 10 | And it worried her too ( He might have had an accident — should I phone the police ? ) , almost as much as it angered her ( He might have had the decency to let me know he would n't be in to supper ) . |
| 11 | I regret I can not give the correct pronunciation of the Gaelic names of the mountains : I never mastered them , adopting instead roughly similar English equivalents ; thus , for example , Ceathreamhnan to me was Chrysanthemum … |
| 12 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
| 13 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
| 14 | I mean they ca n't even be kind to each other let alone other people . ’ |
| 15 | I mean they ca n't even go to the shops sometimes and they 're not safe . |
| 16 | Er so I mean that c because er I mean they the steel balls and steel rollers go into the bin I mean they ca n't be used for anything . |
| 17 | Cos they are quite tame , I mean that 's one thing about the hens I mean they ca n't come out though , they just wander about . |
| 18 | Yes , yeah but when it gets burnt down you , I mean they ca n't |
| 19 | Ju well you know , I mean they ca n't get up to much but |
| 20 | I mean they ca n't , they ca n't possibly do everything for everybody at the right time I mean |
| 21 | And if they look after a customer like that I mean they ca n't be faulty , can they ? |
| 22 | Well , I think they must get out , I mean they ca n't live like that . |
| 23 | I mean they wo n't say sand and salt , they 'll say something which is insoluble and give it a horrible chemical name |
| 24 | I mean they wo n't you see . |
| 25 | Well of a reasonable a re Yes I mean they wo n't be so small you can hardly see them |
| 26 | Cos I mean they wo n't be as , as hyper-critical as we are . |
| 27 | Well I mean they wo n't last any erm |
| 28 | Well I mean they wo n't flower again , that 's for certain you see and it 's it 's got ta be |
| 29 | Well no I just wondered if you 've had your own telly and you 've just got it private you know , I mean they would n't have no records |
| 30 | I mean they would n't want to listen to the music I do n't think |