Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was scolded for an hour by Bessie as the most ungrateful child in the world , and indeed with so much hate in my heart I did feel wicked . |
| 2 | No it is n't erm and erm even those who in , in my experience who did get through there was just an occasional er time when they did n't pass that part of it , they , they , they , they could n't quite manage that , the height side frightened them and er they failed , erm so there 's quite a lot of demands on them and I 'm sure that a lot of women could do it and a lot of women if they had the chance would do it or would , if they were willing to do it , but it 's not something that grabs most women , I do n't think it does , I think it 's the physical side that puts them off , and that is what is the problem with the Fire Service , it is a physical job . |
| 3 | That 's right and and to er er sort of fogies of my age it does seem a bit strange but these days the video and the recording have got to go together have n't they ? |
| 4 | my Lord , I , my Lord I do recall about five years ago I , remember advising one of the future 's markets and see come to the life of me remember what was in them |
| 5 | ‘ If only you knew how much of my life I did spend saying sorry . ’ |
| 6 | Erm it is outlined in my statement we do have concerns about the wording er of the first part and the second part of the policy , particularly of the emphasis on amenity and landscape . |
| 7 | That 's what this house is here for , it is here to introduce primary legislation if we need it and in my view we do need it in this area and it is it 's high time the government recognised that and should not be afraid t t t to take action simply because primary legislation is required . |
| 8 | Because of my injury I did get as far as the Spanish Steps and the shops in Rome , but that was the extent of my sightseeing . |
| 9 | I 've had two or three I think , very rarely do we find them and shapers tend to go out on a limb they tend to want to lead they tend to want to control they want people to follow their way they do tend to be the people that dig in and say you know this is the way we do it . |
| 10 | But in its way it does talk back . |
| 11 | One person whose eye he did catch was Patrick McGoohan , who recommended him for the role of cabin boy John Drake in Sir Francis Drake , a twenty-six-part adventure series made by ITC , whose boss , Lew Grade , was expert at making programmes that would sell to America ; one of them was Danger Man , starring McGoohan . |
| 12 | Persuading others to accept the hard financial facts of life is not usually a very popular job , but he does it with great tact and skill , and under his guidance I do believe that our deficit is under control , and that it will be reduced . |
| 13 | oh , I mean er , I know we can have different opinions on why we think St John is so adamant that she must be his wife I do think it 's a power struggle . |
| 14 | David Allen was so devoted to his project he dared take Lord Hanson to court , where the judge ordered him to destroy the weir he built on the river Winterbourne in Berkshire . |
| 15 | The man she saw on the other side was in his late thirties , his hair receding slightly , but what hair he did have was thick and lustrous and reached the collar of his shirt . |
| 16 | Do you know how much or what income it does provide ? |
| 17 | ‘ What nonsense you do talk ! ’ |
| 18 | What fun you do have , Breeze and Gay . |
| 19 | Neither dark nor dumb ceremonies , but … so set forth that every man may understand what they do mean , and to what use they do serve . |
| 20 | Worse still , the bull fiddle possessed no appreciable volume , and what volume it did have was easily submerged by thronging crowds of noisy dance-goers . |
| 21 | " What rubbish you do talk . |
| 22 | It took her an absolute age to get off to sleep that night , and what sleep she did get was only sketchy . |
| 23 | She slept badly , with what sleep she did get punctuated with dreams where Barney was driving away in her car , and where Cara was blaming her for letting him take it . |
| 24 | But , whatever form they make take , language demands will almost certainly be greater than in the past ; more pupils will be studying foreign languages for longer periods of time , and children 's perceptions of foreign languages are likely to change . |
| 25 | What information they do have is often inaccurate and loaded with unreal expectations . |
| 26 | And , ’ he added with a malevolent glint in his eyes , ‘ at your interview I did point out that I was n't offering a nine-to-five sinecure . ’ |
| 27 | But I have put to Graham a way round our dilemma which does involve you . |
| 28 | If your blood cholesterol concentration is not influenced so much by the amount of cholesterol in your diet what does cause it to rise to unacceptable levels ? |
| 29 | You 'll notice though , in our statement it did say , on completion of the formal modification processes . |
| 30 | Well I think it 's it 's up to the people your the extended family to support people in your position who do have a child like that . |