Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's not so much wanking going on as there was , now it 's all on offer , so everyone thinks eating saturated fat makes you blind , and they 've all got obsessed with what they put in their mouths instead of in their … ’ |
| 2 | They start again when the time comes , when alliances have shifted , when everyone has stored enough ammunition to have another go , when race hatreds revive under the guise of class wars begin anew as ethnic strife . |
| 3 | Everyone has had some disappointment or failure . |
| 4 | There 's been , everyone has had seven cards and that 's not one of them . |
| 5 | Not everyone has shared that view of course , two big questions have caused some to hesitate over Maastricht . |
| 6 | Everyone needs to drive these days . ’ |
| 7 | Nature before me has come this way , |
| 8 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 9 | No-one has enjoyed such popularity over such a wide range of colleagues from the very junior to the very senior . |
| 10 | ‘ Cumbria is rugby league mad and everyone wants to see this match . |
| 11 | If someone wants to pay 3.0 mil for Deane god help them — are then any quoted values on Rush and Ferd — both players we have recently been linked with . |
| 12 | The question of whether someone has suffered special damage or not depends on the facts of the particular case , and so is very much in the discretion of the court . |
| 13 | If someone has suffered severe hearing loss for many years and suddenly is able to hear well through an aid , he is likely to have the same experience of surprise . |
| 14 | I know we have all heard of cases where someone has smoked sixty cigarettes a day and still lived to a ripe old age — but is it really worth taking the chance ? |
| 15 | While the fax machine is easy to use , it 's less attractive when it comes to mass faxing , as someone has to feed each document in and dial the destination . |
| 16 | Blood-tests are now available to tell whether someone has had German measles in the past , and nobody in their right mind would suggest that such a positive blood test indicated the presence of active German measles long after the patient had recovered from the infection . |
| 17 | If this message is output again it shows that someone has had direct access to the ORACLE database . |
| 18 | If there 's a younger referee than me it 'll prove that someone has got real guts . |
| 19 | Someone has to make sure Wellington has heard this news . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What happened to Poll ? ’ she asked , determined not to be silenced by Dr Neil Cochrane , and not to allow the ruin of his looks to create any pity for him . |
| 21 | I says have another look , he says what is it ? |
| 22 | What you are telling me is that you are the kind of person who needs emotional space , and if someone tries to occupy that space all the time , then you do n't want to know . |
| 23 | Someone 's fixed these dice I tell you ! |
| 24 | If it ca n't get all the way round cos someone 's pulled this wire out , or opened a switch |
| 25 | Everyone uses freelances these days . |
| 26 | I teach materials science to dental students which involves using chemical names . |
| 27 | A major transport contractor was asked to quote for carrying out the work , which involves delivering huge wing boxes to Manchester Airport for collection by Super Guppy air transporters . |
| 28 | Barbados , which involves dialling 14 digits , costs 79p a minute standard rate . |
| 29 | Fourth , Sa nyāsa , the ascetic stage , which involves abandoning all attachment to worldly things . |
| 30 | He went on to commend the interpretive skills of Richard Benson , who made the halftone negatives and worked closely with the craftsmen at Meriden Gravure in Meriden , Connecticut , who printed the plates in tritone ( which involves making three negatives — for light , dark and middle tones — for each print , and two passes through the press ) . |