Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If climbers hugged themselves in delight in the knowledge that they had the monopoly on daft , death-defying behaviour , their hearts must have sunk to see people above them launch themselves off cliffs , strapped to a parachute . |
| 2 | I commend it to Ministers , but , bearing in mind our debates in Committee , I confess that I do not do so with any great hope that they will see sense for once and will accept this sensible recommendation . |
| 3 | I mean nothing like burns into the pot you know what I mean ? |
| 4 | I eat plenty of vegetables and I do n't like chocolate . ’ |
| 5 | I eat lots of vegetables and salads and nothing but fruit and juices in the morning . |
| 6 | I woo her with words , |
| 7 | and I woo her with words |
| 8 | Then I wind them into balls and put them in the oven to dry , and that 's how I come to have all those woollen articles to sell . ’ |
| 9 | They only do strawberry , oh , and I hate it in yoghurts they 're |
| 10 | I acknowledge it with tears , and pray her pardon ! ’ |
| 11 | I want lots of crisps though . |
| 12 | ’ I 'm 13 and I want lots of fans to write to me ’ |
| 13 | I want lots of babies when I 'm older . |
| 14 | Er if someone says that 's not good enough , I want it in terms of Y equals |
| 15 | I picture them as neurons , part of a great mass mind . |
| 16 | I do n't have fancy feelings about where money comes from , so long as I earn it in ways which fit in with my flexible principles . |
| 17 | There were eggs from the chickens and I put them in boxes . |
| 18 | I put everything in piles . |
| 19 | But the brain and questions of its function , and the part ‘ memory ’ ( and I put it in quotes ) or rather , a consideration of memory , can play in furthering our understanding of this function , belongs of course to everyone as a human being , from the stupidest person who can not read or write to the top people in biochemical research . |
| 20 | If I think hard work is admirable then I seek it in others and overreact ( often on limited data ) when I think I see it in others . |
| 21 | I watch it for hours , as people demonstrate their own pleasure with consumate skill , whilst at all times considering the camera angle . |
| 22 | I wear them with jumpers and things |
| 23 | I dignify it with titles stolen from tidy strips of paint samples , one ambling shopping-Sunday : Rembrandt brown for the autumn and brownstone brown , nighthawk brown , toasted spice , redcurrant , jasper , romany , marmalade . |
| 24 | I fear it will go out of control so I release it in tears either by myself or with someone I love and trust . |
| 25 | ‘ I hear lots of things in my line , naturally , I talk to so many people . |
| 26 | So did his explanatory remark that he had written it ‘ to show that I know something about birds ’ . |
| 27 | I know plenty of girls who do not know what marriage means until the bond is sealed and there is no escape . |
| 28 | I know nothing about mines . ’ |
| 29 | I know nothing about pigeons ! |
| 30 | Trouble is , I know nothing about explosives . |