Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The performance of Castlereagh must attract the envy of many councils and ratepayers alike but I wonder how many of them realise its hidden costs ? |
| 2 | I hide my sticky hand behind me , as if it 's brightly stained . |
| 3 | But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod . |
| 4 | I commend my hon. Friends the Members for Rugby and Kennilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) for their overall appraisal of our policy . |
| 5 | If I sell my British Telecom shares , will I be taxed on any profits I make ? |
| 6 | My good sense knows you are right in your stark decision , and yet I regret my good friend . |
| 7 | If you say something to me I check that I have understood your message by saying it back to you in my own words , for if I repeat your own words exactly you will doubt whether I have really understood you . |
| 8 | , but when they asked us to go , you know , I mean they two seats to spare and old Bert would n't speak and came and said would you two like to go , he 's on the committee , you see so he went and mentioned it to Lionel and Lionel got them out and said would you like to go and right I 'll put your name down so |
| 9 | I mean what other men |
| 10 | Well alright , I mean them long windows , as you say , up here , erm low ! |
| 11 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
| 12 | ‘ I mean it this time . |
| 13 | Oh it is , I mean I that responsibility . |
| 14 | So I mean you mid winter wool but you can see without , it would not have the structure would it ? |
| 15 | er , so , with that er he never ought to be on the buses , I mean he old Bernard Manning and Charlie what was that , his name , Charlie what ? |
| 16 | I mean his first touch is decent he 's gone past there 's a suggestion I think that he he could have gone down . |
| 17 | I mean his little friend that came around on Sunday , Mat |
| 18 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 19 | I mean my poor Neil tried to commit suicide in nineteen eighty nine . |
| 20 | You see I 've got the prob I mean my initial reaction is I mean I I 've got no strong feeling to say we 've got to supply product the stuff it 's cheaper , we make more money , sod it . |
| 21 | I mean my own class . |
| 22 | Yes I think er I mean my own view is that he well er erm lead the party at the next election and he 'll win it . |
| 23 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
| 24 | I mean your political proclivities ? ’ |
| 25 | No I mean your first name . |
| 26 | Well I , that 's what I say to it 's , it 's not a I mean your four door and the , the plastic pass is in one side |
| 27 | I mean your own aim is really to make yourself superfluous in the end . |
| 28 | But you know I mean our oldest resident is a hundred and two . |
| 29 | I mean our back door should really |
| 30 | A love song on the crackly Holiday Inn radio which the maid always switches on as her final flourish after she 's done the room ( Hugo and I go down to the pool and swim and use the sauna while we wait for her to finish ) or a pop song on the telly as Hugo and I eat our continental breakfast ( orange juice , coffee , a croissant and a Danish each ) , too languid even to stretch out for the remote control and switch it off — will make tears come to my eyes : move me with the desire to say , You do love me , do n't you ! |