Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Some of the sound tests were done by a computer and luckily I had access to a computer from my dealer in Bath that enabled me to set the sound up perfectly . |
2 | Eventually I got hold of a Telecaster , but nowadays , apart from the 345 , I use Strats and Duo Sonics with a metal slide rather than glass . |
3 | When eventually I got hold of him , I told him to stop making payments into my French bank account . |
4 | And eventually I got job on a scaffold . |
5 | ‘ While all this was going on I began work on Corrections and Police , two magazines founded by the Ford Foundation . |
6 | Rather I found relief in desperately scribbling poetry , the style and substance a strange mixture of John Pudney , one of the war 's best-known poets , and the residual Platonism of one of my university courses . |
7 | Then suddenly I saw daylight over my shoulder as he appeared to falter . |
8 | And suddenly I caught sight of this … prat sailing down the Cam back towards Cambridge in a punt , with a girl doing all the work , while he reclined at the exact angle , trying to play a chord and strum a tune … |
9 | ‘ Clive said he did n't need a crew , only someone to take care of the meals — ’ She drew her palm across her forehead . |
10 | Erm and these are the fairly brief er Chairman I think , I am sorry for disappointing Mr because because erm I main properties but erm we are basically I think sort of more or less agreed parties that we actually want this . |
11 | Gently I took hold of the door handle and moved it . |
12 | I teach physical education erm , in the primary schools in Edinburgh , and because of the equal opportunities , obviously I teach football to primary girls and boys , but I feel that the girls are not getting the opportunity |
13 | Well , well she was , she was standing outside , I mean I looked at her this morning and I 've loo so I 've sort of looked at her , and I was going to speak to her and then this fella walked up and I thought , I , I mean I could n't gauge whether , and I mean my , I , I was thinking what I was going to say anyway , I was going to say er you know sa is it Paula so you perhaps do n't remember me but I , I , and then I was going to say I 'm Adrian , Adrian |
14 | The animals did n't want to go near him so I took care of him . |
15 | It is necessary I had come to that view for me , at that time it was necessary for me to contact one of the duty Chief Officers and on this occasion it was the Assistant Chief Constable Mr , so I made contact with him . |
16 | So I put teddy in the first |
17 | birthday was on the eighth of September or before , if it was in the summer holidays or up until the eighth of September , you could leave school and my birthday was the eighth of September so I left school at fourteen . |
18 | So I got hold of Dave and I said ring Stuart and ring |
19 | So I got hold of the right side . |
20 | So I sit docile above her , upright and male , unresisting as she delves with her hand . |
21 | So I see evaluation as a very democratic activity , which allows people perhaps to appreciate each other 's viewpoints a little more than might otherwise be the case erm and does n't pretend that people all feel the same about things , but at the same time it does n't attempt to sort of countermand the realities of the situation that , you know , each person ca n't go their own sweet way , there have to be quite a lot of collective decisions and people have to recognise where the majority opinion is , but at least they do it from a standpoint that erm where they feel their own value still has some worth and is still being recognised . |
22 | So I have pleasure in putting the record straight . |
23 | My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed . |
24 | By the way , I I did that so I did area of square along the side . |
25 | So I lost interest for a few years . |
26 | So I rang mum at four o'clock . |
27 | Er so I suppose y'know in a sense that 's true , there is the sort of sexual element to some of that bullying that goes on . |
28 | Er , if they do n't , the commencement will not take place and we will continue on the existing boundaries , that would , and I 'll give way to my honourable friend in a moment , that of course would create massive inconvenience , I see no er real reason why the other states er which have yet to ratify should not do so er but my honourable friend I think wanted to intervene with a further thought on this point so I give way to her . |
29 | My fi five minutes are now just about up so I finish moderator by affirming that |
30 | With the pads in I feel square on the top . |