Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course these are habits , of course everyone does these things , that is not the point ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We have to raise money ourselves to do any outings , we 're given a very small budget so we have fund raising events , and the clients have total say about how we use that . ’ |
| 3 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 4 | One of the reasons I like this club , sir , ’ I said , ‘ is all these extraordinary old Anglo-Saxon names that one rarely comes across any more . |
| 5 | All I can say is that I failed , and in this particular case I regret that failure . ’ |
| 6 | And I think I 'll stop right there with even more comments , erm , in case I lose that contract too . |
| 7 | But I think a lot of them were genuinely concerned , as in my case I think this person was genuinely worried about me because I 'd had , it was my third child and I I do think she was er worried about me because er you know you do n't want to keep having babies and losing them but I was n't worried about , I was worried about myself , to say I was n't worried that 's stupid , but er we just hoped and hoped and kept hoping . |
| 8 | It was my responsibility I brought that child into the world , and there was no way I was going to thrust her off onto other people . |
| 9 | As Wimpol becomes increasingly international in technology and operations I intend that interchange of personnel of all disciplines will increase between the regional bases of USA , UK and Singapore . |
| 10 | In some cases I opened that menu and selected exit . |
| 11 | Doing it bit by bit I done all Ross ' bedroom yesterday . |
| 12 | They asked me to help dress the models who wandered around showing clothes to the ladies having afternoon tea in the restaurant , and after a bit I did some modelling myself . |
| 13 | For several hours I accepted this absurdity . |
| 14 | Mum I 've that thing with a hole in it . |
| 15 | Mum I want some pop |
| 16 | Like the woman 's no good Of course I told some things about Wendy . |
| 17 | ‘ Of course I know some men find me attractive ! ’ she snapped . |
| 18 | Of course I had this spell er er do n't forget I was five years as a prisoner of war , and a lot of interest because I was a union member pra b previous to that you see ? |
| 19 | Of course I accept that ruling entirely Mr Deputy Speaker but the point I was trying to make , I am going to give the speech very briefly indeed I do assure you , is that if you 're trying to assess the numbers er and the correctness of the numbers that are being er er going to vote for and indeed the boundaries associated with those numbers , it 's a perfectly I would have thought , fair question to ask oneself as they go off er from us as to what they are going off in to er and I I do assure you Mr Deputy Speake , I do n't plan to speak more than two minutes , two to three minutes on this matter , I do hope that you will allow me just to make a very brief point on this . |
| 20 | By a coincidence I met this man on the summit of Sergeant Man in the Lake District two months later . |
| 21 | Serum pepsinogen I shows little response to eating . |
| 22 | During the late afternoon I received another call summoning a further Cabinet meeting at 7.30 p.m . |
| 23 | Looking at the other titles I infer that mine is the only lecture on literature , and logically , perhaps , my title should be ‘ Literature as communication ’ . |
| 24 | For the most part I enjoyed these interpretations . |
| 25 | Every few minutes I found some reason to stop : to take off my sweater , to put on my robe , to change from boots to training-shoes and back again , to eat some oats , to take my temperature , to redistribute the load inside the lockers and , when I had no other excuse , simply to rest . |
| 26 | After a few minutes I realize this letter can not be written truthfully . |
| 27 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 28 | ‘ When I got back to my apartment I ate some ham and beans , and opened a bottle of rather rust-coloured claret . |
| 29 | From the batch of over seventy birds I ringed that day , only one other came to light . |
| 30 | And my Lord a short part I wish to refer you to and that is on page a hundred and seventy nine which is er the section when the judge was dealing with er the law of duty and the judge Mr Justice said during the trial I express some concern to what evidence has been called it is not necessary to refer to lawyers professional liability by . |