Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Will that mean they have to talk to us , Mr Didier ? ’ whispered Emily after a pause . |
| 2 | Dyson half expected him to come jerking back for a reprise of the First Collect . |
| 3 | There was plenty of slate there but he he just slate mines would n't pay t to get these machines , and course this grant story this had you know millions of pounds of grants for these machines and that . |
| 4 | Despite the recession this helped us to retain the vast majority of our members and welcome new ones to our ranks . |
| 5 | If the car has a constant speed of fifty miles per hour this means it goes fifty miles in every hour . |
| 6 | A motor boat has a speed of four miles per hour this means it goes four miles in every hour |
| 7 | When I ask the people of the estate what they want from this election some say they want Cheviot to rebuild it and others that it would be better grassed over . |
| 8 | Miss Whiplash and Bash the Barbarian are still doing battle over the right to reply , and judging by the amount of mail each receive it looks to be about even at the moment . |
| 9 | On the plus side this means you get to hear classic routines like Paranoid Car Alarm , Home Knits And Craft Fairs , Radiator Men and Supermarkets again . |
| 10 | To my eyes this made her look like a strip-dancer at a funeral . |
| 11 | Though I can run this machine half speed I have to be meticulous with the timing . |
| 12 | However , clinical and research experience has convinced us that if therapists maintain a problem-orientated approach as central to their work this enables them to keep their interventions focused on the most important issues for each patient . |
| 13 | Despite having dispensed with sundry items deemed essential to sustain European stomachs on their World Cup visit in 1987 — doctor , diet sheets , microwave oven and Tesco-sponsored tuck-boxes all left them flushed , as it were , with lack of success — England have been here almost a week , practising every day in sauna-bath temperatures for their opening match against Sri Lanka on Sunday . |
| 14 | A snowman , some polar bears and a friendly whale all help him get to the South Pole — with many fold-out pages en route . |
| 15 | Silver cutlery , candlelight , linen napkins and unobtrusive service all encourage you to linger over your meal — and return soon for another . |
| 16 | used to be about few p er shillings more do you see , er a tonne yes . |
| 17 | For some strange optical reason this makes it look bigger than it really is and it has been argued that this illusion would have the effect of making an attacking lion misjudge its leap , striking short of the true position of the prey . |
| 18 | Transforming the Information This requires you to understand the historian 's main argument , be able to separate main points from supporting detail and substitute your own key-words for the historian 's vocabulary . |
| 19 | Community relations and neighbourhood policing reverses the process of depersonalization , and with regard to the police this encourages them to develop a more subtle set of typifications which categorize the majority of residents in West Belfast as decent , honest , and , at root , friendly . |
| 20 | ‘ Trust , respect , charm , infectious enthusiasm , these attributes all allow us to influence people without apparently imposing on them . ’ |
| 21 | Erm , why is he telling all Nick this do you think ? |
| 22 | Native speakers of English all think they know , but almost any two will differ somewhat in their usage and idiom . |
| 23 | Sister Susan McGuiness F.C.J. Sister Madeleine F.C.J. and Bishop Kevin O'Brien all helped me to answer this question . |
| 24 | Women all say they feel ill , whether using the pill or the coil " ( campesina woman , San Vicente . |
| 25 | By the way those did I tell you they put me on some tablets to re to erm to erm |