Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ?
2 ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’
3 You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ?
4 I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type .
5 As the speed builds through 200 knots I feel the increased pitch sensitivity , my bottom lifting from the parachute pack as I press the twin pitots on this tiny nose further towards the gleaming layer of snowy stratocumulus below .
6 After all , most of the Gujerati women I spoke to I met through English classes they attended , through workmates and mutual friends , not through social workers and community workers .
7 When he applied for judicial review he did not know whether his tariff exceeded 20 years , but on 10 April 1990 his solicitors were informed by the Home Office that it did not .
8 This 26-year-old married businessman was beaten up , burned and sexually assaulted by a torture gang ‘ and the six-man gang tried to tear out their victim 's toenails with pliers — then ripped off adhesive tape they had stuck to his genitals …
9 Even allowing for delicious exaggeration it still added up to a horrifying picture and she began to wish she had n't even tried to get into the company .
10 I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not
11 ‘ When you started prattling about that man I sometimes saw here before I ever went up to Oxford , ’ she said .
12 I mean for thirty years we feel like brothers and sisters with them , and it is unfortunate that Saddam Hussein has turned it all now against everybody .
13 I mean for one production you may need a wig another production you wo n't .
14 I said , Why do n't you just say , ‘ I asked about those records you ordered ? ’
15 Whenever a fast is undertaken for selfish ends it must be resisted .
16 I knew you 'd thought of something , and when you asked for extra milk it was n't hard to guess what it was . ’
17 Professional designers will come out with all sorts of advice but as this is intended for normal people I 'll suggest that you just go with what looks right to you .
18 If the debtor refuses to attend for oral examination he is liable to be committed to prison for contempt of court .
19 ‘ We do n't want to go through that business we had with A&M .
20 So whatever 's in there ca n't get out up there it 's got to go through another pipe it 's got to go through the other pipe .
21 Well if Steve goes for this interview he 's working till , he 'll not be in till half past eight because he says all that week he can gain four hours work because erm he 's found out you do n't have to finish after two hours , you can work as much you like , finish at ten o'clock at night if you want .
22 While some services may be cheaper , others may be very much more expensive ; and the same goes for any goods you buy in the shops .
23 " Well , sir , " said Hazel , " my brother does n't really think about these feelings he gets .
24 If she is serious about knitting for other people she must do four things .
25 Coach Keith Richardson has named his team but its being treated as classified information he wants to keep Northampton guessing … 007 has the day off but morese code from Kingsholm tells us skipper Ian Smith will be back in the team …
26 Mind yer , I do n't s'pose fer one minute I 'll get the job .
27 Similarly , in medieval Europe , it was ‘ common sense ’ that one could determine the guilt or innocence of an accused person through ‘ trial by ordeal ’ , e.g. accused people carried a red-hot iron bar for ten paces , and if their wounds were healed after x days they would be declared innocent — again , this method is noticeably absent in modern trials !
28 Look through the books and patterns you have , see what 's available at your local knitting centre , perhaps send for that book you never bought earlier and have a really fun time with the wealth of designs from Iris Bishop or Wendy Phillips or whoever you like best .
29 So erm when er but I hasten to I I did n't know about those people I knew that the the two
30 ‘ Do your parents know about this trouble you 're in ? ’
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