Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [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 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 .
6 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 …
7 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 .
8 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
9 ‘ When you started prattling about that man I sometimes saw here before I ever went up to Oxford , ’ she said .
10 I mean for one production you may need a wig another production you wo n't .
11 I knew you 'd thought of something , and when you asked for extra milk it was n't hard to guess what it was . ’
12 If the debtor refuses to attend for oral examination he is liable to be committed to prison for contempt of court .
13 ‘ We do n't want to go through that business we had with A&M .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 …
17 Mind yer , I do n't s'pose fer one minute I 'll get the job .
18 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 .
19 ‘ Do your parents know about this trouble you 're in ? ’
20 She were knocking for this thing you know .
21 It scared her , but as she glanced secretly across at the face she had never forgotten for one moment she realised she was more excited than scared .
22 ’ Then I asked the children to write about some experience they could recall that had something physical about it .
23 One of the things I was asked to write about this week I think was a radio , to , to write about er what I felt about radios , you know , er , erm , so anything could be thrown at you , and obviously I have my areas that I particularly interested in and I think sometimes I get a bit complacement and I 'm writing about a , I find particularly interested in and a bit lazy , so its quite good to be stretched .
24 If I had to Oxford my finger might have come off bythe time I got there
25 I have already mentioned the stipulation that before I could qualify for married status I should have passed two language exams .
26 When boys tried for easy money they generally sold what belonged to others ; when girls were similarly tempted they were more inclined to sell themselves .
27 Even if they are not inhibited from applying for special treatment they may suffer some loss of self-respect in receiving the service free .
28 Some time later while walking past this area we looked at the plastic and saw strange movements coming from it .
29 When the powder is mixed with cold water it first of all dissolves to a creamy white paste and then slowly sets to a hard solid .
30 When they served her with a stallion you see , it was three weeks elapsed then before she if you did n't go and foal with that service it was three weeks elapsed afore you game again .
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