Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | All I 'm trying to tell you is how my account of how we tell the truth explains this fact , which apparently simpler accounts of how we tell the truth do n't do . |
2 | Motion two seven nine makes very sensible proposals about how we might support unemployed members . |
3 | This does not stop us using the olfactory or tactile channels but we are restricted by social norms in how we use them . |
4 | oh , I mean er , I know we can have different opinions on why we think St John is so adamant that she must be his wife I do think it 's a power struggle . |
5 | Because when I was thinking about trying to talking to you today , I thought although we 've worked quite a lot with people along this group , you might be sitting here and thinking well you do n't seem to be doing any specific work for and with old people erm , well I think your quite independent and can work out your right that , but one of the things this front line review erm it erm , it 's considering Council front line services under various headings , one of which is Retired Services that the Council provide as a group , now the leader of the Council wants to erm , get public views on how we look at these services , so , and that 's , that 's individuals and groups and one of the things that you might like to think about and I 'm that we as a local government unit who are servicing this review can help you with , is to consider how you might want to fee in for that review , erm and , and consider this , that the re-services for retired people , that the Council provides that you use and basically whether you use that , or service , we want to hear that , the Council would need to know that cos were gon na be making decisions about whether or not they should continue in this front line review erm , and erm , you know , or what things you would , what , what are your questions on about those services , what other things you would like to see provided , things like that and I thing this group could quite easily make a collective representation , a collective submission to that process then you could do it as individual 's as well , so that , that exercise it , it should be over by the eleventh of October it starts on the sixth of September . |
6 | She had turned and was a few steps off when she stopped . |
7 | Now a few words on how you can help me to best help you . |
8 | They show not what was known about the event , but only some aspects of how it was talked about ’ . |
9 | There was a movement in the undergrowth and a rabbit bobbed out into the clearing , settling to feed within a few feet of where he stood . |
10 | A returning female alights within a few feet of where she last left her baby . |
11 | Roger quickly joined both ropes together and we descended the 300 feet to where I could follow our steps without difficulty to the foot of the crag . |
12 | Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go . |
13 | Here are some ideas on how you can help . |
14 | One of my favourite memories of her goes back a few years to when she was playing Martina Navratilova in New England . |
15 | Although many people do not make such a dramatic move from a very special garden to a flat , most of us leave a few favourite plants behind when we move house , so framing a few of them serves as a lovely reminder of times gone by . |
16 | There are different versions of how they got to Japan , but eventually they were accepted as useful allies and were sent back to recruit more potential fighters in Rangoon . |
17 | Bourke , who died in 1982 , was a colourful person who over the years gave a number of different versions of how he helped Blake escape , progressively embroidering each one with more fanciful figments of his imagination . |
18 | When it comes to other sensory systems , much of the problem is that we have n't the sort of clear ideas about how they might work that we have about the visual system . |
19 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |
20 | Your dear brother left quite a few problems behind when he failed to take that corner . |
21 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |
22 | Here are some pointers to how we can make meetings and discussions more dramatic and accessible to all the children in the class : Establish in advance the purpose of the meeting — both for yourself and for the children . |
23 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
24 | Psychologists Amy and Thomas Harris , authors of I 'm OK , You 're OK , and Staying OK , had some interesting observations on how we behave after studying the way people talk to each other . |
25 | I have very clear memories of when I was about eight going to sleep every night to the pipe band practising . ’ |
26 | Matt was gone , and anyway the crew could n't get more than 20 or 30 yards beyond where they 'd set up because they do n't exactly have towpaths in the Jungle . |
27 | The grandma of the family added a few details about how she had starved and three of her children had died . |
28 | With such experiences of life it would be no wonder if he had few scruples about how he got what he wanted . |
29 | The click that followed showed that this caller had n't felt the need to leave careful details of where she might be contacted . |
30 | In a rather tentative manner , they made some suggestions on how they thought it could be improved . |