Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Took my letter off me said she 'll come back for it at dinner time because she wanted my bag , I mean like well I , I had n't said that . |
| 2 | ‘ Local authorities have an independent responsibility from 1 April and it is less than satisfactory for them to say they will pay the same rates as central government , ’ he said . |
| 3 | might say , I 'm a beef farmer , erm I enjoy my , my beef very much , my philosophy is that erm , if we 're going to use animals we 're going to eat the , their time here should be as humane , they should have as humane treatment as possible , and they should be free from fear , hunger and pain , and when the time comes for them to go they should know as little about it as possible . |
| 4 | Although it is frightening that so many people take Ecstasy to guarantee a ‘ good time ’ , what is more frightening is that it takes a Class A drug for them to feel they can lose their inhibitions . |
| 5 | Creggan was startled by this and wondered if in some way she understood that he had made a vow that if ever the chance came for them to escape he would place her freedom before his own . |
| 6 | a story for them decided I could n't do it . |
| 7 | Tight-lipped , she drove in silence , keeping her eyes firmly on the road , but as they sat at red traffic-lights waiting for them to change she could n't keep silent any longer . |
| 8 | I was careful to explain my own attitude to commissioned work — that in order for me to work it would have to be within the broadest of limitations . |
| 9 | So it 's like that without , I mean , with Carla , I mean , you ca n't you know , you just ca n't think when you 've got ta I mean she would have been bored and she would n't have looked at the gifts . |
| 10 | Same way , one of the words about I mean I 'll just read it to you . |
| 11 | Well not in the herring fishing but er there was also a a salt fish kind of processing place out in the Hens And me mother work at it and she used to tell us about I supposed they 'll be not rubber boats in that d days . |
| 12 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 13 | I hope that you will have dinner with me , but if you ca n't make it , then telephone me at my London address before Thursday lunchtime , after which date I will be on my way up north and my movements are unpredictable . |
| 14 | Had a long chat with Dad about which service we should attend . |
| 15 | In Chapter 4 we discuss the relationship between some of these factors , and conclude that the most crucial is the pattern of decisions by the courts : not only about what sentences offenders should receive ( whether they should be sent to custody and , if so , for how long ) , but also decisions about which counts they should be tried in and whether they should be remanded in custody in the meantime . |
| 16 | All filters will require a short ‘ run-in ’ period of up to three or four weeks during which time you should keep stock and feed levels low and conduct extra partial water changes . |
| 17 | You then have 15 seconds ' rest , during which time you must stand still . |
| 18 | Alternatively , if you require a little time , a booking can be held on ‘ Option ’ for 24 hours during which time you must make the booking ‘ firm ’ otherwise the booking will automatically be released . |
| 19 | Concerned specifically with the issue why there is no circularity involved in a justification of deduction which employs deductive reasoning , he contrasts explaining the validity of a form of inference — for which purpose we can use any of our knowledge — with persuading someone of the correctness of a rule — which requires that we avoid circularity . |
| 20 | To be sure all this is done to create something , for which reason we can call it work and not rage . |
| 21 | He was extremely rude to a lot of people , some of whom vowed they would never speak to him again . |
| 22 | ‘ It would be foolishly modest of me to say they will not be disappointed at all , ’ said Antony , ‘ but they are both very understanding . |
| 23 | More than 90 per cent of them said they would support new legislation to ensure higher energy-efficiency standards in household appliances . |
| 24 | ‘ It was important to involve our employees and one of the interesting factors to emerge was that 88.8 per cent of them said they would be proud to work for a company with an environmental policy . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm in the process of trying to get someone to come in to do one evening girls ' assertiveness , you know which some of them said they 'd quite like to do . |
| 26 | I think erm maybe some of them felt it would be a waste of time fighting for it . |
| 27 | He says ; Once one of them says we will go with him then they will all go because they will stick together but I was very suprised with the ammount of people that go . |
| 28 | But if either of them imagines they can force my hand , they much mistake the matter ! |
| 29 | Yeah , but the trouble with it there is that very often you get , you get half of them say we ca n't come Tuesday , but we can come Wednesday |
| 30 | I do n't know , people l I 'm of them say they ca n't afford to pay the kids , and get the food for the kids , and they 'll have to give them chips a couple of , every day of the week or whatever , but th there 's no need for that . |