Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fair weather anglers , the lot of you , ’ I announced unctuously demanding immediate refreshment for my efforts . |
| 2 | So anyway er I mean being a keen motorcyclist I borrowed a Moto Guzzi last year , you know a big V twin , beautiful bike , I went up into Derbyshire and had a you know ride on it , and thought well that 's not bad , see I 've always had British bikes , and I think I might g I might get one of those , so I came back in the house put the helmet down and said hey that Guzzi 's not bad , I could get a decent one for about two thousand you know about nineteen eighty , you know nice Le Mans Two . |
| 3 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 4 | There 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through , an awful lot of people to see , an awful lot of red tape really to get through , first , I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards . |
| 5 | You know I mean okay talking vast |
| 6 | ‘ I felt I 'd already done Prime Suspect , ’ says Lynda , although she did supply the plot outline . |
| 7 | Shut behind glass doors on one wall were copper pots and jelly moulds which I 'd never seen used . |
| 8 | I 'd never had other children of my own and somehow she seemed very precious just then , but I never expected to see her . |
| 9 | Or , in the case of Antonia , her fame , her futon , her cheques from the newspapers and the cry : ‘ I wish I 'd never got involved with him . ’ |
| 10 | Anyway , I 'd always believed great minds thought alike , until I found out that SEGA FORCE 's Paul ‘ if the cap fits , it 's a miracle ’ Mellerick supports Leicester too ! |
| 11 | I 'd always suspected big-wave riders had to have more cojones than the average human being , and there was at least one of that species who seemed to bear out my hypothesis . |
| 12 | There was no difference between ourselves and Tom Jones , we were trotting out the same material night after night and it was so safe and predictable — two things I 'd always vowed Stiff Little Fingers would never be . |
| 13 | Then when he followed you down the corridor I thought I 'd better make sure you were alright . ’ |
| 14 | Anyway I 'd better make sure I remember that . |
| 15 | I 'd better make sure I 've got enough energy to keep up with her . ’ |
| 16 | So I said I 'd better make sure she 's in , so Sharan knocks on the door , no answer . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd better come clean , ’ I said . |
| 18 | Oh yes , and I suppose I 'd better come clean . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ I think under the circumstances I 'd better keep silent . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ said Donald , ‘ I 'd better get abreast ! ’ |
| 21 | I 'd almost fallen asleep while Uncle Hamish had been droning on . |
| 22 | Paradouze was the only person to whom I 'd ever felt close . |
| 23 | I 'd hardly got comfortable when another lady — older , but still born after The Beatles had their first Number One — wearing a pink trouser suit with waistcoat , announced herself as the hospital administrator and told us to follow her . |
| 24 | I 'd therefore grown used to getting a certain amount of respect from other drivers , so when I found one of the clapped-out Toyotas favoured by Asian families in my path one morning I expected a free passage . |
| 25 | Well I says to him I says well make sure , well it 's five past eight he 'd get in instead of five past seven |
| 26 | ‘ I raced there to see white smoke coming from the patch of bushes and part of a wall demolished . |
| 27 | With provocation we look at the " what if " and suppose " and go even beyond these with " po " the new word I coined elsewhere to allow deliberate provocation ( it stands for provocative Operation ) . |
| 28 | I always run just as fast I have to , and as I neared the finish I looked across to make sure that I had qualified , and there was Carl . |
| 29 | I went home feeling miserable and ashamed for being such a fool but I did n't have long to indulge my self-pity , for when I entered our house I found my brother Jack and Mum quarrelling loudly . |
| 30 | no I mean I I do really feel sorry Neil because people wa it it it makes me cross because people wo n't give Neil the benefit of the doubt . |