Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [subord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research is in progress to modify crop plants genetically to make them yield more than one product . |
| 2 | Oddly , the move to New York seems to me to work better than some of the earlier stories . |
| 3 | A number of them mentioned more than one information source . |
| 4 | Please let me know immediately if this presents any problems . |
| 5 | I know this might sound obscure , but erm , I read somewhere when that erm , if you actually bring in protectionism , it sounds like it could actually increase trade . |
| 6 | With Shakespeare almost every time that I read more than forty lines , I see something I 'd never seen before , which is demonstrably there . |
| 7 | With Shakespeare , almost every time I read more than forty lines , I see something I 'd never seen before , which is demonstrably there . |
| 8 | Er no I mean normally when most organizations when they call members together for a seminar , or a training course provide subsistence for lunch and we usually have tea and coffee do n't we ? |
| 9 | Oh I got more than that actually I got about ten p . |
| 10 | We have an awkward , and increasingly tense discussion about the use of such songs — for though I wholeheartedly agree that all the ideas they promote are self-evidently good things , I worry simply whether such songs have any positive effect — and they start bandying the word ‘ cynic ’ . |
| 11 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 12 | I hope so because that is the premise of this book . |
| 13 | I received more than four hundred letters of congratulation from viewers . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , I stand here as self-confessed criminal trespasser , though one who has done no harm and will continue to show every care for this precious environment . |
| 15 | ‘ You eat like a sparrow , ’ he said , when I declined more than nine oysters . |
| 16 | ‘ Even I know better than that . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ My lord , I know better than any that I am not his match , ’ said Harry , stung and colouring vividly . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll be disappointed if I get less than 30 votes , ’ said Dougald . |
| 19 | I spent both as usual with Bill and Irina . |
| 20 | Because I just sort of went to work the following day and I worked away as normal . |
| 21 | Can I have more than one Personal Accident Policy ? |
| 22 | After such strong expressions of opinion , I doubt much whether any judge sitting in a court of the first instance would be justified in treating the question as open . |
| 23 | But I had my book , and I knew roughly where all the bits were . |
| 24 | I counted more than 30 tufted ducks while at least 80 mallards were making wide sweeps round the pond before resettling . |
| 25 | In fact , I go further than this and argue that if there is to be public criteria , there must be other selves . |
| 26 | Yeah , I know you wanted that one and I thought well if this morning |
| 27 | ‘ Should I go tomorrow as usual … ? ’ |
| 28 | I think I love better than that blackcurrant mm . |
| 29 | I wonder now if Spitting Image or the The Singing Detective could ever be originated in any British system of the future substantially dependent on sponsorship ? |
| 30 | Suddenly the Whitley was entirely surrounded by strange aircraft I learned later after much research that they were Fairey Foxes ) . |