Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , there was not enough time left for me to go that way to look for him . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 3 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
| 4 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 5 | Robertson confirmed in the second paragraph of his signal that " movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage on our L of C. He therefore informed McCreery that AFHQ would be " approaching 12th Army Group immediately " to ask them to accept all German surrendered personnel from 5 Corps , with the exception of " arrestable categories " , such as SS . |
| 6 | The West 's manifest unwillingness to use force against the Bosnian Serbs to get them to accept this plan has contributed to the latest rejection that the plan has suffered , the resounding No delivered by more than nine out of ten Bosnian Serb voters in last weekend 's referendum . |
| 7 | I asked this housemaster to develop this further . |
| 8 | And of course the third group of students write and say , ‘ Yes , I applied last year to do Biology , I want to do it , and I 'm really clear I want to do it . ’ |
| 9 | So they should , and when the list of necessities is securely written down , you can ask the second question : How do I want this garden to feel ? |
| 10 | I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead . |
| 11 | Proposals I announced last month to create 12 new environmentally sensitive areas will more than treble the area covered . |
| 12 | I mean that jacket does n't look right does it ? |
| 13 | no , very annoying that , I mean that bloke going backwards and forwards is bad enough but |
| 14 | I mean I remember Mike I mean that house had |
| 15 | Yes er I mean that sort tell me what they want . |
| 16 | There are some places were you , I mean all democracy means is that you , you have a vote |
| 17 | Erm I mean one way to do it of course is to say that none of our water 's fit for drinking , and you all get bottled water then would n't you . |
| 18 | No , no way , we used to , we used to , I mean ancient man did |
| 19 | I mean marginal land tends to be brought into use , the less productive land , precisely when there is a pre the pressure |
| 20 | I mean Special Branch has asked us to come in . |
| 21 | Well , yes , I mean Green politics do go to every area of life , obviously er we ca n't devolve the er environment from the rest of our activities . |
| 22 | The best , and you have , I mean this branch has divisions , and all the rest of it , first division , premier division and all the rest of it . |
| 23 | I mean this generation needs hope . |
| 24 | whites studying blacks , you know , all those other kinds of imbalances in , in psychology in the social sciences erm which might be interesting erm cos like Guy sometimes says about erm when he was er talking to some er deaf people , well perhaps not talking 's the right word but communicating with some deaf people about their , about their problems , I mean this bloke said you psychologists are all the same you just think that deaf people need cochlea implement |
| 25 | I mean this scheme does n't look to me like available but I 'd just like to say reading the objections I am amazed by the large number of and er to stop the running , the rat running , you 've anyway erm speed cameras are not gon na be much help . |
| 26 | N no , well see what happened to me , I mean this person came and she said er , Er if you like I 'll do it for you . |
| 27 | no , I , I mean these flap jacks I 'm making |
| 28 | I mean National Grid gave them a bit of cable . |
| 29 | I mean most satire does that but it 's what Johnson 's satire does particularly well . |
| 30 | And it was a little later that same night that his lordship said with some gravity , shaking his head : ‘ I fought that war to preserve justice in this world . |