Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | One member followed me around all day abusing me verbally with what can only be called dirty talk . |
2 | Cos if it was as long as three hours , then I 'd expect Julie would have had to program them in for it would n't she . |
3 | Oh yeah I I both of us would would be always recording and singing what we like ourselves you know . |
4 | Now in this room I see it happening all the time , and if you 're doing something important , then I can bring you back into it ca n't I ? |
5 | Oscars are notorious for their habit of becoming ‘ stuck on one type of food and starving them out of it can be painful for both the fish and the keeper . |
6 | This second volume contains , besides several ingenious smaller pieces , written on particular occasions , The Unhappy Father , a tragedy , with three acts of a second play , written at the request of a friend , in about a fortnight , and some letters of this extraordinary young woman , which have a solidity in them far beyond what could be expected from one of her years , and so destitute of the advantages of education … |
7 | I mean I 've said to him answer him back like you would but he , he , the thing is he just thumps them , he just thumps and kicks and hits |
8 | Well I 've visited both Cambodia itself and the camps , er first of all in the camps , the situation is appalling because there are very many people who do not want to be in those camps and are really in effect being held there against their will , and what has been extraordinary until this year , is that the people who 've been holding them there against their will have been the Phol Pot dominated so-called coalition government and on the basis of the people being in the camps , that , that , that regime has gone on to claim recognition at the United Nations ; an appalling situation . |
9 | Despite the fact that the Mexican government spends almost 25 per cent of its budget on education , a high proportion of the population is still relatively poor , semi-literate and ill-equipped to grasp even the fundamentals of the legal system , let alone to take it on in what would appear to be a very one-sided battle against the establishment and its administration . |
10 | I should think that Mr Staton would put it in for you would n't he ? |
11 | That ingrained courage , the belief that he must continue to fight on — the ability to fool himself into thinking that he could fight on — was all that was left to Tubby , and Colonel Windsor realised that to take it away from him could precipitate the final breakdown . |
12 | After all , death frightens the hell out of everyone ; so once you 'd gone and got it over with you might feel quite light-hearted . ’ |
13 | could you firm it up a little bit with him you firm it up with I 'll talk to Scottish Homes |
14 | I 'll cut it up for you shall I Mabel ? |
15 | hurls it out of it would n't it ? |
16 | ‘ Dig it out for yourself will you ? |
17 | No , you can sort it out between yourselves ca n't you ? |
18 | She could take it back with her could n't she ? |
19 | But she said obviously you and Dave asked me , us not to we wo n't . |