Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the practice has been to regard them rather unofficially as having been satisfied if there is compliance on about … three occasions out of four , or four out of five , or two out of three — practices are variable from one authority to another . |
| 2 | We 'll skin them right here and preserve their hides so they can be shipped home and stuffed . |
| 3 | ‘ What surprised the crew was that Michael led the insistence on the part of the actors to record both plays again , having done them extremely well but feeling they could be done better . |
| 4 | The previous two aspects are clearly the main thrusts of RMI but combining them together successfully and reducing negative fall-out within the organisation is , in effect , the third aspect , that of managing the cultural change that new systems will inevitably produce . |
| 5 | I knew that during those brief immortal moments when I was standing up on the board , walking on water , I too felt like a supreme being , until the ocean cast me down again and turned me once more into a creeping thing that creepeth upon the face of the earth . |
| 6 | She really was more than half-minded to take them downstairs again and post them through the hole in the mahogany skirting board of the dining-room where they could lie in wait for crumbs of bread and cheese and apple peels that she would be careful to drop … |
| 7 | If he/she can play with brothers and sisters ( or friends ) for , say , half an hour without squabbling , you call him/her over quietly and award an agreed number of tokens ( see page 57–9 ) . |
| 8 | And I 'll tell you something else — ’ she paused , went to the oven , took out a tin holding roast potatoes , flicked them over expertly and put the tin back in the oven before she continued , ‘ She wo n't be long in that school , she 's a way ahead ; and you know what ? ’ |
| 9 | He found them quickly enough and returned to the pub . |
| 10 | If you want potatoes with your meal , cook them more often as boiled or jacket potatoes rather than as chips . |
| 11 | Now that clothes were , had become cheaper , people could afford to change them more often and buy new ones , so the fashion changes became more rapid . |
| 12 | Thérèse enclosed them once more and held on . |
| 13 | And for all his fans over here , I 'd like to let them know that he called DJ and me aside then and asked us if we 'd be interested in doing a European tour . |
| 14 | Counselling is not simply a case of quickly sorting out other people 's problems , whereby a doctor can tell a client : ‘ Nurse will see you right away and sort it out ’ or ‘ I think you need a quick chat with the nurse and then we can go ahead . ’ |
| 15 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 16 | ‘ Lachlan , sit you down again and see have I not got a grand idea . |
| 17 | ‘ I said , was you all right and do you know who lives here ? ’ |
| 18 | I 'll have to study you more extensively and let you know . ’ |
| 19 | It fills you up okay but runs you down at the same time . |
| 20 | But even the best brakes in the world will not stop you as quickly as hitting something … |
| 21 | I ca n't afford to take you out properly or buy you a proper Christmas present , or be able to tell you not to worry — I 'm twenty-eight years old and I 'm still living from hand to mouth like a bloody tramp . |
| 22 | The hell with jet lag — I 'm going to take you out tonight and stay up till my eyelids just droop shut ! ’ |
| 23 | I should throw you out now and have done with it . |
| 24 | Now I 'm not I like I like the thought of but I prefer the thought of in work and how people can work together using this type of thing and think about it in the context of work rather than in the context that it talks about erm and it 'll be interesting to talk to you tomorrow so if to see what you think have the think about the things we 've talked about . |
| 25 | They no longer strike you however quite as ramparts because they have been planted with grass and shrubs and are in places penetrable on foot or even by traffic ; they are now a pleasance more than a deterrent . |
| 26 | Thank you very much and thank you for a very well . |
| 27 | Thank you very much and thank you for coming down and talking to us today . |
| 28 | Yes thank you very much and do n't put that |
| 29 | Then I bring them up here and let them draw . |
| 30 | He took two of them up here and took them in sections and built one in Stenness and another in . |