Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The performance of Castlereagh must attract the envy of many councils and ratepayers alike but I wonder how many of them realise its hidden costs ? |
| 2 | But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod . |
| 3 | I commend my hon. Friends the Members for Rugby and Kennilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) for their overall appraisal of our policy . |
| 4 | If you say something to me I check that I have understood your message by saying it back to you in my own words , for if I repeat your own words exactly you will doubt whether I have really understood you . |
| 5 | , but when they asked us to go , you know , I mean they two seats to spare and old Bert would n't speak and came and said would you two like to go , he 's on the committee , you see so he went and mentioned it to Lionel and Lionel got them out and said would you like to go and right I 'll put your name down so |
| 6 | I mean what other men |
| 7 | Well alright , I mean them long windows , as you say , up here , erm low ! |
| 8 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
| 9 | I mean your political proclivities ? ’ |
| 10 | Maybe next time I bring her some oranges from the best side of the orchard — very sweet , and will do her lot of good . |
| 11 | And the angel said unto them , ‘ Fear not , for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 12 | for behold , I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 13 | ‘ I upset your little plans , did I not ? |
| 14 | I really have to watch how far I push myself these days , though . |
| 15 | I make it fifteen minutes to go . |
| 16 | ‘ I make it eighty fathoms here , sir . |
| 17 | Also , I make my two glasses of wine go further by adding sparkling mineral water . |
| 18 | I make my own friends . ’ |
| 19 | But I am myself an agent ; there remains the question of how I make my own decisions . |
| 20 | and I perhaps then wax my legs or erm , but not to the extreme of having some one else involved in my improvements , I make my own improvements in my body |
| 21 | ‘ I hate them bloody things . ’ |
| 22 | I hate his fucking guts . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 24 | ‘ I have and it is , and I 'm mad , because I hate your damned machines . ’ |
| 25 | The girls I knew at COHQ thought he was particularly unattractive , but I expect his own girls applied different criteria . |
| 26 | For one thing , the attitudinist view escapes an objection to subjectivism made by Moore that if when I say an action is bad I report my negative feelings towards it , and when you say it is good you report your positive feelings towards it , then there is no disagreement between us ( since we will probably both agree that the other has the feelings he reports ) which Moore thought an absurdity . |
| 27 | Meanwhile , I send you these meditations , hoping they may help you to continue your great book . |
| 28 | yeah , cos I 'm not er paying , I 'm not giving up my summer holidays and I want me five weeks |
| 29 | I want my hot pies ! ’ |
| 30 | First of all I want my young reporters to be able to observe . |