Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be mainly concerned with pensions , education and health care , because there are well-developed private and occupational services in all three areas and because state services in them make up about three-quarters of state welfare spending . |
| 2 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up with more self-esteem and confidence than those who are allowed to get away with behaving in any way they like . |
| 3 | The idea that , that human beings are a species whose social interactions are very critical , as we know social interactions are also very important to reproductive success , and so I bring in inside this analytic cooperation the idea about deception and the evolution of the unconscious , that press deceivers do n't know that , deceiving . |
| 4 | Finally , I round off with some of the social implications of the continued involvement of black youth in sport . |
| 5 | I sit down at this desk with a ledger . |
| 6 | There 's still a couple of beat up chairs there and I sit down in one of them . |
| 7 | So I sit in between these two men and I |
| 8 | I pick up on one idea at a time , and we try each of these as a group . |
| 9 | Material body , organism , behaviour , vibes , expression , self : I pick up on all of it . |
| 10 | We approach a tight bend : the driver talks to the conductor ; the morning sun shines blindingly — I peer over into pure space . |
| 11 | Erm however erm a company er a car is needed to do this job so I I home in on that . |
| 12 | I hurry over in that direction . |
| 13 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 14 | Each meeting ends with the moneymen all saying things like I 'm in or I want in on this or You got it or Let's do it . |
| 15 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 16 | If I hold on to these things they go , and if I let go of them they go , and so my life goes . |
| 17 | I hold on with one hand , landing in a fast-moving heap that upsets the sledge 's balance . |
| 18 | I put up with all their talk , and I did what I had to do according to the state in which the Lord had placed me . |
| 19 | They took for granted all the hard work that my assistant , Billy McCullough and I put in over all those years . |
| 20 | So I put in for that and I got that . |
| 21 | So anyway I put in for this job and and there were people who who ought to have got it before me , er for instance er there was a councillor at er at , Tom , did you know Tom ? |
| 22 | No I count up to ten , I keep getting up in the middle of the night to weigh myself |
| 23 | From there I walk down to one of the main boulevards . |
| 24 | I like it because I know that every time I walk out on that stage my fingers are getting stronger and I have that much more playing behind me . ’ |
| 25 | I teed off with 15 clubs , one too many . |
| 26 | As I look around at this beautiful countryside I 'm , my mind drifts back about forty years . |
| 27 | I look up at all those stars and I think : He 's one strong sucker , God is , but he sure does n't give a shit about me . |
| 28 | I look up to one particular drug dealer . |
| 29 | I look back with great thankfulness to God and deep affection to Holy Cross students for what was a most happy and satisfying central period of my life . |
| 30 | ‘ Although it was horrible to lose my titles , I look back at that fight as a great experience . ’ |