Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listen to him/her say a text or story slowly , then listen as he/she speeds it up in successive repetitions . |
| 2 | Occasionally I change a banner but I take no responsibility . |
| 3 | I repeat a proposition that I made to a previous Leader of the House . |
| 4 | I repeat a suggestion that I made to the Secretary of State at the time of the last atrocity in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | so that , I mean a person that was a little bit muddled always remembered |
| 6 | But I mean a mother that could n't sleep all night , and get up the next day , having to cope with the family , erm you know , thing things like that , they 're very difficult . |
| 7 | And I mean a point when I was with her , right ? |
| 8 | No no er erm well er there is Prunus that 's a plum I mean a cherry that grows up and various ones like that the only trouble is with these type of things they can be more of a nuisance than the trees that you do have now because those trees growing up those spindly ones as you put it erm some gardeners call them or whatever name they use I but the trouble is bits die in the centre of those and they tend to drop down and they can be in time more far more of a nuisance than the trees they 've got now which seems to me quite suitable . |
| 9 | By medium thickness , I mean a yarn that knits stocking stitch at tension four to six on your machine . |
| 10 | When I say a company house I mean a house that was owned by the colliery , newly built with a bathroom . |
| 11 | , I mean a woman that frightened we all be seething inside and of course seeing him asleep in a drunken stupor to think now 's my chance , she must of been in a terrible state emotionally |
| 12 | Well I make a proposal that we also give them notice that at the end of this year , we will not be prepared to continue the lease on the current licence . |
| 13 | I like to see the goods before I make a decision and have a point of reference for returning them . |
| 14 | I make a coffee and flick through a few albums to try and find something suitable — a Michael Sembelo , a Philip Baily , a Deacon Blue , but none of them feel right in my soul . |
| 15 | The innocent might imagine that something will flow from that , but I smell a rat when I hear the word ’ commitment ’ . |
| 16 | A long time ago when I was six years old me and Neil went out mise chifing I chut a stown and it naile it a wondow then we ran off then we came to somedody garben then we clad up there tree and shouted fatet . |
| 17 | I say a foible that any man is entitled to . ’ |
| 18 | Erm now if you wanted to go larger I say a table because of the size of the marquis and what the |
| 19 | For readers who do n't manage to obtain a copy , I suggest a search and research trip along ‘ route twenty-nine ’ : the Hexham-Alston road . |
| 20 | I place a teabag and some powdered milk into the enamel cup and then pour on the water and stir with a twig . |
| 21 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 22 | ‘ I want a chalet and I intend to have one , ’ she declared imperiously . |
| 23 | ‘ I want a government where there is no difference between a black man and a white man . ’ |
| 24 | I want two I want a girl and a boy . |
| 25 | So I want a service and I want the service from you . |
| 26 | Well I do n't think I want a Golf if it 's not a G T I . |
| 27 | I want a drink and summat to eat . |
| 28 | But at the end of the da , I 'm sorry if I keep com , I want a heading and I I do n't |
| 29 | People should not be afraid to come in and say , ‘ I want a system to make my life easier ’ , or , ‘ I want a spreadsheet that will do this ’ . ’ |
| 30 | I want a camp that is efficient and productive . ’ |