Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I say , I , I can express concern about that because I think that in terms of funding I 've written A short term and B long term erm I think we 've got a short term problem and |
| 2 | And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder . |
| 3 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
| 4 | But of course I 'd had a few drinks , and I had n't worn my glasses anyway , so when the time came to meet her I was n't quite sure what she looked like . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 7 | Of course I 've got a family ! |
| 8 | In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it . |
| 9 | But for the most part I have become a rather precious wayside nibbler , indulging in what the 1930s writer and fruit gourmet Edward Bunyard christened ‘ ambulant consumption ’ — single wild gooseberries ( squeezed to test for ripeness first ) ; sweet cicely seeds on walks before dinner , a kind of herbal aperitif ; squidgy dewberries eaten on the stalk , like cocktail cherries . |
| 10 | As a present I had received a large book of complex Legion history written in difficult French . |
| 11 | Wrote hundreds of letter , er to the people you wanted to do , because I 'd never expected having to find a job , I must admit , because the year before I took School Certificate I had got a Naval a artificer apprenticeship , but then I got kicked in the eye playing rugby , and failed a medical . |
| 12 | I I 've used , in my script I 've used a very loose language , like er , very , er , well , non-standard English then , because they now , erm , you know , especially after having it banned . |
| 13 | It was a landmark I had passed a thousand times and yet had never properly explored . |
| 14 | It worries me , because it 's there again tomorrow … in my mind I 've got a fixed routine , but I know I have n't got one really … |
| 15 | In that cell I 've got a formula , just multiply the number above by the number of the left . |
| 16 | and er , Miss I told Mrs that I ca n't write and she goes you 'd better write dear she said you got a test , I said it 's not my fault I 've got a , a sore hand she , I goes |
| 17 | and er , Miss I told Mrs that I ca n't write and she goes you 'd better write dear she said you got a test , I said it 's not my fault I 've got a , a sore hand she , I goes |
| 18 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 19 | Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back . |
| 20 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 21 | Mummy I 've got a police one |
| 22 | Good grief she 's got a good memory . |
| 23 | It was as if in that short distance from the Upper East Side she had crossed a magic dividing line into another country . |
| 24 | If there is a name signed inside the card you 've got a ninety per cent chance of , its a hoax , no one signs their name in front of a card . |
| 25 | and that 's where the back door is , in the other bedroom you 've got a ventilator you know but it 's not actually facing into the bedroom , it 's facing outwards towards the bathroom , you know and the stairs |
| 26 | Yeah well we 've got a job to do if you 're a soldier you 've got a job to do okay , you 've got a bit of training , you 've got a job to do |
| 27 | Not even for Christine , whom she 'd found distant and uninterested , as if in her mind she 'd created a better place and preferred to wander there . |
| 28 | With this criterion in mind she 'd picked a neat black cotton dress , short-sleeved and V-necked . |
| 29 | Well yeah I mean bear in mind bear in mind you 've got a week 's notice to put one together . |
| 30 | Well I do n't know until the , when it comes to college you 've got a hand one |