Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] a [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ I 've got a key if I want anything , which does n't look likely as things are . |
| 2 | What it means is that if you know that somebody 's or if you know somebody 's sex then you 've got a better than chance bet at guessing whether they smoke or not . |
| 3 | It looks as if you 've got a spare as well down there . |
| 4 | And one thing we will learn from it I think , if we 're honest with ourselves , and we put , and try and save up and have a piece on the end there , but the one thing I think we will perhaps come to , and the one conclusion we may come to , is the fact that whilst we , we do live in this world and I absolutely agree that if somebody says , look I need to see a new as well , I need to see you now , or I need to see you tomorrow , that 'll be difficult , O K , and that 's the immediacy of the business . |
| 5 | We have had a good if somewhat sparsely attended debate . |
| 6 | In consumer electronics , the French have had a more than usually protected market because of the SECAM colour television standard . |
| 7 | We have achieved a better than expected pro-forma combined profit and Stoddard Sekers is now putting in place the strategic plans to enable it to grow strongly both organically and by acquisition ’ . |