Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I bring them home to wash and I unravel them before they dry . |
| 2 | You wanted to wake up with him right there in the room and to turn to him and quote the next line of the film right back at him , to whisper it to him , make me almost believe that we are a pair of young lovers without any shame , and I do n't mean that in some tragedy queen way , but in order to say of Boy that truly I do think that it is a beauty like his that makes it all worth while , and I do feel that if we are fighting for anything , and if I was asked in a questionnaire what it was I was fighting for ( and believe me I do feel like I am fighting , more and more I think that ) , then I would answer , beauty . |
| 3 | I mean I personally think that we 've , that with that third session , looking at things , certain topics have come out |
| 4 | I mean I always thought if you were parked too close to it , they take your number and next thing you know , you get a , a , a summons come through the post . |
| 5 | I do n't know if I can answer that to be absolutely honest I I mean I really feel that erm that would be reading too much into the decision that that our members took at that time . |
| 6 | All they did was take photographs and , and send somebody round to try and stop us getting a home here ! |
| 7 | But deep down you also knew that it could n't be so simple . |
| 8 | ‘ Fru Møller just told that lady that it never rains here in August , but the dolls say it often does and they packed their mackintoshes ! ’ |
| 9 | Where the Act applies a reasonableness test it generally provides that a party can not exclude or restrict liability " except in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss2 , 3 , 4 ) or that liability can be excluded or restricted " but only in so far as the term satisfies the test of reasonableness " ( ss6 , 7 ) . |
| 10 | Police say he only survived because he did n't hit anything as he rolled down an embankment . |
| 11 | Yep , and erm the minute the nine nine nine calls come in , the staff at the Control Room there deal with them er erm they record the call , they , they talk to the people , they take the message , they erm call out the fire appliance , they inform the firemen where to go , they er show them where to go if , if they ca n't find their way , they direct them and then they process the whole problem until the job is ended . |
| 12 | let them sweetly dream that in Britain the great day has come at last . |
| 13 | One can sympathise with owners of great houses , faced with tax and running costs , but let them not think that furnishings of the standing of Kent 's at Houghton can simply be dispensed with as ‘ surplus to requirements ’ and that their loss from the house would not in future be regretted . |
| 14 | Of course , there may be those who would argue that the entrenchment of the middle ground in power would be a good thing that would lead to moderate government and stable policies , but let them not argue that it would also be fair or would give the majority of people what they wanted of government . |
| 15 | Let me just go and get me erm |
| 16 | Let me just check before we start that everybody 's got this . |
| 17 | First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth . |
| 18 | ‘ First of all , let me just say that everything I am going to tell you is the complete and absolute truth . ’ |
| 19 | Er let me just say that aloud |
| 20 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 21 | Erm let me just see if I 've got a I made a whole page of notes here du n no whether any of its important . |
| 22 | Let me , let me just illustrate that in the case of sacking MacArthur and in the case of sending federal troops to Little Rock to des desegregate schools , the orders were readily carried out . |
| 23 | Now I , let me just try and get this one . |
| 24 | Okay , so let me just write that on the back , Monday to Friday and that 's nine to four thirty . |
| 25 | Let me not suggest that he could not work freely and spontaneously when he chose , as we see in the late The Gipping from Blakenham , 1977 , a watercolour which displays admirable freedom as opposed to recklessness . |
| 26 | And let me not suggest that booksellers are blameless either . |
| 27 | I mean let me not allege that you 're one of the worst , but you say ‘ Dear Motorists , erm may we congratulate you on the acquisition of your new vehicle . |
| 28 | It was a green scarf but let me quickly say that it was bereft of religious significance . |
| 29 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 30 | Step-by-step instructions show you how to grease and line all shapes of cake tin , and how to cover the baked cakes with marzipan and different types of icing . |