Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The view is widespread among the senior officers we talked to , and among ordinary policemen , that policewomen , as women , have instincts and capabilities which make them better suited to specific types of police work . |
| 2 | What began as an exotic flirtation with the Other , a pop foray into a perceived Heart of Darkness , soon turned into a full-blown dance initiative in those irony-clad years of 1980–81 , with everyone from Japan to ABC to Cabaret Voltaire to Spandau Ballet to Heaven 17 conspiring to venture a white funk whose snappiness was a jeer at the indies , a white funk that would saunter easily into the charts and every other public place and , with their manifestos , make them better places to be . |
| 3 | Just hold onto the idea that certain operators will possess mathematical properties which make them perfectly suited to the role of representing physical observables . |
| 4 | I 've nicked bus stop signs , fucking road signs and stuff , I just get stupid , that 's if I get that pissed , I mean I probably talking of , talking of fucking all most not knowing you 're right name sort of pissed . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean I just thought of you and there you were ? ’ |
| 6 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 7 | Look , it 's their problem in n it , I mean I just wan na get over these bloody things . |
| 8 | And , I mean I fully sympathize with the gentleman , but I feel his lawyer should explain this to him , and also I feel , why should he pay such a extortionate rate of poll tax and have to pay again for grass cut and street swept ? |
| 9 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 10 | well for god 's sake , I mean I often wonder about people who make noise like this how they would feel if we did do the same , but I still say because we 've done our polystyrene insulation she ca n't hear us , it 's worked in the reverse ai n't it ? |
| 11 | I mean I never went through it much , but this last fortnight |
| 12 | The wine we drank had a trace of resin , as if the vineyard had merely been beside a pine-forest , and was nothing like the harsh turpentine-tasting rotgut I sometimes drank in the village . |
| 13 | But just don , t expect me not to whinge about it . |
| 14 | Milton can not lift Satan to such great heights and put such great speeches in his mouth and then snatch them back denying in his authorial intrusions what he has just proclaimed through his character . |
| 15 | ‘ Victory V. Punks sometimes grind them up to mix with Iranian . ’ |
| 16 | I am already aware of some of your extremely worthwhile efforts and send my best regards to all those involved with the Association and wish you every success in the future . |
| 17 | In general , it is fair to say that one can use a magnification of × 50 for each inch of aperture ( forgive my temporarily reverting to Imperial measure ! ) , so that a 3-inch refractor will bear a magnification of × 150 , a 6-inch will bear × 300 , and so on . |
| 18 | D' ya still wan na buy |
| 19 | D' ya still wan na go with her cos she told me that she wants to go with ya ? |
| 20 | D' ya ever talk to yourself ? |
| 21 | D' ya ever work for Muni ? |
| 22 | ‘ We 'll write him stating , ‘ Since you obviously know nothing about English literature , we expect you never to quote from it again' . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I expect you only know about rateable values an' that . ’ |
| 24 | " D' you ever go to funerals , Kate ? " |
| 25 | Friends say she never recovered from hearing Gilbey , who she had been dating for two years , tell Diana he loved her — 53 times in the 23 minute call . |
| 26 | like you say you just get onto that right and it 's , that 's three hundred yards and you get the next one that 's two hundred yards and a hundred yards until you stop , to the junction |
| 27 | The staff say you always look as if you 've been sleeping in haystacks these days . |
| 28 | There 's never a dull moment Tuesday , but far from letting the rush and push get you down you actually revel in it and enjoy all the excitement and exhilaration . |
| 29 | ‘ Whether or not I want you around seems to be beside the point , does n't it ? |
| 30 | And the market researchers tell the companies more and more that their customers want something more tailored to their special requirements . |