Example sentences of "[vb base] and [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voight and I split the vote . |
| 2 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 3 | His knees frequently dislocate and he has a painful hiatus hernia which makes him scream . |
| 4 | Paige and I have a lot to catch up on , ’ she dismissed her ‘ friend ’ , who merely shrugged , nodded silently to Paige , and just as silently departed . |
| 5 | We go off on the appoint and we make no sales . |
| 6 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 7 | And then they fall down and die and they give a signal er they scream and they pick something up . |
| 8 | I do n't feel too bad — my legs ache and I got a sort of tight feeling in my tummy , but apart from that I 'm OK . |
| 9 | Our own powers of evaluation develop and we get an ‘ inner critic ’ . |
| 10 | yeah oh it might be there but then they , they do erm , they do say as they get older they get er fed up with milk and they eat and you know the , they do sometimes |
| 11 | Eventually when one has had enough , he signals submission by contracting the pigment in one set of cells and expanding that in another so that his flank patterns change and he hoists the flag of surrender . |
| 12 | He goes well , look and he tells the story . |
| 13 | Then something cracks open and you have a case . |
| 14 | Yeah but they basically just do n't want to lose out either way , I mean there was no reason for them to join originally but when events happen and they see the tide turning almost , you know get with the bandwagon , I mean they , they do n't want now to be seen as the minority and the ones under threat , so you go with the er majority , with the , the stronger force |
| 15 | For example , we meet and I tell a joke ; we both laugh ; you respond with a joke ; we both laugh . |
| 16 | We saw it on telly and the er what was it Crispen or er Crispen something typical vegetarian names and she was criticizing the television Top Of The Pops and how they could do better you know and they got an art |
| 17 | erm because they enjoyed the , there are a few funny lines in it you know and they enjoy the , the visual amatory of these people performing it , but to themselves to actually understand it they need to know which artist it was , yeah |
| 18 | But he But I know and he got a petition up and |
| 19 | And soon as he said righto Jack , take the rugs off , I 'd take or the , little lad helps me as well , you know and he takes the rugs off and then I tell them what to do you see . |
| 20 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 21 | severe looking nurses you know and you felt a bit embarrassed . |
| 22 | She was a very little dolly bird you know and she looked a real Miss Trendsetter you know , in the mini dress you know . |
| 23 | Zoe describes herself as ‘ a chameleon ’ ‘ I do what I like and I have a good time doing it . ’ |
| 24 | There is a possibility , depending on what hypothesis you assume and I have no way of knowing which hypothesis is correct … |
| 25 | Sapt and I left the room by a secret door , and we found ourselves outside , at the back of the palace gardens . |
| 26 | ‘ Business enterprises can survive only with the approval of the community in which they operate and they have an interest in revealing information which displays how differing interests are being balanced for the benefit of the whole community . |
| 27 | People then guess and you say the new number is , for example , ‘ five ’ . |
| 28 | I want the staff comment and I want the , a joint statement at the at the bottom . |
| 29 | Every week she was able to give Aunt Sarah something for her keep and she had a little left over to save . |
| 30 | as mothers go and I did the garden |