Example sentences of "[det] [n mass] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 They 're gon na do another series did you read it ?
2 And if you think a pike has teeth , well these fish make them look like toothless gummies !
3 If a student wishes to use them , by all means let him do so without hesitation .
4 By all means let them help you think through the objectives of appraisal and offer forms , cards and folders for documentation purposes .
5 ‘ But if it is your wish to die , then by all means let us set to .
6 By all means let us see the inscriptions . ’
7 By all means let us have personal and private views on this or that book , but we are not employed as professionals to impose such views on society , however well meaning we may be .
8 By all means let us find ways of limiting the use of cars , but in truth , is the real cause of our difficulties not the dramatic rise in numbers of people in this and other countries over the past 70 years ?
9 By all means let us seek to prevent congenital abnormalities , but let us not betray our Hippocratic tradition in the process .
10 How many people did they employ there ?
11 And er how how many people did you get at at these street meetings in the marketplace ?
12 How many people do we need to convert ?
13 you know erm er which cover the business of previous experience and or somebody how many people do they have with your particular background of a little
14 How many people did you in your er in your time on the flats , how many people do you think , have visited at some time ?
15 How many people do you think that 'll bring in ?
16 how many people do you think , if we looked across the country now , would we find that were actually claiming sickness , or gon na be off erm , for sick , for up a month , for up to one month .
17 How many people do you think we 'd find ?
18 How many people do you need at a time then ?
19 How many people do you see every day — cycling , walking and even driving — wearing headphones and singing to the music ?
20 How many people do you know who failed their first driving test ?
21 How many people do you know who never show on their faces or reveal in their words what they truly feel ?
22 But how many people do you know who smile broadly at you , and speak in a calm and controlled manner , when all along they are fuming inside and never show it ?
23 To Emma Durham , the Treasurer , who against difficult odds kept us solvent , to Michelle O'Callaghan , the Social Secretary , whose art of mixing cocktails ensures that she will always have something to fall back on should the need arise , and to Diane Mynors , the Housechair for her ability to seek out bargains ( how many people do you know that could get 14 bottles of dishwashing liquid for 64 p .
24 How many people do you know who get jobs after training schemes ?
25 How many staff did I have ?
26 How many staff do we need to do that then ?
27 Every child presents this process of transformation to us ; only by that means does it become a moral and social being .
28 Back in the city there were thousand of people doomed , dying and all unnecessarily because here was plenty , here was sufficient for the whole city and possibly the greatest sin that you and I can be guilty of and that the church is generally guilty of , but you know when we talk about the church generally its , its so easy because that 's general , you and I that are the church , not the denomination , not the organization , it you and I , possibly the greatest sin that we can be guilty of is the sin of silence , I 'm not talking now about a rude , belligerent , discourteous , butting hole , button holding of people , I 'm not talking about that , I do n't see any place in gods word for that sort of attitude or that sort of approach but are we still silent , what about with those with whom we have the right , because we 've created a relationship , because they know us and they 've seen us and they 've seen the experiences we 've gone through and they 've seen what god has done in our lives , what about with those people do we wait for others to do it , shifting the responsibility .
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