Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The work with patients who had the delusion of being watched , and who spoke of the watcher as another person in terms like the following : ‘ He is waiting for me to go now ’ , or ‘ He thinks I should do such and such ’ , had first led Freud to suggest that a part of a person 's ego can keep watch over another part . |
| 2 | If he thinks I can stand another night in that car , he 's even madder than I thought . ’ |
| 3 | In many imposing antique shops you will see stately bookcases full of attractive calf and vellum . |
| 4 | By specifying one of Vulcanite 's unique Solar Reflective roof finishes you can eradicate these problems at a stroke . |
| 5 | See , where we live up London , there ai n't no grass or garden places you could do this . ’ |
| 6 | Then the set unc is non-empty and so [ since we are assuming W holds we can conclude that ] T has a least element t , say . |
| 7 | Can an exhaust brake be fitted to my 1989 Range Rover Vogue V8 auto as , on long declines it will gain enough momentum not only to rip the skin off a rice pudding , but take the table and chairs with it . |
| 8 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 9 | You are going to decide now , by looking at your graph how you could improve this piece of work and I want you to write the target you decide on , it could be more than one , in the space that says I would improve this work by , you 're to write that now please , off you go and while you 're doing that let's get the register done , shh , shh shh , shh Sarah |
| 10 | erm , so I could n't carry the wallpaper so the lass says well you ca n't carry it , she says I 'll phone you a taxi , I says okay , so she phoned this , she says any , any particular one , I says I 'll have that one beside us like so phoned association , they 'll be erm , you , you know call up and they came and er pick me up and brought us back with the paper , he charged one pound twenty and I 'm saying to myself one pound twenty , that 's a damn disgrace , by hell I 'll not get that taxi again |
| 11 | I says I 'll have three . |
| 12 | he said , now look you lost eighty pound out of that draw I said yes I did they 'll only allow you fifty so he says I 'll say these cuff links are worth thirty pound , so he was on my side were n't he ? |
| 13 | Gran says I 'll understand one of these days . |
| 14 | Then a woman in the street — the Via Monserato , between the Tiber and the Farnese Square , they talked about it so much , Mena and my grandmother , when I was little , I think they talked about it every day : Il Quartiere Papale , it does have a magnificent sound , has n't it ? and so much of it a slum ; the rich live above on the piani nobili , the ground floors and cellars are rented out to artisans ; my mother , who was brought up in those streets , says to know them you must have breathed the air in the evenings when the wine-shops are full and they are lighting charcoal braziers on the pavements ; she says I will go one day , but I think I know already — well , a woman in Mena 's street who sold salad greens knew the cook who worked for Anna and the prince round the corner and Mena was given things to do in the kitchen . |
| 15 | Paul again when he 's writing to the Philippians , in chapter four and verse thirteen , he says I can do all things , oh how arrogant of you Paul , how boastful you are , oh no he did n't just finish there did he , he says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me , and writing to the Romans in that tremendous eighth chapter of Romans and verse thirty seven he says in all these things , in all the problems of life , in all the difficulties and all the temptations , in all the pressures that we are called to go through he says , in all of these things we overwhelmingly concur , we are triumphant he says , how , through him who loved us . |
| 16 | Paul again when he 's writing to the Philippians , in chapter four and verse thirteen , he says I can do all things , oh how arrogant of you Paul , how boastful you are , oh no he did n't just finish there did he , he says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me , and writing to the Romans in that tremendous eighth chapter of Romans and verse thirty seven he says in all these things , in all the problems of life , in all the difficulties and all the temptations , in all the pressures that we are called to go through he says , in all of these things we overwhelmingly concur , we are triumphant he says , how , through him who loved us . |
| 17 | She says she would make these images whether she was selling them or not , but she also notes that in painting them she has ‘ such enormous fun ’ . |
| 18 | Claire says she would like that cup of tea now . |
| 19 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 20 | I says to him you could of taped that for your mum , I says she 'll like that , he says I forgot , ee I says you tell me I 'm going senile |
| 21 | Meanwhile Mrs Neville says she 'll find another way of paying tribute to her otter . |
| 22 | She says she 'd like toughter action taken against people who do this . |
| 23 | Everyone looks at each other , and somebody finally says : ‘ Floyd says you 'll drop dead in a year . ’ |
| 24 | Even if someone should sin against you seven times a day , Jesus says you should forgive those seven times ( Luke 17:4 ) . |
| 25 | While most experts believe the best way to enjoy a good malt is neat or with a drop of water to release the flavour , Allan Schiach says you can add any mixer you like — even a cola . |
| 26 | just the same oh she bought a new pattern , but she says you can have that , it 's only plain so |
| 27 | When , when you 've finished she says , I 'm sure she says you can have all the batteries and they 're all , they 're all Duracell an'all . |
| 28 | At least at least you know how you know if he says you can have this one or this one yeah cos the choice between one or the other and he says well I can fit this one immediately , but , this one I 've got ta order . |
| 29 | If somebody says you must think this , the only way of doing it is , that 's not going to be persuasive . |
| 30 | Th the modern scientific view of evolution says you must treat all individuals equally because all individuals are equally just the temporary packaging for their genes . |