Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience has told us that rural people often perceive their own problems differently from the accepted establishment viewpoint , and it is the development of the perception , whether we consider the opinions right or wrong , which we must cultivate if we are seriously looking for long-term solutions . |
| 2 | So I mean if y if you say that 's , that 's the income you 've got at the moment , what , what sort of income would you believe that er that Mrs Goodwin would need if you were n't around tomorrow ? |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know if we were n't actually allowed to go in there , ’ says Bernard , ‘ but it was an officers ’ domain and I do n't think we 'd have been very welcome going in there as lower ranks . |
| 4 | Forty-four per cent of men do n't know if they are well endowed ; 32% say they 're not ; and 24% say they are . |
| 5 | I do n't know if they 're right though . |
| 6 | I mean … when will we know if they 're both going to be able to pull through ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She 'll know if they 're still there . |
| 8 | And you know I do n't know if they 're still in Caernarfon are they ? |
| 9 | I did , yes , erm , when erm , we thought our prisoner was finished the co-ordinators wrote to me and said would I be interested , would our group be interested in erm , writing to Yugoslavia 's still , because with the Civil War going on there 's lots of cases coming up , for example there was a whole hospital full of patients that were taken prisoner I do n't know if they were actually physically removed or whether they were held in the hospital without access to medical treatment for something like ten days , and erm , Saria did say she 'd help me last time and I wrote back and said yes , two of us could write once a month , well they 're taken that very liberally and , and , got two or three things from the already and erm , if anyone else is interested in writing an odd letter say once a month to Yugoslavia maybe they could erm , let me know later on . . |
| 10 | One can not judge which of these views is preferable , because one can only infer the motives of the landowners from their actions ; we do not know if they were genuinely frightened by the memory of the revolt , or for how long any such fear persisted . |
| 11 | No she she 's been looking but I do n't know if she 's still looking , I do n't know . |
| 12 | Fabia put the phone down having promised that she would telephone again to let her mother know if she was not going to be back in Hawk Lacey by next Wednesday . |
| 13 | She said — and I do n't know if she was just bullshitting me , ’ and here Blufton opened his palms in a gesture of frankness , ‘ that she 'd found out the dates when a couple of lorries were due at Dover . |
| 14 | I do n't know if she was just wandering around , but , you know and erm I went up to , went and got the keys and then went and locked the door again . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know if she was there or not . |
| 16 | Erm do n't s you know if you 're not a discount man forget that you you just have to say I 'm I 'm gon na use it if I need it . |
| 17 | But how do you know if you 're not there every second ? |
| 18 | Sometimes you go out and you do n't know if you 're ever going to get back . |
| 19 | The main questions you ask , the more he 'll believe , he do n't ask , it 's , it 's , it 's all about , this is what I 'm saying about erm reacting , eh when basically what you would is you 'd make a statement , tell him something and then ask him a question , which is what you did anyway , but I do n't know if you 're always aware of what you 're doing , you 're doing , you do it naturally , selling is about making statements and then asking questions , you do it when you telephone customers all the time |
| 20 | Please let me know if you are n't able to come on that day because the security at the Palace of Westminster is very sensitive and if we do n't turn up with the right number of people we could be in trouble ! |
| 21 | ‘ I do not know if you are so frank with me because you do not care how I react , or if it is honesty which prompts you . |
| 22 | Can you please let me know if you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ? |
| 23 | Did n't know if you were in or not . |
| 24 | " Give him three ounces of this immediately in a pint of water , then follow it with one and a half ounces night and morning and let us know if he is n't a lot better in two days . " |
| 25 | Paul does n't know if he 's really well enough to go . |
| 26 | I do n't know if he 's back . |
| 27 | It went on for a long time afterwards , I do n't know if he 's still in love with me , ’ she says . |
| 28 | and his , his er son was one of the lads who worked in the office doing the middle turn , you see , and er I do n't know if he 's still alive . |
| 29 | I do n't know if he was also running contraband , or what , but I think there was something shady about it . |
| 30 | I do n't know if he was sexually assaulted and maybe died of shock . |