Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [pron] [verb] [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We want people who have read some literature . |
| 2 | It is certainly not uncommon for counsellors of older people to find marriages which have followed this broad pattern of decline . |
| 3 | In relatively Europeanised Tunisia she has shed these disguises . |
| 4 | Well done Joy you 've got that one . |
| 5 | Another case in which good relationships would have helped was that of an attention seeking woman who had spent most of her life in hostels and was constantly getting struck off general practitioners ' lists . |
| 6 | Well done Paula she 's used all the hot water |
| 7 | It was the same sort of low church dissenting background which had produced many first generation medics like Kay and Wakley . |
| 8 | The day after we all met you she assured me she 'd say nothing damaging and said she 'd convinced Merlyn who 'd arranged another meeting on the boat . |
| 9 | Shall I ring up and say look John I 've got such a problem ! |
| 10 | tell Andrea I 've had all my hair cut off as well |
| 11 | ‘ Tell Graham you 've made some enquiries and that you 've come up with something . |
| 12 | This is not always the case , though — I once had a kestrel that I 'd decided from its plumage was a male and it turned out to be a female , and although this has never happened to me with a barn owl , I know people who 've made that mistake . |
| 13 | The seventy five year old bachelor had finally got his girl at the second time of asking years He 'd waited half a century for this kiss with his new bride Rose , and he still could n't believe his luck . |
| 14 | and then for there 's this thing treating people who 'd ruined this guy 's marriage |
| 15 | Now here was Jack Stone again , a hunted , haunted man , pleading for his life , quite a contrast to the cool , calculating criminal who had led that bank team , years before . |
| 16 | Thus , a rapid review of conservation world-wide can be expected to provide evidence as to whether there exist programmes which have fulfilled these general objectives for substantial numbers of people ( say , at least , tens of thousands ) , without insisting on precise standards of measurement . |
| 17 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 18 | ‘ Praise God who has created all things . ’ |
| 19 | Ninety five year old William Wyatt from Didcot , in Oxfordshire remembered killings he 'd seen all those years ago . |
| 20 | Instead , try : " Thank goodness you 've brought that . |
| 21 | Virtually watching Boon I 've got some A two paper I think . |
| 22 | Unhappily , too , extended works which have taken much love and toil to compile can be a quarry for the despoiler , who will ruthlessly remove for separate sale topographical prints , autograph letters , etc. , which have much increased in value since the extra-illustration was carried out . |