Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb base] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Ipswich team manager Mick McGiven , Monkou 's former coach at Stamford Bridge , said : ‘ I do n't think I 've seen a better marking job on Chris . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't think I think I have set a new Ashmore record . |
| 3 | When young supporters chant ‘ We 'll be running round Pompey with our willies hanging out , singing I 've got a bigger one than you ’ , or some other scatological rhyme , slightly changed to fit the time and place , they are doing nothing new . |
| 4 | Well possibly and less likely to enjoy it , I mean I 've made a complete failure of my life , so I 'm , I 'm not and I never really enjoyed from the beginning I must say |
| 5 | Well I think well it is anyway , I mean I 've got a swollen wrist . |
| 6 | I mean I 've got a spare room |
| 7 | I mean I 've got a rough idea of what the things are |
| 8 | Anyway I mean I 've got a fair pile now to take in August ai n't I ? |
| 9 | Erm and I mean I 've had a recent bereavement , I mean I , I lost my mum at Christmas and got three days leave . |
| 10 | How did you know I 've got a sweet tooth ? ’ |
| 11 | Do you know I 've had a blue pen , I 've had a black pen and now I 'm down to a bloody pencil . |
| 12 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 13 | ‘ I expect you 've got a sore throat , ’ the boy said . |
| 14 | He said , ‘ I expect you 've got a busy day tomorrow , ( as a hint to the guest that he should go to bed ) . |
| 15 | Whereas I mean , , if you sort of give the criticism first and say the wrong area is that , and then finish it off with the praise , they know where they stand , and when you come up to them and say you 've done a superb job , they 're not just sitting back , thinking oh yes , what 's coming next . |
| 16 | Well because if , if we got , if we say you 've got a certain number of members of staff , and each full time equivalent offers you two hundred and twenty two point eight working days a year . |
| 17 | I have to say I am amazed to find you have called a special meeting of the Politburo over a simple kidnapping . ’ |
| 18 | But how come you 've got a negative ? |
| 19 | How come you 've got a decent chef ? ’ he asked Amiss , who at that moment entered the room . |
| 20 | Now let's keep the force the same , say we 've got a Mini engine providing us , just running it steady at three thousand R P M. Pushing out the same amount of force , keep the force the same , this time we put a smaller mass , we 've got a Mini engine and you 've put it on your pushbike . |
| 21 | Sidney , do you know they 've got a hundred and ten golf courses . |
| 22 | Both Mike and Brian say they 've gained a great deal … |
| 23 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 24 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 25 | Scientists say they 've used a harmless form of plutonium , but it means regular checks on the volunteers . |
| 26 | Police say they 've arrested a thirty eight year old man and a twenty six year old woman . |
| 27 | An and they ring up and they say they 've had a cold all week and they ca n't put up with it a minute longer |
| 28 | Ah not too bad he says the doctor says I 've got a festered back passage Dessie says and there he is scrubbing the fuck imagine |
| 29 | You 're more mature now , and I hope I 've learned a few lessons from the mistakes I made . |
| 30 | I went to change me poll tax and er I says to her , I says , I should be court to Monday oh she says you 've got a fifteen pound court thing , I says aye , she says oh well that 's fifteen pound , I says it 's not cos I 'm not paying it I says I 'm not paying the fifteen pound to the court , I says , I says how come last year I did n't pay right round to February last year I said and yet I , your last payment 's next month , you know , she said oh well they 're stricter this year she says , she , if you 'd pay the half year you 'd of been alright |