Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [art] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clear guide to the grammar of the unit , placed where the student needs it . |
| 2 | Which in the sea was pretty futile really , I mean you just had to go where the sea took you . |
| 3 | On the contrary , he wandered where the spirit lead him . |
| 4 | If you did , the police would get involved , and that 's the last thin– anyone wants 'cause the pimps terrify you as far as the police are concerned . |
| 5 | None of this affects the tenure of office of Ministers of the Crown ; they remain ‘ the government ’ although they will , of course , resign if the country rejects them . |
| 6 | The suspense is because our winnings depend not just on which card we have played ( which we each know ) , but on the other player 's card too ( which we do n't know until the banker reveals it ) . |
| 7 | ‘ We wo n't know until the doctor sees him if he will be fit to travel to Spain with England , ’ said manager George Graham . |
| 8 | It 's no , I do n't really know cos the doctor says she did n't know what it was either . |
| 9 | A verdict of ‘ lack of care by another or others ’ without more is clearly one which a jury is competent to find if the evidence warrants it without transgressing rule 33 . |
| 10 | Rufus just went looked like a vampire attacked her . |
| 11 | I mean as I say if the queen came I would talk how I |
| 12 | The code , he says , ‘ assures us that , at the moment we read the bill , it has not been modified since the issuer sent it . ’ |
| 13 | Thi this is something which has come out in several places I do n't know whether the members noted it , erm the er it also touches on , on , on what my colleague said earlier and the item in paragraph V er the assumption of the demand remain much as it is , heavily towards the South East particularly Gatwick . |
| 14 | Leila cried , although she doubted whether the man heard her . |
| 15 | Josie switched on the lights for the department 's makeup mirror , and Lucy winced as the brightness hit her . |
| 16 | The meetings are often prolonged , ungoverned by the timetable and the bell , ending when the staff feel it to be appropriate . |
| 17 | Asmodeus stiffened as the beam engulfed him , let out a roar of disapproval and was promptly atomized . |
| 18 | ( The only failures at innovation that I saw in high-tech firms occurred when the manager thought he or she already had so much power that coalition building was unnecessary . ) |
| 19 | An Edinburgh postman 's second wife protested when a cousin congratulated her on the birth of her first step-grandchild , ‘ You 'll be a granny now . ’ |
| 20 | We only stopped when the weather made it impossible : the snow confused us and we could n't find our way . |
| 21 | Was n't this demonstrated when the scum did us in the semi 's a couple of years ago ? |
| 22 | A decade ago , planning ministers were writing policy which said that houses must be built where the market wanted them , and quick . |
| 23 | Dismount ( in the case of a threeday event , wait until the steward gives you permission ) and loosen the girths and the nose-band a couple of holes then walk the horse quietly back to the box for washing down . |
| 24 | Just keep breathing and forget right and wrong , she 'd said , you wait until the people holding you get lazy and then you escape . ’ |
| 25 | After a few feeble and dispirited attempts to rotate his shoulders in a circular movement , or raise and lower his arms , he subsided with a groan and lay slumped until the nurse helped him up again and the torture continued . |
| 26 | And still they boo if the mood takes them . |
| 27 | • What do I do if an employee says she is expecting a baby ? |
| 28 | It would not be granted if the court felt it went further than necessary to meet the complaint . |
| 29 | Loss suffered because the dismissal makes it more difficult for you to find another job . |
| 30 | ‘ If we wait till the rain stops they may hear us , ’ she heard herself saying . |