Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 So , those are the sorts of things I take it that , that er we do think are a more interesting way of individuating people than their bodily .
2 The cases of five men convicted in Nottinghamshire of crimes they claim they did n't commit are being highlighted as part of a campaign organized by human rights group .
3 I always bake of a Wednesday , just like my mother used to — two saffron cakes and a tray of buns they last us nicely through the week . ’
4 He surfed the reef breaks — La Jolla , Windansea , Swamis — until one day someone came up to him and said , ‘ With the kind of lines you draw you should go and surf Hawaii . ’
5 Maurice is raising hell — spoliation of the countryside , damage to the rural environment , forcible eviction of rabbits you name it . ’
6 But in my heart of hearts I know I can not telephone him .
7 Furthermore , the individual speaker 's ability to carry out successful linguistic " acts of identity " is subject to a number of limitations : We can only behave according to the behavioural patterns of groups we find it desirable to identify with to the extent that : ( i ) we can identify the groups ( ii ) we have both adequate access to the groups and ability to analyse their behavioural patterns ( iii ) the motivation to join the groups is sufficiently powerful , and is either reinforced or reversed by feedback from the groups ( iv ) we have the ability to modify our behaviour ( Le Page and Tabouret-Keller 1985 : 182 )
8 But it is n't just the discipline , it 's the type of things they make you aim for .
9 If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do .
10 Because they 're geared to Marks and Spencers , now there 's the advert for them they work with , with mass production , that 's where it goes wrong because we 've lost our individuality and so I go to the Italians in order to get the sort of yarns they offer me , now they 're the sort of yarns they offer me .
11 Because they 're geared to Marks and Spencers , now there 's the advert for them they work with , with mass production , that 's where it goes wrong because we 've lost our individuality and so I go to the Italians in order to get the sort of yarns they offer me , now they 're the sort of yarns they offer me .
12 Well it 's erm the sort of things they pick them on really is not that
13 what sort of things I mean they 're singles ?
14 So far I have concentrated on the sort of things you ask me .
15 and another morning there 's a stream of cars I think it 's being one minute ear early or one minute late
16 Er I think a court of referees I think they called it .
17 If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ .
18 Er it would be some of the bodies I think oh er wait a minute I 'm trying to think what the casting were be used for there were other things besides locks you see I forget what they the , I know they used to do the castings and the brass castings it would be for the locks , for the locks yeah
19 Why is it that we can look at organizations which we ourselves have worked in for most of our lives , where we have complained bitterly , where over drinks with our colleagues or at the Christmas pantomime or some other time we have given vent to our irritation at these bad organizational and behavioural characteristics ; and yet when we reach high positions in companies we consider them to be something which is beyond our capability to influence ?
20 It has been tough going , finding out things about myself which were buried deep but with ministry from the leaders and looking to God for answers I believe he has healed not only my drug problem but has cleansed me from sin so that I feel clean .
21 However , by carefully working our way up in the quality of cars we drive we can usually afford to wait until we can pay cash in the price range that suits us .
22 It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ?
23 They recognise that not all interests in society are organised into groups and in order to explain this state of affairs they see it as important to consider two phenomena that tend to be ignored by pluralists .
24 Right , er , people can take what bits from tables they want them , or , I 've got s , I 've got one put out , erm , shall we open that door a bit , it 's getting a bit hot in here , erm , do n't know if Mary wants any help out there .
25 Thing about boats you know you were speaking about the steamer coming back and forth to Wyre , but what kind of a boat service was there local boat service .
26 So people have been forced to look at the way in which they are doing the work in er conjunction with er the manual for whatever other book of rules they have I wished they 'd do they carry out their work .
27 If they are disinterested in my individual welfare today , what assurance do I have that they will miraculously become interested in my welfare tomorrow , after I have had the number of babies they tell me are ‘ necessary ’ ?
28 I wo n't the amount of times I 've I 've been in a car or something , where fucking jump on the brakes !
29 I mean a lot of times you know I think just phone up and say , Is mister so and so there and then guard themselves T N T delivery .
30 I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’
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