Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Built in the days when the knocker-up came to each house to wake the workers , miners could chalk the times of their shifts on the slates so that the knocker-up could let them sleep if they were not due for work when he came by . |
| 2 | I I du n no I I I ca n't work out cos all of Dan 's girlfriends yeah Amber , Sonia and Honey most people have all said I do n't think she 's right for Dan and you know I ca n't I ca n't work out whether they actually think that or they 're just sort of saying that because he does n't talk to them as much or something , I do n't know . |
| 3 | No this is perhaps not quite right for Marge but I tell you who I have left out , Jackie and . |
| 4 | They wanted her to be admitted as soon as possible for treatment as it seemed she had cancer of the oesophagus . |
| 5 | On the following Monday she proposed to go back to the job she had taken to make it financially possible for Peter and her to buy their little home . |
| 6 | It is no wonder that yesterday 's debate did little for democracy and nothing to help the country understand Maastricht . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend is right about defence and we have no intention of gambling with this country 's defence . |
| 8 | Captain Allan Border said : ‘ Obviously I feel a bit sorry for Jonesy because he 's been in the side for a long time . |
| 9 | I feel a bit sorry for Ian because he deserved a goal . ’ |
| 10 | Yes I suppose so , but I feel sorry for Simon cos you see John and Geoff they can both go on the dole but Simon 's is . |
| 11 | My initial reaction was to feel sorry for Kate as I felt , from the way I read her letter , that she was not getting enough out of her machine . |
| 12 | We 're all sorry for Joanna and we appreciate how difficult it will be for you . ’ |
| 13 | Can I also say really I agree with Martin when he said erm , and has been saying for at least six months that surely we have more important things to , to talk about than , than this and I 'm sorry for Martin that he had to erm , give in really and put this I was the movement of the amendment in January ninety two erm , which confirmed that the rights of tenants and old occupiers of land in county council ownership to er allow or stop fox hunting over land in their care . |
| 14 | I was sorry for Jennifer but they had only been going out for a month or so , and not terribly seriously . |
| 15 | I feel sorry for novelists when they have to mention women 's eyes : there 's so little choice , and whatever colouring is decided upon inevitably carries banal implications . |
| 16 | The first few days were very trying for Alan as he went on to the new regime suddenly rather than gradually . |
| 17 | Now I always think of that as stamina cos I think that must have been a terrific stamina thing . |
| 18 | The relevant statute empowered the minister to set up such a committee but in this case he refused to do so on the ground that the complaint was unsuitable for investigation because it raised wide issues ; that if the committee upheld the complaint he would be expected to make an order to give effect to the committee 's recommendations ; and that the complaint should be dealt with by the Board rather than by the committee of investigation . |
| 19 | yes , but Joan asked at the end , did n't she , if it would be possible for us to use that for history and they said yes |
| 20 | David could you do me a report on that for command because I suspect nobody 's picture at all . |
| 21 | Not quite the poverty of no shoes , of basic and meagre food , no possessions other than the most rudimentary necessities — but too near that for comfort and he knew plenty who were in that condition . |
| 22 | I had the idea Auntie Muriel might have been less tolerant about Michael if she met him . |
| 23 | ‘ Have some Madeira , m'dear ’ — I 'll keep this for Christmas if you do n't mind . |
| 24 | It would be easier for Frank because he knew Dublin already . |
| 25 | It 's often easier for children if you make the choice on their behalf , and it saves time if they know the groups they 're going to work in before they get to the hall or drama space . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's much easier for men because they have their clubs and their networks to rely on . |
| 27 | Absolutely now I mean i i it 's interesting for women because I suppose in Australia I was a Republican and here I suppose I thought I saw about two erm now for me to have used that word thirty years ago I would possibly have been locked in the garden shed and left without food and drink |
| 28 | Right , well , well do n't give me half for coat cos you 've got filter . |
| 29 | as you say like there 's something funny about cats cos I opened my wardrobe yesterday to get a coat out . |
| 30 | This tactic does sometimes work , but it 's quite risky for Orcs because it ties up a lot of character points which you could well use elsewhere . |