Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if you 'll excuse me I 'll just take a little nap . |
| 2 | The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I 'd still like to get married , but if someone actually proposed to me I 'd probably run a mile from that as well . ’ |
| 4 | He told me I should never use a leash . |
| 5 | Instead I have to start by describing something of the unease I feel about its use and study within the literature , and gradually move toward a position from which I can either offer a definition of labourism or construct boundaries within which it exists and operates . |
| 6 | In my observatory I have a 39-cm reflector , with which I can often use a power of × 600 . |
| 7 | But as we walked further the noise we had heard , which at first might have been taken for wind and rain , began to break up into shouts , cries , calls , over a ground-bass which I can only call a sigh : a deep sigh , repeated over and over , as if the wide world itself were sighing . |
| 8 | •There 's a mass of companies out there selling PCs which you can simply plug a network card into . |
| 9 | She had experienced mounting terror at the thought of a new role in which she would certainly prove a failure — a woman who could not do her work , could not save her father , could not love her mother , could not satisfy her man , was most unlikely to make any sort of mother . |
| 10 | Wild animals are used for food but at a level at which they can still reproduce a similar surplus a year later . |
| 11 | On the twelfth floor of the hotel , from which they could just get a view of the distant river , they were delighted with their prosperous-looking aunt . |
| 12 | Mr Ballantine received a prison sentence of 18 months ( of which he will probably serve a year or less ) , and a five-year driving ban . |
| 13 | right , but we 've never covered all this see , you 've picked bits up as you 've gone along and another thing you should never give a choice of something and nothing you should always give a choice of something and something else |
| 14 | ‘ Just promise me you 'll never handle a crossbow whenever I am anywhere near you . ’ |
| 15 | But he had made the gesture : these were people for whom you could safely slaughter a sheep . |
| 16 | So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on . |
| 17 | Just , if I were you I 'd just do a little on it , every time you practised , and then put it away . |
| 18 | Mind you they 'd probably get a hundred thousand for theirs I should think now . |
| 19 | I promise you it 'll only take a minute . ’ |
| 20 | I mean , I , I was very much got the impression from her I , I 'm sorry I did n't get a name , the chap I was speaking to , but erm it , he , he was very distinct that we should get a letter from I S and that have conformation and , and , er and send it on , you know , that , they all should also should get a copy , so it , it strikes me we should perhaps write a write to I S and perhaps send a copy with a covering letter to British Section |
| 21 | That whole shopping trip was something I 'd rather draw a veil over , not because it was mildly larcenous ( okay , illegal ) but because my street cred would be severely dented if the saga got out . |
| 22 | There were no brothers and sisters for me to play with , and the only one I could really call a playmate was Derek Brown who lived just ten minutes away from Low Birk Hatt at Blackton Farm . |
| 23 | The poem is rich in language , vivid in imagery , mysterious and enchanting in its overall effect and uses to its best advantage various language features to evoke an atmosphere of grandeur and magnificence conveying the author 's passion for something which would otherwise remain a mere vehicle to the reader . |
| 24 | If the explanation for the violent outburst lies in something which might understandably lead a person to be so angry as to lose self-control , then this supplies an added reason for mitigating the offence and the sentence . |
| 25 | One of the best starts for later work in public relations , and one which can sometimes prove a route into a job , is working for a charity , organization or event which needs publicity . |
| 26 | And erm when I 'd finished with him I 'd perhaps get a two or three specked apples or a banana or something like you see . |
| 27 | If you are behind him you can sometimes catch a glimpse of little bits of him because all the smoke is being blown out in the front . |
| 28 | But they you 'll also get a list a computerized list of these advertisers and the name to whom we sold |
| 29 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 30 | When she asked me it would almost bring a tear to my eye . ’ |