Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] we [vb mod] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the he sent one of my lads we used to do a lot in the area for him , and obviously he ca n't afford to spend too much so h we sent one man in the little van to get this pool table from a working man 's club in New in er Nottingham . |
| 2 | ‘ We could share the driving and drive sedately through Germany , ’ she amended with a smirk of a glance to where Fabia was grinning , ‘ and once I 've done my interview we could make a holiday of it — stay longer , have a tour around . |
| 3 | With their help we can make a big impact on the problem . ’ |
| 4 | Now in its infancy we used to get a fifty percent grant , that was the price of the bus was halved at , Ministry would pay . |
| 5 | As we explore the ramifications of their anatomy we shall encounter a good deal of the stupidity , the greed and self-interest , the plain conservatism — just human resistance to change of any kind — as well as the pure evil of human nature , working itself out in bricks and stone and mortar . |
| 6 | But we do pledge ourselves to undertake the task with energy and determination , confident that in the full-time life of our Parliament we can make a great advance in industrial prosperity . |
| 7 | I 'm prepared to hazard a guess that if we searched your belongings we 'd find a perfectly respectable tube of toothpaste there . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ No , I told your father we 'd have a cup of coffee in Mario 's . |
| 9 | If you have to cancel your holiday we will charge a minimum of £30 per person ( plus insurance premium ) , if you cancel less than six weeks in advance — 30% of your holiday cost , less than four weeks — 45% , less than two weeks — 60% , less than three days — 100% . |