Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All three of us are grinning like it 's an idiot 's birthday party , but she keeps an eye on me like she thinks I may have a relapse any minute . |
| 2 | My teacher thinks I should get an A or a B in it . |
| 3 | Yes she come yesterday afternoon I sat and I says I 'll have a go , I says then I had flu did n't I ? |
| 4 | So if somebody says I 'll have a set of double glazing doors or something until they 've actually been installed he then gets paid . |
| 5 | " This lawyer fellow says I can have a flat in the stableyard . " |
| 6 | I says I 'd like a rise . |
| 7 | Doctor Staples says you may take a turn on the walks from now on . |
| 8 | To get the bast value for money in terms of advice and information , Professor Malcolm Hollis , spokesman for the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors ( RICS ) , says you should ask a surveyor to cover various points , with price guidance for each one . |
| 9 | This bloke says he wants four or five other vans by the end of next year and he says if you can get your driving lessons all done and passed he says you can take a van out on your own and have someone working under you I 'd , like you work under me . |
| 10 | No one says you could train a monkey to use it ; but ‘ you could train a very unintelligent operative ’ . |
| 11 | Richard Buckley , a retired funeral director stated , ‘ Nothing says you must have a funeral director to carry out a funeral — nothing says you have to take a body to the crematorium in a hearse . |
| 12 | On 11 of the 12 night stopovers you can obtain a meal locally , usually bar food , so it is possible to consider camping without using any cooking equipment — this would considerably reduce the weight of your backpack . |
| 13 | I tell Marie I 'd like some gloves cos I lost mine , and she says we 'll have a look and see if there 's any good cheap ones . |
| 14 | We all know objective truth is not obtainable , that when some event occurs we shall have a multiplicity of subjective truths which we assess and then fabulate into history , into some God-eyed version of what ‘ really ’ happened . |
| 15 | Antineutrons should be hard to miss ; Chupp says they would generate a signal of two billion electron volts , four times the 500 million electron volts of the most energetic neutrons detected . |
| 16 | He says — what 's that phrase of his ? — he says he can drop a stone into that particular well and never hear the splash . |
| 17 | He says he can guarantee a student will pass after just 3 weeks cramming . |
| 18 | Well , Herman Schrijver says he will hire a car when the warm weather comes and drive her down to lunch with me in the Green Belt … . |
| 19 | And er he , of course with him being a blacksmith , he could get a job anywhere in America , he says he could leave a town tonight and land in another town , he says and he could be sure of getting a job with him being a blacksmith . |
| 20 | He says it would set a precedent . |
| 21 | To cut down disturbance during construction , the company says it would have a railway siding built off the main BR line . |
| 22 | TI says it 'll make a statement about the report later on tonight when management has been able to consult the entire workforce . |
| 23 | Bull is positioning ISD against IBM 's promised but undelivered AD/Cycle ( UX Nos 433 , 353 , 338 ) , and says it 'll ship a client/server implementation in July . |
| 24 | HITACHI SAYS IT 'LL BECOME AN INVESTOR IN KALEIDA VENTURE |
| 25 | It says it can make a profit by selling the data around the world — and save the US taxpayer cash by reducing public spending . |
| 26 | Opponents strongly condemn the idea , but the company says it can provide a cleaner , more efficient jail , better for staff and inmates . |
| 27 | SunSelect will push the software through Sun Microsystems Computer Corp 's distribution network initially — the parent hardware company will sell it too — but says it will build a channel of its own outlets in future . |
| 28 | AST Research Inc , Irvine says it will open a manufacturing plant in Europe by the end of the year , but has not yet chosen a location . |
| 29 | AST Research Inc , Irvine says it will open a manufacturing plant in Europe by the end of the year , but has not yet chosen a location . |
| 30 | In return , France says it will allow a dispute about fish and maritime boundaries around its islands of St Pierre and Miquelon , off the Newfoundland shore , to go to an international tribunal . |