Example sentences of "[adv prt] [subord] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |
| 2 | After this section you will have a summary table to fill in so you can see your answers at a glance . |
| 3 | Yeah , it really wants to be all written down so you can read it off do n't it ? |
| 4 | but my Auntie Jean 's not going in cos it 'll upset her an all . |
| 5 | Er but we like say do n't want to put everything in cos it would take you a while to analyze that but that 's another thing you might want to put on . |
| 6 | Since I do n't remember enough German to translate it , I copied it down until I could find someone who could . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ HE 'S BEING KEPT IN UNTIL HE CAN BEHAVE HIMSELF ’ |
| 8 | It was Mary says er open the door and let him in because they 'll kill him and then down from the bedroom |
| 9 | Now a bad habit that I got into , right , a customer will be talking to me and I do n't know if you 've noticed it , I wo n't let them finish what they 're saying , I 'll jump in because I 'll know what they 're asking me |
| 10 | ‘ I think , Miss Everett , ’ he cut in before she could tell him that Travis had only called to apologise when he 'd stopped by for his car , ‘ that it might be in your interests not to see him again . ’ |
| 11 | Sarah jumped in before he could change his mind . |
| 12 | Yet we consoled ourselves with what we took to be a furtive glint of triumph in Ranteallo 's eyes as he accepted our pig money , and swore to us that he would not burn the house down before we could make it back from filming the king 's burial in the death-cliffs . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've threatened to shut the hotel down before I 'll give them the 12 per cent they 're asking for . |
| 14 | Now as soon as anybody puts that in as you 'll notice they 've nearly all got them in , that 's another advantage of course that they will retain this . |
| 15 | ‘ Don Marco drove me over so I could telephone my ‘ Jottings ’ and the house was crawling with carabinieri . |
| 16 | But they can just look through so they can say I ca n't think of an accent let's have a quick look through this list . |
| 17 | It would n't be much , but would maybe tide me over till I could find something better . |
| 18 | ‘ I daresay , ’ said Lydia , ‘ but hell could freeze over before I 'd have him back . ’ |
| 19 | goes on and on and on until you can get something that 's erm a straight forward one letter to the power so you can differentiate it . |
| 20 | No , I 'll put my big trainers on if I can find them ! |
| 21 | You will only be taken on if you can convince your employer of this keenness . |
| 22 | I try to take it off so I can keep it , but the paper tears . |
| 23 | Well , I 'll take the microphone off cos I 'll put it like this , down here like this No Caelia , no just leave it alone . |
| 24 | I realise from his point of view his company would be a quarter of a million better off if they could prove it should never have been paid in the first place , but … it is my mother he was talking about dammit ! ’ |
| 25 | I can picture Marie — how she 'd tell me off if she could see me . |
| 26 | There was also the totally unexplored domain of colour , rearing in his mind as a great seduction , a temptation to be fought off until he could enter it willingly , and then occupy it , live in it , like a paradise regained . |
| 27 | Faced by the Greek leaders come to manipulate him back to the war Achilles stalks off before they can reach him , pointedly speaking prose : ‘ Come , Patroclus , I 'll speak with nobody . |
| 28 | There are many layers of hurt to peel off before they can see their parent as a human being seeking a way out of a private torment . |
| 29 | ‘ I sometimes … ’ she began , ready to lie her head off — only to get abruptly cut off before she could perjure herself completely . |
| 30 | She kissed him affectionately on the cheek and dashed off before she could persuade herself not to listen to him . |