Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] [verb] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I like the inside lanes , and if I get the right lane I think I can go under 20 seconds . |
| 2 | Those were the choices , and if we dissect the Labour budget I think you 'll see that we were quite proper in deciding that for all its faults , and I mean this is not a budget that any of us in that chamber , you see , certainly no Liberal Democrat , wanted to even put forward at all . |
| 3 | Since the 1986 Act allows a receiver , even though appointed out of court , to obtain the court 's directions , it is difficult to envisage circumstances in which an application to the court can be justified if the cheaper alternative is available , and the professional adviser who recommended it would be laying himself open to grave risk of criticism . |
| 4 | er , I said if it had been a normal Saturday I said we 'd have cancelled that you know , we 'd have met you in Duffley but er , I said my mum 's supposed to be dancing . |
| 5 | In this way , people lose their virginity , experiment with drink or drugs , run up debts , consider divorce and even vote for political parties they swore they would never support . |
| 6 | The Royal African Company came under criticism from the West India sugar planters , who clamoured for more slaves to be supplied without explaining how they would be paid for , and also from other English merchants who thought they could do a better job of supplying slaves . |
| 7 | Well what do you know the guy that sings What Becomes of a Broken Heart I mean nobody can find him . |
| 8 | However , in the aforementioned case I think we must look further for the factors influencing the pilot . |
| 9 | Well , having talked about my interest in , in popular literature I suppose I should begin by saying I do n't much like the distinction between good literature and pulp literature but , on the other hand , I do accept that it has a function . |
| 10 | I wondered whether he preferred the sexual experiences I imagined he must be having with all sorts of men to the one we shared . |
| 11 | She , she 's there on Social Security which means she can only do part time education because if you 're on the Social Security you have to available to do a job |
| 12 | All sorts of different people he said I would never ever buy any beans he said cos of this chappie who used to work they used to unless you change over the tin or something he used to spit in the tins . |
| 13 | Hence a hereditary mechanism which transmitted them would result in continued degeneration . |
| 14 | In a typically devious climb-down they announced they would bombard the island in future on only the odd dates of the month , as though the rain of shells was a form of parking restriction . |
| 15 | There is an old song which says you should ‘ accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative ’ . |
| 16 | I says if I 'd 've wanted a slice of fat and I 'd 've want burnt tomatoes I says I would 've ordered them . |
| 17 | So we talk of five hundred redundancies is totally wrong and I think erm in the circumstances calculated to give the wrong impression I hope I will urge that you do not accept the resolution and that we accept in . |
| 18 | He spoke publicly about the need for each state to work out its own solution and erm earlier in that year , in fact it 's nineteen fifty seven , I think I said fifty four before , er earlier in that year nineteen fifty seven er Eisenhower said in a speech in r in response to a hypothetical question he said I ca n't imagine any set of circumstances that would ever induce me to send federal troops into any state to enforce the orders of a federal court . |
| 19 | Finally I was sent to a neurological specialist who said it would be necessary to examine the top half of my spinal cord , which houses the motor for the body 's muscles . |
| 20 | As he gulped the warm champagne he swore he would never wear it again . |
| 21 | With the verbal arts I think it can only be done for the moment by writing about nature . |
| 22 | Actually Milky Bar I think I 'd prefer that tonight . |
| 23 | To avoid any more personal suffering I say he should contemplate going now to give his successor the chance to build a proper team to qualify for the World Cup finals . |
| 24 | In the early days I remember we could spend an hour talking round one position . |
| 25 | Cos I thought it would , it was such a warm day I thought it would be quite nice for him to have a walk see if he was alright . |
| 26 | There were a number of part-time farmers who indicated they would be happy to take part of their holidays to attend although holidays were normally taken to coincide with the busy time on the farm . |
| 27 | ‘ Nick , ’ he continued with a tone of wry honesty in his voice , ‘ there are some mighty clever people who say I could be President of the United States three years from now , but what no one seems to realise is that I do n't care about that . |
| 28 | But there are other uses to which such information may be put , as the following example which examines what may be the evolution of a single name illustrates . |
| 29 | The unknown artist had painted the fur with such a delicate brush you felt you might stroke it . |
| 30 | The announcement has delighted Australia 's Antarctic scientists who say it will transform research and allow many more top-quality scientists to visit the area in summer . |