Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , ah , oh aye , and she says they 're out playing and the s and she says you know what kids are like Jean , and she says like I would n't try even to say to my kids not to go near them because you would n't tell them because they 're only kids and she says they 're like playing in the square and she says like I would David and down here you know when I was coming down |
| 2 | Now already , she 's had a wash and a workout or two , and read a few books and she thinks she 's the answer to an Amazon 's prayer . |
| 3 | We created something here , something live and good and untrammelled by the rigor mortis of this dying , stinking society clinging with its preying claws so hard to its privileges because it knows it 's dying , only it wants to kill everything else too , only able to say thou Shalt Not because it 's envious , because it 's cold and impotent — they only have to sniff a little bit of genius , of freedom , of life , and they 're on to it with the , lackey hounds tearing it up , and for why ? |
| 4 | The Government wants to reduce productivity payments to dentists because it says they 're treating too many patients.The move has been described by one dentist as appalling.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 5 | The Government wants to reduce productivity payments to dentists because it says they 're treating too many patients.The move has been described by one dentist as appalling.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 6 | See Mary Ann and Mitch are giving up on erm buying Christmas presents because she says you 're buying things for people and they everybody 's therefore I think that tokeny things are the best . |
| 7 | He 's called the house a couple of times and he says he 's coming this way . |
| 8 | Say speak , speak up to six notes and he thinks he 's |
| 9 | And the birds and he thinks it 's time to get up or something . |
| 10 | The Beggar claims it is by speaking of his troubles that he has himself been cured , after a severe change of fortune which has brought him from wealth to his present condition . |
| 11 | That ti I was at er canteen at erm and I took my plate , I was there thre two or three days and she says you 're the only one that 's ever brought the plate back . |
| 12 | DJ here can tell you that he 's travelled all these years and he says he 's run into my guitars all over the world ! ’ |
| 13 | The extract from the file on Tweed you sent with the courier made the point he often stays at top places because he thinks he 's less likely to be noticed . ’ |
| 14 | The material will succumb to whichever mechanism is the weaker ; if it yields before it cracks the material is ductile , if it cracks before it yields it is brittle . |
| 15 | In 1598 , the estates reverted back to Maximilian Dalison , although it was not until 1601 , that he regained his full inheritance , and it is unlikely that he spent much on the maintenance of the buildings as it appears he was always short of cash . |
| 16 | I 've got ta advise people of the correct forms , the correct er , way of going about things and what benefits there are available . |
| 17 | He come across with his un one of the managers and he says what 's the idea ? |
| 18 | His home has been attacked by animal rights activists in the past but now his farm is in the hands of managers and he says he 's paid his price . |
| 19 | This unpleasant experience was alleviated by the company of his wife , who also brought with her so many domestic items that he says it was almost as comfortable as being at home ! |
| 20 | It assumes that you 've deri derived the samples from normal populations and it assumes there 's a home between the two . |
| 21 | An environmental campaigner is demanding that Severn Trent Water should refund seven million pounds in charges because he claims it 's not doing its job properly.Julian Jones says the authority is failing to control pollution … and the local community could spend the money more wisely.And now he 's going to court to claim the water charges back . |
| 22 | Satan lies to his followers and has convinced us too of his mighty strength and even starts to believe in his own lies when he claims he was ‘ self-begot ’ , caused by Fate , or he sprang from the ground or willed himself into existence , an absurd contradiction in terms . |
| 23 | Again , it would have been professional suicide for a civil servant to describe the indignities of derangement and to represent himself as having been mad , unless the facts were as well known to his colleagues and masters as he says they were ; while to try , on the other hand , to put his known condition in a better light , as Hoccleve does , is sensible only if the fact of his illness was well known but his recovery less well recognised , which is what he claims . |
| 24 | Rogers was well known to the police and she believes it was this fact which led to a court appearance for a minor offence . |
| 25 | It asks why pupils have been categorized in terms of their sex or ‘ race ’ , why girls and black pupils have been defined as problems ; what is meant by racism and sexism within policy initiatives and it asks what are the consequences for teachers of labelling and categorizing problems in particular ways . |
| 26 | He himself played the chief role in the film , that of a bisexual young man whose girlfriend decides they will not use condoms although she knows he is seropositive , because she believes that ‘ love will protect her . ’ |
| 27 | I am the first person to admit that success is not that frequent at Athletico and on those rare occasions when it comes we are always left with a nasty aftertaste to spoil it . |