Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Lots of firms which grew up in the eighties have collapsed leaving debts unpaid and it 's very hard for the rest of us
2 It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ?
3 but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account .
4 dump trucks there they know they 're over five years old and they 're still working .
5 THIS POOR CHILD IS NINE YEARS OLD AND SHE 'S NEVER SEEN A BARBIE DOLL !
6 she said I was n't four years old and she was still working in the box office .
7 I ca n't afford to take you out properly or buy you a proper Christmas present , or be able to tell you not to worry — I 'm twenty-eight years old and I 'm still living from hand to mouth like a bloody tramp .
8 The money is only 26 days late and they 're already nervous .
9 He once went five and a half years unbeaten and he is still as modest as a mouse .
10 She 's always telling me when I do things wrong and she is always right . ’
11 But his concern for profit margins kept wage levels low and he was intensely suspicious of trade unionism .
12 to the bathroom , you know , expecting a big welcome and there 's ginger lying there , he 's only about ooh of five inches long and he 's only about , weighs less than a , immediately he 's backs arched and he 's hissing away there , his tail came up like you know
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