Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I think that it 's erm a good idea for members to see what firemen and I 'm thinking in particular really of fire fight fighters I should n't say firemen , fire fighters , we 've got ladies , erm , who are retained and can be at their du place of work one minute , and twenty minutes afterwards they 've got to face up to ho horrendous sights , erm , it must have a tr traumatic effect on them . |
| 2 | I 'm laughing like crazy now . |
| 3 | I 'm crying like mad now — I just ca n't stop . |
| 4 | I was referring to other more prominent hon. Members . |
| 5 | But underneath I was battling like mad just to stay afloat . " |
| 6 | You 're looking for nice well I do n't need bananas in one . |
| 7 | But they are recorded in full later , Chairman in the summary , I 've used the abbreviation |
| 8 | The zeds of the fire-escapes looked as though they were used in earnest twice a week they were grimed to a cinder . |
| 9 | They were talking in Spanish again so that I could n't follow what was said , only the gist of it , and that largely from the names they referred to : Iris Sunderby 's , of course , her grandfather , too , and the Connors , Sheila Connor in particular , and there was constant repetition of the name Rosalli Gabrielli . |
| 10 | They include substantive conclusions about what would be different in philosophy if it were influenced by feminine rather than by masculine assumptions . |
| 11 | The patron of the plaster and alabaster monument to Christopher Roper , second Lord Teynham ( died 1622 , Lynsted , Kent ) , was the subject 's widow ( died 1625 ) ; it is signed in roman rather than Evesham 's usual cursive script . |
| 12 | However , it is recapitulated in brief here in order to focus attention on the variety of possible surface realisations of that type of isomorphic relation we know as textual metaphor . |
| 13 | It is surrounded by beautiful gently rolling countryside , where the hillsides are often covered in vines and the valleys richly wooded . |
| 14 | So the poor old boy had two major operations in three weeks , but he 's getting on fine now . ’ |
| 15 | The first striking feature of the collaboration we observed was that most of it was associated with individual rather than shared tasks . |
| 16 | It was left to other more prominent and vocal members of the Labour party to stir up people 's fears with irrelevant and inaccurate claims about the consequences . |
| 17 | Richard knew he was related to Tory somehow , but was not sure if cousin was quite the right word . |