Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , if it 's really painful , forget it , I 'll be fine , and I 'm writing , and if it gets a bit unlively I could perhaps find somewhere else-
2 This profitability is maintained by a balancing act ; the fundamental chemical industry balance summed up in the fact that if you want to get the utmost out of sodium chloride , you should n't have either sodium or chlorine left over unsold at the end of the day ; not much use increasing the use of one if you ca n't increase use of the other in proportion .
3 You ca n't go nowhere man .
4 You do n't lose the use of your PC 's printer port because it 's duplicated on the back of the tape unit , though obviously you ca n't use both printer and tape at the same time .
5 She wanted to be so busy she would n't have either time or energy to wonder about him , to dream , or hope .
6 You wo n't go late night shopping ?
7 Er , a very negative form of er , of behaviour , can be , you can actually get highly directive , and start telling people , erm , we 've already identified that influences , not having that ability to tell , it 's something that people try and do it , it 's a , it 's a facade , that people put up and get behind them .
8 I would simply suggest that we should not allow either sentimentality or a genuine concern for retaining decentralized powers in general to distract us from the major , and separate , task of attempting to determine a common policy for all education at all stages in the future .
9 there 's more people this end , we ca n't get there dad .
10 What we can not countenance though sir , is any widening o of the route that they seek to go down , to have these sites included in the greenbelt , and that 's to say to entertain the argument that the whole of Skelton ought to be washed-over .
11 Although we can not ignore purely entertainment applications , our main concern will be information products and services rather than ‘ content-free ’ fun .
12 What we 're planning to do in the very early stages , is to have the site staffed on a Saturday , and have people there , so we can actually turn away rubbish .
13 THREE women widowed in the Gulf war have been told by Government officials that they will not set aside money from the publicly-donated Gulf Trust to help them with an education fund for their children .
14 Apple , however , had decided to reduce its reliance on external technologies and , after some considerable debate , decided not to continue with Adobe 's PostScript alone but to further develop its own system software so that it could better control both type and graphics .
15 He could n't take home business associates for dinner because he was embarrassed for them to see you .
16 Its boundary — the boundary of the Pacific plate — would follow the west coast of North America , but it would then turn sharply south and pass to the seaward , as it were , of both the Galapagos archipelago and Easter Island , before curving to the south of New Zealand , along the spine of South Island and emerging back into the sea near the hot mud springs of Rotorua .
17 Well he ca n't drive now mum cos he 's had a beer .
18 Er and you 'd get some feedback to us from the Neighbourhood Watch point of view er and it 's not peculiar to Neighbourhood Watches but er from , from your point of view you also have access to the police in that er eventually there should be a liaison built up , not overnight I mean it wo n't , it wo n't happen tomorrow morning either , but there 'll be a lia liaison between the , the local police officer and yourselves er and if there 's any problems that you may have , you know and you 'll be able to communicate back to them .
19 And he said that he 'd phoned them and said could they change it and he 'd finish at eleven then he can still start tomorrow night again at quarter to one .
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