Example sentences of "[vb base] and [vb base] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , on the educational scene there are devices like the Texas Instruments Speak and Spell which recites a word that must then be spelt correctly and foreign language dictionaries that pronounce the words . |
| 2 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 3 | and Creg 's on Monday with the carpets , oh we shall have a right laugh with them two blokes , aye , they both go oh God not you again you know and do I have a |
| 4 | ‘ I mean , they get these ideas and these bees in their bonnets and try and make everyone think the same way , and they change all the rules and upset everything , and Freud got it wrong in one way and Marx got it wrong in another . ’ |
| 5 | " You come and watch me cutting the grass , " Quentin suggested , but the twins shook their heads , not understanding because such a long time had passed since there 'd last been grass-cutting . |