Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [pron] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have strong feelings about a situation declare an interest and suggest that someone else temporarily takes the chair . |
| 2 | You may snort and think that this is very far-fetched but you can be assured that the majority of lecturers who appear before you not only know their subjects but are enthusiastic about them and about transmitting their knowledge to you . |
| 3 | Gestalt psychologists insist that we not only learn by the steady accretion of tiny units of knowledge but also by the recognition of broad patterns . |
| 4 | On the other hand , this point of view has to be balanced against those who protest that they only ever see politicians at election time and that if they do n't even call then they are undeserving of a vote . |
| 5 | I hope that you very much enjoy your well earned rest and that Christmas is a happy time for you and your family . |
| 6 | I mean if anybody else just got up on the stage like he does and kicks his leg , kick like their leg like er like that they 'd boo him off ! |
| 7 | The government is having difficulty managing the NHS , and I suspect that it no longer wants the task . |
| 8 | Originally I thought the ground might be too soft for her , making it a real test of stamina , and we know that she only just gets the trip . |
| 9 | The credits indicate that he not only controlled the sound but also composed and performed the music : this documentary is best regarded as a most personal and impressionistic view of the war . |
| 10 | If you decide within one month of the issue of your Family Bond that you no longer wish to continue with the contract , you may return your Bond document to the Society who will refund your contributions . |
| 11 | I know that the Labour party is likely to conduct a vendetta against part-time workers , many of whom are women , although when women are asked what they think about part-time work , they reply that they very much appreciate it . |
| 12 | He asserts himself as a poet ( note that we still today think of him primarily as a " poet " rather than as a " writer " ) superior to the ridiculous doggerel of Sir Thopas . |
| 13 | Like Baxter , we believe that nothing even remotely approaches Biblical Christianity in its power to transform a life crippled by sin and guilt into one of real holiness and joy . |
| 14 | I believe that it never really took off but it was ideal for use with water-power . |
| 15 | Does the right hon. Gentleman understand that we very much welcome his commitment to taking the path of democracy regardless of where it leads ? |
| 16 | From your speech in parliament and from a wide variety of other speeches I understand that you no longer agree with the evidence you accepted in 1971 . |
| 17 | Yet , no matter how far one travels I doubt if one ever really gets to know people , or places , not as one imagines them in one 's mind . |
| 18 | I doubt if I ever effectively managed my staff . |
| 19 | And some go on to accuse him of tunnel-vision , saying they doubt whether he ever really wanted a peaceful settlement in the Gulf ; whether he now has a view of what American policy after the war should be ; and whether his single-minded determination to win the war is blinding him to other dangers . |
| 20 | I doubt whether he ever deliberately touches a human body except his own . |
| 21 | I think that we actually just had time to talk through these and you did n't actually make notes . |
| 22 | I think that we really still do n't know him . |
| 23 | And now I wonder if it ever really happened . |
| 24 | Other talking points were Paul Cadd 's clapped-out car and slow driving , and him nearly feeling the Hand of Plod when he rather loudly called Rik Mayell a ******* **** after he was announced man of the match : the local constable was ideally placed ( on the touchline , two yards away ) and had a real nik-nik look in his eye . |
| 25 | But as long as you are here , there 's one saving grace — you do as I bloody well tell you ! ’ |
| 26 | oh yes , yes , erm it 's very difficult to say I think when it actually exactly fades out , it would be , it would be fifteen years ago anyway , er when one used to find that there , there were no more of these being bought at all |
| 27 | If social anthropologists are sincere when they say that their subject is a kind of micro-sociology and when they proclaim that they no longer feel themselves to be members of a culture/society which is intrinsically " superior " to that of the people they are studying , why do n't they study themselves ? |
| 28 | Parliamentary counsel in particular become weary of the criticism of their work by lawyers and non-lawyers , who do not appreciate the pressures under which they work and who not infrequently have little or no drafting experience . |