Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [be] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The situation in the Far East , in Asia and the Ocean expanses adjoining it , where we are permanent inhabitants and seafarers of long standing , is to us of national , state interest . ’ |
| 2 | Erm , so we were pure souls and we were intellects , united with the whole of being , I E the forms . |
| 3 | Once they 're approved landlords or homeowners will be able to go straight to a county court for a possession order . |
| 4 | Although it is early days and the team will not be reporting back until March , what is already becoming clear to it is that , unless small firms are encouraged to continue training chartered accountants , the smaller end of the profession may not have a future at all . |
| 5 | ‘ She is tall and fair and fair-skinned , a nice green dress , good-looking I should say , although it was artificial light and I should think she looks very different in the day time … yes , I should think very different . |
| 6 | Most people are amazed to get an answer from the band at all , so it is good business and public relations to try and answer these enquiries . |
| 7 | Worlwide last year it was over $200 so it 's big business and very well organised.It 's undoubtedlty the Triads in the Far East and the Mafia in America . |
| 8 | But they were n't there , so it was free range and no chickens all the way ! |
| 9 | ‘ If you were Free People and you wanted to strike a shocking , symbolic blow at the family — something that everyone in the country would feel — which family would you bomb ? ’ |
| 10 | And she goes cos you 're annoying Mark and she goes , over there . |
| 11 | Erm because of having to do everything as much as we can the medieval way , if we were ordinary people and we said we wanted to tile we 'd say , oh well we 'll go out and buy some tiles . |
| 12 | it 'd be , it 'd be understandable if we were identical twins but we 're not ! |
| 13 | mummy if they 're good boys and work hard at school |
| 14 | for this the Church Hill , but I do n't know where they 're from , I do n't know if they 're local people or from the Festival |
| 15 | Scrolls can only be used by wizards , for example , while a Runefang may only be used by heroes of the Empire ( this does include Champions and Lords incidentally — all characters who are not wizards are heroes just as all wizards are wizards even if they are Wizard Lords or Master Wizards ) . |
| 16 | From now on , they 'll be acquiring a taste for school food — the next step is for the orphans is to start attending lessons as if they were English boys and girls . |
| 17 | It was the only sensible way really , to act as if they were old friends and not old lovers . |
| 18 | Most of them had the familiar ‘ jizz ’ of guillemots but were too far out for us to tell if they were common guillemots or the Arctic species , Brünnich 's guillemots. ( 'Jizz' is a term coined by experienced birdwatchers to explain how a distant or fleeting glimpse of a bird can produce a positive identification without your being able to say exactly why . ) |
| 19 | Most of them did nothing about it but hurried on , some scowling , one , a child , making a face at the camera , holding up his hands as if they were big ears and waggling his fingers . |
| 20 | But if they was good hay and that and you tramped them down they stayed for ages . |
| 21 | Counsel for the owners submitted that they could be , provided they were involuntary payments and not made , albeit perhaps with some grumbling , to close the transaction . |
| 22 | Erm , nothing derogatory meant er by that because the reason photographs are used for chocolate boxes and biscuits and things and jigsaw puzzles is cos they 're good photographs and they , they 're subjects which people like . |
| 23 | I do n't know if it 's old age or not , oh , it 's getting worse . |
| 24 | TEARDROP EXPLODES Vox Teardrop & Phantom XII Looking cool is something that rarely happens to me these days , but strapping on either of these reissued Vox guitars it 's hard to tell if it 's grey hairs or ice … |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't know if it was false alarm or they got my name confused , ’ he said . |
| 26 | Hopkins played nicely to the crowds too , although it was hard to figure out if it was conscious manipulation or the unconscious product of his enthusiasm . |
| 27 | erm because I 'd phoned up and asked for them , er my secretary had phoned up and asked for a meeting with her but the response was we 're not allowed to meet with you , so we said okay , cos it 's public money and things |
| 28 | On a second or subsequent marriage it is frequently said that a wedding speech should make no reference to previous spouses , nor children of earlier marriages unless they are junior pages and need to be acknowledged and welcomed , or even the fact that either party has been married before . |
| 29 | There is very little interest indeed in sexual offences prior to the court appearance unless they are sexual assaults or murders with a sexual component In the 3,015 newspapers considered in the study , only 29 of these residual sexual cases were identified . |
| 30 | Because she is royal family and we 're so little . |