Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | done so , I mean and as part of that you could ask questions about whether , you know there might be some longer-term placement you could do or something . |
| 2 | It 's the fact that we are so close to America , that we 've got this highly dynamic American sound that we had in the sixties in this country with the kind of dynamism in the sixties and the desire to sort of break through all kinds of formal barriers — I mean the mini skirt period , you know what I mean and in certain cities , like Liverpool , where this feeling of it is necessary to break through barriers to create this kind of dynamic sort of extremely vital sound . |
| 3 | I mean they were n't aluminium so they blew off I used to wear one of those and er , you know , for safety , you see , but er anyway I survived the survived the war and but wh it 's amazing really when I look back how we d how we managed because we had such nice people in there , as I say and like these actors Jack Claude Cecily . |
| 4 | I hold another creed , which no one ever taught me and which I seldom mention , but in which I delight and to which I cling , for it extends hope to all , it makes eternity a rest a mighty home , not a terror and an abyss . |
| 5 | I see it fantastically in the pages of books I read and in a true sense I see life through the leaves of the willow tree . |
| 6 | For some people this may be self-imposed ; for me , my work forms part of it — it is something which I enjoy and from which I get considerable satisfaction . |
| 7 | Rather , I have concentrated on those I know and on those that I think are easiest to read . |
| 8 | I know and for some reason I was incredibly pissed . |
| 9 | I know and to be quite honest with you the other day |
| 10 | I am not one to accuse the hon. Gentleman of misrepresenting the position ; I know and like him too much for that . |
| 11 | erm , I shall be there as far as I know and in the meantime have a word with mum and dad if they 're free |
| 12 | If this does not happen , I fear for the future of this denomination which I love and to which I am loyal . |
| 13 | Old Hall yes , yes , yes , yeah and so I think and of course erm I have talked erm I talk in the different clubs you know , as I say , and I think erm the majority of women usually like this , they look forward to the divi to buy say a major item , you know . |
| 14 | Sir , I apologise , I was going by this figure made by which indicated that it expired on the thirty first of March , I think and in fact , that is a an error on the officer 's part it would appear from the licensing authorities in fact , it expired at the end of May . |
| 15 | The first forest that he imposed upon the world is the world in which I live and through which you are journeying . |
| 16 | ‘ We 're very fortunate with Verve in that they have a good understanding of why I work and about the way in which I work . |
| 17 | All over the world , including Scotland , women held conferences , workshops and seminars on the issues , political and personal which affect and in many cases , devastate their lives and those of their children . |
| 18 | Pick any two young men ye fancy and by God I 'll work them into the ground , so I will ! ’ |
| 19 | The other reason is that the demands of what you advertise and for whom also changes — you do n't often find people in advertising complaining of boredom . |
| 20 | Some of them are below the level you expect and below the standards we want to provide , ’ it says . |
| 21 | I wrote to say so and received a courteous reply from the producer , who said , ‘ I 'm interested in the DIY approach you suggest and in our next series perhaps we 'll look at this more closely . ’ |
| 22 | First choose a pattern that is the design you want and in plain stocking stitch . |
| 23 | And indeed , erm , in the papers , summarise , really summarises the work that you undertake and including December ninety-two , to December ninety-three . |
| 24 | Okay , if you read and through , I take the kind of pros and cons of ideas , understanding there are those very active proposals , I 've got more of a selling approach with pretending ideas , you know , the candid advervisement like , you tell us negotiating |
| 25 | But what are you going to do if you park and with whom ? |
| 26 | Yes and erm Thornleys used to be next to it , and it , to see him patting the butter you know and with all the fancy things in the window they would be doing it and er everything was parcelled up then , into brown paper and strong brown , sometimes there would be a bag of sweets pushed in as well for the children . |
| 27 | We were playing marbles at you know and at and at this time of year , or whip and top and that sort of thing . |
| 28 | And she 'd scrub herself the hands with that you know and of course my mam used to do all the baking did n't she . |
| 29 | Well my pal and myself we took these two girls and we sat in the middle of the Temperance Hall and he said come on let's sit over on the balcony he says and put up my clothes by the radiator he says it 's been raining he says and it will dry them , so we moved , and exactly from were we moved was where the women got killed , just candelabra dropped on her and er when it happened the fella on the stage the comedian was singing , a hundred years from now you wo n't be here , and I wo n't be here and from the corner of my eye I could see something gradually dropping like one of these candelabras and I thought hello that 's part of the act you know , it was just gradually coming down and all of a sudden , whooosh and the roof came straight in oh and I do n't know sure I 'd I , everything went dark of course I mean it was all in blacked-out all the chairs were loose , so as the folks wended their way towards the exit doors they took the chairs with them , so they politely threw them back in the crowd that stood in the hall so you were dodging chairs as well as trying to get out , where we were , where we were seated the firemen were hacking at the windows thinking that it was a fire because all the dust had gone up in the air and the reflection of the light from the market I suppose and that would give the appearance of smoke , and he was , I said to this fireman I said there 's no fire , he says , he says there is I said there 's no fire in here , anyway we eventually got out but I took these girls back home to and I really , it was , properly unnerved us both and as we came on that old tram we were , we thought you know everything seemed to sort of upset us and when I got far more upset on the Sunday morning when I went to have a look at it , the whole roof had come right in , but there were fifty people got injured you know and about , oh there was one lady killed . |
| 30 | But it was for the lock from the people , you know and he , he got round like this , and this is the God 's truth as well again , he 'd come to me from America and er they , I had to make locks for certain people they called them statos , status symbols there , in their own houses , you know , where they put this lock on and anybody as he 's got one like that , you know and from America to Dick in Willenhall to make them . |