Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the thing that worries me most is that later on , he did n't manage it too well , a lot of other things were going wrong in his life , and at that point the name calling continued , and the stuff that maybe was n't so hurtful early on seemed to become very hurtful then . |
| 2 | the thing that annoys me most is that , the amount of bad memories people have , I mean not bad memories as in bad thoughts , but bad |
| 3 | Set in a glade of thinned-out coconut palms , it was breathtaking , but what amazed me most was that , within sight of the most beautiful beaches in the world , the garden contained a large pool edged with white and blue tiles . |
| 4 | I think the ones that made me most were those which were very influenced by Picasso , which are in the Tate Gallery . |
| 5 | I here was another little hill in front of me , with a kind of tower on top of it — observatory or something . |
| 6 | Now let me just Is that okay ? |
| 7 | ‘ Must you always be such a little fool ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , ’ said O'Rourke , ‘ you always were such a clever actor … ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Darling , you always were more than grateful for the smallest things that anyone did for you , but in future you 'll be able to turn to me . ’ |
| 10 | If you really are more tennis ace than joker , how about facing Nastase across the net ? |
| 11 | The third reason why we 're , we 're pleased to see you here is that erm as a trades council , we 've and this er and Dick mentioned this in his introduction , we 've initiated a major international programme , major in terms of our size obviously as er as a local body , involving links between union activists here primarily in France er , in northern France , but also links now developing in Spain with the new ferry going between Portsmouth and Bilbao , we 're starting to meet with the unions in Spain who are interested in speaking about the , the , the differences in wages in terms and conditions working for the same ferry company , doing the same jobs in the port , a comparative look at how the , the wages terms and conditions differ and we want to , we want to go and visit them in the autumn and , and work out , and work on more links on a sector basis , so that our colleagues down in Bilbao in northern Spain can link up with people in the , in the , in similar sectors here and we 've done this over the last three and a half years with the unions in France , we 've had exchanges of all sectors , the public sectors , transport , erm , health , social services , shop workers . |
| 12 | ONE thing they do n't tell you beforehand is that bell-ringing is hard on the legs . |
| 13 | As I write to you there are some signs that the economies of the United States and the United Kingdom have started to emerge from recession . |
| 14 | Ask yourself if within you there is any resentment to one or both of your parents in some significant way . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , what I wanted to talk to you about is this flat of yours . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It stands out a mile ; she never was much of an actress , ’ he drawled . |
| 17 | ‘ You never were any bloody good to me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Poor Laura — you never were any good at getting up in the morning , were you ? ’ he mocked softly , taking the clattering cup and saucer from her shaking hands , before leaning forward to brush a stray tendril of hair from her brow . |
| 19 | but it cracked , cracked me up is these fucking songs that make you take and he keeps hiding behind the oil can |
| 20 | ‘ Have we really been such a bunch of miseries to work with ? ’ |
| 21 | We then were both blindfolded and placed apart at about fifty yards . |
| 22 | Straightening them out is another . |
| 23 | That , er , Chairman , if I could say the thing that bothers me here is that , it always has done about food , is that we should be keeping up to date with information , all these decisions and all this advice . |
| 24 | These shapes — could they possibly be some crazed scientist 's idea of joke ‘ universes ’ ? |
| 25 | She adds , ‘ They always were that size , it 's just the clingy clothing . ’ |
| 26 | I think the point that Mr is making if I read him correctly is that is you had an inner relief road , in fact it would siphon off traffic from the A sixty one going south from say the Killinghall bypass or relief road . |
| 27 | They really are all behind him now . |
| 28 | Well , not to kill the world , but they they there are enough bombs in existence at the present time to obliterate the world about three or four times over so we 're told , so we read no snow out here at all Danny is there ? |
| 29 | Erm well slightly different in the fact that er we er have two close schemes with far more er beneficiaries than there are er subscribing members , and at the moment that are four nominated by the er employer and four by the unions er we wish to say a pensioner erm that the rights were a pensioner nominee to that board of trustees , because we feel that er the situation is er is going to increase , we 've got so many beneficiaries and that the pensioners have no representative er I know that erm people on the boards of trustees are completely impartial , but on the other hand there is no pensioner there , the members are unsure of the fund , because of what 's been said , not that I 'm implying it 's not a secure fund , it is a secure fund , but they think why are they keeping the pensioners off , they there is some sort of hidden agenda they will not have us on there because neither of the businesses although we have tried for several years er they will not entertain at the moment erm a pensioner trustee , and yet Professor Good in his report acknowledges the merit of pensioner nominated trustees , er particularly in the sort of schemes where we 've got , wh where th the majority of beneficiaries . |
| 30 | To watch him then was such a mingled joy of yearning and pity that sometimes , frightened of her waking thoughts but more afraid of the nightmares of sleep , she would carry her night-light into his bedroom and crouch by the cot for an hour or more , her eyes fixed on his sleeping face , her restlessness soothed by his peace . |