Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it may seem like folly to invest in such buildings , many of them make perfectly good homes and buyers would be helping to preserve Britain 's heritage . |
| 2 | Their overall fuel policy role was also to give them influence over more central aspects of BEA decision making on the choice of fuel for power stations , particularly when oil and nuclear power began to look like attractive options to add to the industry 's coal-fired base . |
| 3 | With that as the background , it is the time for a deep study of the philosophy underlying the system — to determine afresh what we ought to be seeking to achieve , to examine how far and in what manner the results of our present practice fall short , and to sift new ideas in order to judge which of them appear both constructive and practicable in operation . |
| 4 | After mature deliberation your Committee venture to propose to you to entrust them with powers to digest a scheme for the medical department , to receive claims , and investigate the merits of the different candidates who may propose themselves to fill the different situations in this line , as well as of the subordinate attendants of the house , and to report to you at your next general meeting the names of such persons as to them appear most proper , for your final approbation . ’ |
| 5 | The University as a whole contains well over fifty teachers of history , who between them provide nearly ninety courses — thereby offering students a breadth of choice equalled by only three other British universities . |
| 6 | Passed me test about twelve years ago . |
| 7 | Looking back on it today , however , I perceive how dated it is ; but , in the 1930s it might just have excited interest , simply as illustrating one direction in which a Marxian might , in his disillusionment , turn . |
| 8 | I mean either that or they 're right up to your backside , you know , and I mean |
| 9 | I do n't know whether that , I mean surely that 's what they mean , so |
| 10 | I mean surely that is a subject that 's been around for a hundred years ? |
| 11 | I mean however much you like doing something you would n't do it if you did it for nothing . |
| 12 | ‘ I mean exactly that . ’ |
| 13 | I mean alright that 's eighteen years ago . |
| 14 | I mean increasingly small authorities are effectively opting out of the national negotiat now we ca n't ignore th |
| 15 | ‘ I mean extra special nice — the sort of nice you do n't see every day . |
| 16 | What , what you 're saying is that I mean broadly this is , is quite an incentive based system , at least on the face of it |
| 17 | I mean not many people who 'd clashed with mrs thatcher did survive . |
| 18 | I mean not sure . |
| 19 | I mean not all of them are like it but |
| 20 | I mean that just sounds like familiar you know , I mean not that |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | Star Trek 's something that will never die , I mean not Star Trek erm Dar |
| 23 | So I mean not double . |
| 24 | But what it was , they were like it was like G A N do them er Man and Co And they had sort of like a job like Dave 's and a lot of them what they 've done is they 've bought in this area , I mean probably most areas they 've bought the repossessed they 've got about eight or nine houses they 're either renting them out or they 're leaving them empty . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean just that , sir . ’ |
| 26 | I mean just small things like that |
| 27 | ‘ Nervous as fuck — I was certain I would n't be able to get it up , I mean just certain , especially as I 'm still feeling the effects from getting pissed yesterday — and then , well … aroused , I suppose , when … when I realised you were . ’ |
| 28 | The titling is absolutely lovely , I mean just wonderful . |
| 29 | Would you like Lithuania to be part of some sort of erm , Soviet Federation , voluntarily I mean just some loose trading or defence partnership ? |
| 30 | I do n't mean , I mean just big , it 's er because people like talk about Kath , big Kath do n't they ? |