Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only then that you realise just what a dictatorship can be like . ’ |
| 2 | Say exactly what the smell is . |
| 3 | I forget now what the simulated time factor was — I think twenty years — but the upshot was that three-quarters of the mice developed lung cancer and died . |
| 4 | In Britain the assumption is that citizens have no right to official information , and receive only what the government chooses to tell them . |
| 5 | The combination of these features emphasises a large problem for speech recognition — the same word may be spoken in many different ways and never match exactly what the system was trained with . |
| 6 | ‘ We appreciate just what a disaster this decision must be for them … |
| 7 | It means that the photographer can actually look through the lens with the aid of mirrors and so view exactly what the photograph will frame . |
| 8 | We owe both them a big debt of gratitude . ’ |
| 9 | Material prosperity increases ; we enjoy now what the previous generation enjoyed in its forties . |
| 10 | I accept completely what the honourable member for erm Truro Truro actually said in his speech just er that he just made , absolutely right that the cultural and the geographical identity of people matters so far as the European parliament is concerned and in respect of our responsibility , the responsibility of this house to citizens of Gibraltar . |
| 11 | As a result they are merely measures of the degree of indentation of the coast , and ‘ tell little which a good map does not tell much better ’ Johnson , 1919 , P. 171 ) . |
| 12 | It follows that I expressly do not give judgement at any figure at this stage but indicate merely what the findings are which I have made and what the sums which those findings lead to , are . |
| 13 | ‘ Julie was a loving mother and we both wanted more children but her career was very , very important to her and it 's important to me that people know just what a clever woman she was . ’ |
| 14 | I know exactly what the press would have said : ‘ There you are , old bossy-boots at it again . ’ |
| 15 | Dr Sommerville , accompanied by a group of junior doctors ( the National Heart was considered a teaching hospital ) told me : ‘ I was looking at your case notes yesterday evening and I know exactly what the answer is — a transplant . ’ |
| 16 | No one will believe this , and I know exactly what the town says about me , but I loved Iritnefert . |
| 17 | We 're on the same side and you know and I know that some of the troops are gon na find that , I , my opinion is that some of the troops will find that hard going for eleven weeks unless they know exactly what the hell they 're supposed to be doing in |
| 18 | The Social Democratic and Labour Party MP John Hume told him : ‘ My constituents , who know exactly what the people of Warrington have experienced , would join totally in agreement with what you have just said . ’ |
| 19 | This technique has been used by salespeople for many years and consequently should be used with care , especially with professional buyers who are likely to have experienced its use many times and know exactly what the salesperson is doing . |
| 20 | mean you , you know these things , you know roughly what the wattage of a |
| 21 | But I know roughly what the freight for so many tons , say , of bananas from the Canaries is worth , and we 're not getting enough trade to keep going . |
| 22 | Little is done without reference to the mother , and the mother , for her part , may empathically share the child 's feelings , and even know telepathically what the child is doing when out of sight . |
| 23 | After the pubs are closed , on the off-chance , I mean , cos if you get here what the hell do you do if not as if you 've got an alternative is there ? |
| 24 | But each time I ask myself I know beforehand what the answer is . |
| 25 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 26 | From London we would carry general merchandise back to Rotterdam — Every ship has a ledger to herself , and the manifest for every voyage has to be entered in it , so that you know precisely what the returns from each voyage are . |
| 27 | Think about each one and decide exactly what the problem is . |
| 28 | ‘ Chapman Taylor on the other hand , ’ says Newman , ‘ understand exactly what the retailer wants . ’ |
| 29 | But you understand now what the term ‘ vicarious sacrifice ’ means — it means that someone else , or , in the Old Testament , something else — a goat , a bull — took your sin for you . |
| 30 | I never dared to ask , but I understand now what it is that drives addicts back to the needle time and time again whatever the cost to their health and sanity ; I understand now what the mystics lay claim to when they speak of the peace that passeth all understanding . |