Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [art] [noun] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these people want to do is hit someone before the lights go out . |
| 2 | Nor do I for a moment suppose that anyone there recognized him , nor was he the sort of author who basked in that kind of admiration . |
| 3 | Or consider rhetorical questions like ( 36 ) : ( 36 ) Was Mussolini going to be moderate ? which if the participants believe that whatever Mussolini was , he was not moderate , is likely to convey ( 37 ) : ( 37 ) Mussolini was definitely not going to be moderate Here , by overtly violating the sincerity of a question , once again an implicature is generated by a flouting of the maxim of Quality . |
| 4 | On top of that , Wright has his England future to worry about because much as he may look forward to an avalanche of goals against San Marino in February , first he must ensure his presence in the team , then be in control of himself when the chances come . |
| 5 | Have our little bit of fun then throw daddy out to fend for himself when the kiddiewinks come along . |
| 6 | stay with them until the effects have worn off |
| 7 | If , as is likely , the attackers turn nasty , the arresting citizen is quite entitled to use a reasonable amount of force to defend himself and restrain them until the police arrive . |
| 8 | Does the Minister agree that no matter what progress is made in energy efficiency — in Wales or in the west country , for example — it could all come to nothing if the Government press ahead and force British Gas to start up a new company for the transportation of gas through its pipelines ? |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest are likely to stick with the same team that beats Notts County for tonight 's match against Millwall at the City ground the London club are currently eleventh in the First Division Forest will go above them if the Reds win . |
| 10 | We 're trying at the moment to get in non-conformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisation that they 've been involved in , or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county we 're always very grateful to receive . |
| 11 | We 're trying at the moment to get in Nonconformist church records , or at least to get copies of them if the churches do n't want to let us have them , because they 're quite important for the nineteenth century history of East Sussex , and erm really any help that erm that we can get from the general public who 've got old documents relating to their properties , minutes of any organisations that they 've been involved in or that used to exist and that 's now collapsed , anything like that that can add to the history of the county , we 're always very grateful to receive . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ said the man with an ugly look , ‘ I 'll stay with you until the banks open , and change the cheque myself . ’ |
| 13 | You 're nostalgic for childhood whilst it happens to you because the dreams show you the landscape you 're passing through , but you do n't know yet that you want to escape . |
| 14 | Will the suspense kill you before the monsters do ? |
| 15 | If , however , you should fall asleep the finger immediately goes into your mouth and down your throat and wakes you before the cameramen have had a chance to snap their shutters . |
| 16 | Some alarms warn you when the batteries need changing by giving a special signal . |
| 17 | Below are a few tips from all of us at RUNNING Magazine to help you as the hours count down . |
| 18 | In today 's market this almost inevitably means using PostScript to drive a Linotronic 100 or 300 system and , equally inevitably , relying on a bureau to do it for you as the systems cost £25,000 and up . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , I worry about you as the days grow shorter . |
| 20 | It will be good to get to know you as the months go by , as we share our gifts together for the good of many and to the glory of God . |
| 21 | Since they turned up on the first day of term wearing headscarves , their teachers , supported by the headmaster , have refused to teach them unless the girls remove the offending headgear . |
| 22 | In contrast to the Lorenz model of a homogeneously broadened laser discussed earlier , the situation in high-gain gas lasers with inhomogeneous broadening has been one where the experiments have actually been leading the theoretical development . |
| 23 | The pattern of childrearing that produces the most hostile children is one where the parents use punitive methods persistently against a background of rejecting , hostile parental attitudes . |
| 24 | " I sha n't unpack everything until the decorators have been in , " Sara said . |
| 25 | This procedure will be applied in two distinct groups , one before and one after the pupils have begun to learn French . |
| 26 | If a particular human is capable of handling the proper aspects of a gadget , which must include mental knowledge of its place in the Machine of Evolution , then it is possible to use it as an aid , but as there are increasing numbers of gadgets being invented and marketed , so the human brain has no time and space to see these in relation to its own life/thought scale because , upon being born , the human is thrown immediately into a multi-armed and legged wrestling match with levers , wires , buttons and switches and fails to grasp the meaning of it all , being occupied totally in rushing to partially master the use of one before the marketeers rush in faster with 10 new gleaming diversions . |
| 27 | So my advice is , go out there and buy one before the collectors realise the RD 's worth and start pushing prices way beyond the means of we average musos . |
| 28 | The Christian Democratic prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , is afraid that his Socialist coalition partners will walk out on him if the referendums look like going ahead this year ; by provoking a general election , the Socialists would automatically put off the referendums for at least 12 months . |
| 29 | It has been particularly difficult for him because the Government have two of their placemen on the council , but he has managed to keep fighting though the council has this deadweight of government lackeys . ’ |
| 30 | Did you hear how , oh suppose you have n't spoken to her since the party have you ? |