Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] 's [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |
| 2 | Jon Trice-Rolph says he 's like to win a few more races … but enjoys coming out on a saturday afternoon for three or four rides |
| 3 | He says we ca n't until we 're properly married in the eyes of God as well as man ; he says it 's worth waiting for . |
| 4 | She says it 's like standing on the edge of a crevasse . |
| 5 | Essentially they will send a form out saying You 've recently got a grant estate , you 've said it 's worth say twenty five thousand pounds , we 're checking up please let us have a list of assets and liabilities . |
| 6 | You 'll never guess it 's for collecting gases so we call it a |
| 7 | P You know it 's like living in a moving caravan , but you 're coming along anyway ! ( not acceptable for shared yacht bookings ) |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , I know it 's like crying wolf , ’ Harriet nodded . |
| 9 | And therefore I believe it 's worth making the effort to use non-sexist language , because no one notices , and using sexist language may just offend and put off one or two . |
| 10 | I 'll pass on this one and leave interested parties to contact John Watson , though I guess it 's worth adding that NME 's ‘ Dancing Master ’ cassette is now a collector 's item mainly because it contains a live U2 cut , ‘ An Cut Dubh ’ , recorded in March , 1981 and unavailable on an authorised recording . |
| 11 | We feel it 's worth staying here just to order breakfast by the pool ! |
| 12 | and anything that needs to be photocopied you 've got er a teacher resource it 's about feeling nervous , you know , what can you do ? |
| 13 | By that I do n't mean he could n't have been responsible for their deaths , I just mean that I do n't think he 's on speaking terms with his conscience . |
| 14 | Do you think it 's worth writing to Has anybody else any thoughts about ? |
| 15 | However , I do n't think it 's worth taking a chance … do you ? ’ |
| 16 | that it comes in the context of massive university cuts , but I do n't think it 's worth pursuing that very much further . |
| 17 | ‘ But do you think it 's worth trying ? ’ |
| 18 | Do you think it 's worth doing ? |
| 19 | I said , so I 've seen the job and I says er and I do n't think it 's worth doing for ninety quid . |
| 20 | Do you think it 's worth enquiring about even though it 's not very far . |
| 21 | Gents I , I do n't think it 's worth spending that much time on that . |
| 22 | I think it 's for taking stuff to the factory and that . |
| 23 | I think it 's worth looking at . |
| 24 | Er on the envi environmental aspect , I think it 's worth emphasizing because clearly this is the major concern of both Scotton and er the Residents ' Association and er that the County Council has and perhaps to some extent I think it 's certainly the public consultations or the exercises I 've been involved in at this stage in a major scheme has done far more work in trying to assess those effects than is normally the case at this stage in a ma major highway scheme . |
| 25 | No , but I think it 's worth knowing |
| 26 | But I I mean we I do n't know whether you think it 's worth contacting or not . |
| 27 | Peskibe continues to thrive , operational profits there are now well over a million a week and I think it 's worth remembering that one subscriber may have three subscriptions say to two movie channels and one sports channels and if you count these individually , it means that we now have four point nine million subscriptions achieved during the second worst recession , recession this century . |
| 28 | I erm , I think it 's worth correcting some of the financial mistakes again , that Mr , and then perhaps give him some more facts on that . |
| 29 | We might look at it and think it 's worth doing it 's interesting . |
| 30 | I think it 's worth identifying cos it might sort of alleviate this sort of problem |