Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [pron] [am/are] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ People have been approached and we are just waiting to hear now when the contracts are signed and sealed , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 2 | The symptoms are generally worse the further you fly and they are more marked after eastward flights than those to the west . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not milling about , I 'm not lurking and I 'm not amassing , ’ Otley said vehemently as Nigel pleaded with him yet again . |
| 4 | James Bond fantasies , you know , when things just appear and you 're just sophisticated and your hair 's in a flip and you look great and you get on your private jet . |
| 5 | Well camouflaged stick insects , whose concealment has for once failed to work and who are about to be snapped at by a hungry predator , will suddenly flick open their brightly coloured wings in a dramatically unexpected display that may shock the enemy into retreat . |
| 6 | It 's evil and forbidden and I 'm not even thinking about it ! |
| 7 | Pick the details you want included and they 're automatically inserted in your document , along with the mailmerge codes . |
| 8 | His wife Eleanor snapped in the summer of 1991 over his affair with widow Georgina Gillan but all bitterness is now forgotten and they are together again . |
| 9 | it 's a tangent it 's just another thing to be aware of er that certain put their exam but it 's along the same thing cos I know what 's happening and they 're not writing G C S E but they 're writing exam entries so many pupils x number of subjects so many passes okay ? |
| 10 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 11 | All these conversations he has and I 'm not there . |
| 12 | I 've just had me house decorated and I 'm seriously thinking of becoming a serial killer of bleeding workmen , I think they 're a bleeding disgrace . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've never been interested in driving and I 'm not going to start now , ’ said Liz , who works at Courtaulds Electrical Insulation at Runcorn in the UK . |
| 14 | Cos that 's when , when , when we get to that nearer the date , we could , we could just , you know , when you 're confirmed that you 've been booked and you 're definitely going , erm we could look at the finances and see how much we could afford to , to give , erm , something to each person to help with , eit either with the accommodation or , or the transport . |
| 15 | Through a complex set of such exchanges the economic activities of people who are widely dispersed and who are entirely unaware of each other 's existence can be coordinated . |
| 16 | But they have to be claimed and they 're not paid automatically . |
| 17 | One of the great things about watching a good comedy show or film is that people around you start laughing and you are much more likely to join in . |
| 18 | I figured out that if this is what David wants and I 'm not going to give it to him . |
| 19 | My feet slip but I 'm here , ready to jump . |
| 20 | Team sizes can be varied but they are always made up of an odd number of competitors . |
| 21 | Oh I shall never regret Er I do n't know but I 'm just perhaps one on me own , but er it could n't have been better for because I was a freelance and er I wanted to learn and wanted to get on and they allowed me , they allowed me to do what I wanted . |
| 22 | No I 'll tell you why it 's not the fact that they they fit but they 're too narrow if |
| 23 | If , if you look in your books page one seven seven , you 'll see a beautifully illustrated instruction on how to do it , which you can refer to yourself this evening or later on in the course if you forget but I 'm now gon na show you how to do one as well , you , if you want to know it 's there for you to look up you take the bandage and fold it into your narrow fold band and put it round your leg , you 've got something to tie a reef knot round , okay ? if you know how to do a reef knot already fine , just do it , if you do n't , follow instructions . |
| 24 | It is that the directors ' accountability should be to those who do not direct but who are nevertheless committed to the company . |
| 25 | Nice to know but they 're very important flick over a page Technology Host pack or Host training . |
| 26 | So you can just get out right now and catch a bus or walk or whatever you want but I 'm not having you doing that in the back of my cab ! |
| 27 | Scuffles are reported but they 're not given the chance to develop into any serious disturbance . |
| 28 | White families who have adopted or who are currently fostering black children should be given training . |
| 29 | Decisions will be made in Brussels on social matters whatever happens and I am not convinced that those decisions would be affected by any new form of regional government . |
| 30 | ‘ We are premium priced and we are not out to undercut others , but we believe we offer better value for money . |