Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In developing a celebrated liberal position , H. L. A. Hart argues that criminal laws can only be justified where they deter harm or offensive behaviour to others , or , in limited instances of ‘ legal paternalism ’ , where the laws discourage serious harm to oneself . |
| 2 | Vendors say organisations will usually buy immediately they have state credits to avoid losing out on the plunging value of the rouble . |
| 3 | He wears an old-fashioned brown tweed jacket , looks like it has biscuit crumbs sprinkled all over it . |
| 4 | I know you 've got some other amusing stories , I do n't know if we 've time just to tell one more . |
| 5 | We do not know if they had music or even if they had genuine art : cave-paintings and bone-carvings might be manifestations of the muse , but they could equally well have been executed solely for mystical purposes . |
| 6 | Do n't know if she invited Bet and you I do n't you , she did n't say . |
| 7 | I do n't know if you saw Brush Strokes ? |
| 8 | Er I do n't know if you 've experience of steel but when you feel the handles of a , a lathe first thing in a morning it 's like lifting pieces of ice and er the heating arrangement took about four hours before it built up you know , to a reasonable working degree . |
| 9 | I would need to check with the erm er computer manager you know which fields are takeable , you know how , I do n't know if you know computer re how computer records are stored but every piece of information like erm the admission figure , the title , the distributor will be a field and I presume if er any information like the time is in a separate field then you would be able to have a report by fields . |
| 10 | I do not know if you want news of the village or not . |
| 11 | I do n't know if you have family intervention in this country . |
| 12 | I do n't know if anyone saw Football focus on Grandstand but I could n't believe that two loonies had tipped Sheff Wed over Leeds to win the Championship . |
| 13 | We wanted them to know if they had information we could protect them if need be |
| 14 | One waitress even wanted to know if we have Christmas on December 25th in Europe . |
| 15 | She keeps wanting to know if I play golf . |
| 16 | Similarly , practices could appeal if they had evidence that the population characteristics had altered substantially since the last census . |
| 17 | The RSPCA also want to change the law which currently makes them wait until they see cruelty inflicted before they can prosecute . |
| 18 | Goat 's milk , which is sometimes used as an alternative to cow 's , is low in folic acid , an important vitamin necessary for proper blood formation , and his vitamin should be added if you use goat 's milk . |
| 19 | ‘ You will not object if I have dessert ? |
| 20 | In fact , up until the Seventies football kits looked like they meant business . |
| 21 | He had got himself a bar cloth and a bunch of paperclips and looked like he meant business . |
| 22 | In particular , the less prominent or important parts of words are modified : thus consonants , vowels , even whole syllables may be dropped if they lack prominence , and sounds may become more like other sounds in adjacent prominent syllables . |
| 23 | Are there erm , insurances in force covering the property , say if it caught fire , etcetera ? |
| 24 | ‘ Something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes , ’ the Prince told an interviewer in 1982 , in a remark which gives some clue to the task he set himself . |
| 25 | The current Prince of Wales has been quoted as saying that ‘ something as curious as the monarchy wo n't survive unless you take account of people 's attitudes … after all , if people do n't want it , they wo n't have it ’ ( quoted in Rose , 1985 : 75 ) . |
| 26 | This none-too-creditable story is probably included because it forms part of the family-tree of the ( later ) royal house , from which the Messiah himself was descended ( Matthew 1:3 ; Luke 3:33 ) . |
| 27 | The fact that her husband was having a homosexual relationship does not come as a surprise but it is more difficult for Blanche to accept because he needed help but she caused his death by saying that he ‘ disgusted ’ her . |
| 28 | I think there 's one advantage in letting the Paymaster know because he deducts tax at source , whereas your second employer may not , and it may be to your advantage to be paying tax |
| 29 | Stormily , she went on , ‘ I suppose I was meant to sit back and wait while you danced attendance on your number one girlfriend , was I ? |
| 30 | When , at last , they were compelled to call a referendum on whether to do so , a solid majority voted not to try officers for crimes committed while they held power . |