Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [vb mod] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought , I know what my idea of heaven would be , if by heaven we mean a place of bliss in which to pass eternity : a sanctuary where one might chain-smoke without impairment of breathing , destruction of the lungs or damage to the heart , light each fresh cigarette from the glowing butt of its predecessor , and drink ice-free but hundred-proof chilled vodka laced with two drops of angostura and a gill of newly opened Perrier endlessly , with increasing euphoria until a peak of joy and ease was reached but without any sub-sequent nausea or pain or dehydration or oblivion … |
| 2 | A woman she passed was telling her husband to put on his shirt or he would bum . |
| 3 | Getting back to the briefing if you would Sergeant . |
| 4 | If , as Lord Bruce of Donington points out ( letter , April 2 ) , the new Parliament will be presented with a Bill before most members have themselves been able to read the text of the treaty , this is presumably in the hope that they will railroad it through before the British presidency commences in June . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't set out to find you — it 's sheer coincidence that I should chance to walk along the same street and into the same pub . |
| 6 | It 's a frustrating affair though — do n't think for a second that you can breeze through this game ; think yourself lucky if you get past the first few levels ! |
| 7 | Our radical objector maintains about what we take to have been the causal circumstance that it might riot have been followed by the smell , and moreover that this would not have resulted from the absence of some further condition . |
| 8 | Er , one question if I may Chair ? |
| 9 | We do have this process where we can edge-glue the broken pieces so when a piece is broken and a previous glazier put in a piece of lead we can edge bond instead |
| 10 | Their front row trio , Johann Styger , Willie Hills and Keith Andrews , admitted that they had prepared on the basis that they would scrum down against the most successful England unit in history . |
| 11 | This week 's case in point is the fumble-fisted fiasco over Norman Lamont 's Budget announcement that he would phase in VAT on domestic fuels . |
| 12 | The stresses set up by the effects of heat and cold on the glass could have weakened it to the point that it may fracture under pressure in the aquarium . |
| 13 | Now in , in the early stages you certainly want to encourage as many people from this base to join , when the development , the movement gathers pace it 's possible to say right we possibly w there 's some , sort of the wealthy peasants we do n't really want , they 're the ones who prospered under the old scheme of things , they were the ones who had some power and influence and er by even drawing them into the association there is a danger that they may sort of assume the lead or take an active role which would be detrimental , which would negate the movement and try and make it er less revolutionary and more lawful , they would go back to sort of reform of the old system rather than the overthrowal |
| 14 | They 're called a pacifier and you can sort of like use them to strike and to defend yourself with them yeah ? |
| 15 | From which we make a deduction and I 'll come back to that deduction in a moment if I may sir . |
| 16 | You will learn most from the diet if you can time it so that there are not too many parties , outings or other disruptive events , especially during the retesting period . |
| 17 | I have seen for myself the value of ACET 's work in the community and I would whole heartedly recommend other churches get behind the work in any way they can . ’ |
| 18 | Supposedly , when I , when I told Nicola the other day that you reckon that I do n't do enough work , she says cor blimey she was shocked she was , shocked oh do it , do it as near to the microphone as you can mum |
| 19 | By one o'clock he 'd be staggered by the reels of shiny new bureaucratic red tape and return to the hotel fort where we would lunch by the pool , talk , plan , watch , and he would slowly recuperate . |
| 20 | They had too many people out ; there was a good chance that they would trip over each other . |
| 21 | No one was within earshot , they were miles from anywhere , it seemed , and even if she jumped in the river and swam for it the chance that she would outmanoeuvre him in the water was slim . |
| 22 | ‘ Another inch and it would hiv had my balls . ’ |
| 23 | Then he 'd have to go off and do something else for a while before he could stomach being with him again . |
| 24 | Mm but it 's good in a way that he 's got his money because he can sort of , sort of finance ours |
| 25 | And you get the feeling that they 'll sort of go back to school and college or wherever |
| 26 | said all I 'm worried about is did I wash my hair too early for you so she said it 's alright I 've got a spray that I can sort of cos she likes it quite wet when she |
| 27 | she probably would n't become a manager , because usually you think you can change and develop but I think she 'll be then be able to become a manager and she 'll sort of learn , but she 'd have to actually change her personality for it . |
| 28 | He 's not like a father as you 'd sort of think of a father . |
| 29 | I took a mug of coffee up to the pathologist so I could earwig what was going down . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , when a stag mates with a hind , he first scrapes a hole in the ground Then he gets her head and shoulders down the hole , leaving her rear end sticking up in the air so he can sort of get at her easier like . ’ |