Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yeah , you 'd , some people would go for some very awkward colours , er green , which is a terrible colour , blue which is another awkward colour , I mean I even get people today asking for blue lamps for their bedrooms , erm I 'm sure they ca n't read in bed at that rate er , erm , it 's an awful colour to use erm and er I suppose |
| 2 | Lee I would , I mean I always buy Lee large or extra large . |
| 3 | I say I usually use celery but I say that grows wild in the school , so we use that |
| 4 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ D' you normally follow people for no reason ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But look , what about this murder , d' you really think Blackbeard did it ? ’ |
| 7 | D' you ever watch Benny Hill , Mr Feather ? " |
| 8 | The controls apply only to new oil-burners and the environmental pressure group say they simply bring Europe into line with standards set in the US 13 years ago . |
| 9 | They say they simply want clubs to be subject to the same planning restrictions they face . |
| 10 | Those who gave evidence say the sentence is insufficient , they say it just gives licence to youngsters to break the law . |
| 11 | Those who gave evidence say the sentence is insufficient , they say it just gives licence to youngsters to break the law . |
| 12 | Researchers at Birmingham University say it sometimes takes years for an allergy to surface and it can be triggered by stress or overwork . |
| 13 | to have a gingerbread man if you want it otherwise let daddy Oh what 's this Bedknobs and Broomsticks ? |
| 14 | That is the scheme er as as I see it and unless , unless I I thi , unless that is progressed quickly then as I say I am extremely pessimistic and let me just say Chairman the dangers of not going along that line the dangers of the present scheme which was at the last planning committee meeting or or or was it one of the social services committee anyway , where four were chosen or or it was said choose a small number . |
| 15 | Let me just ask Gill see if she knows about it . |
| 16 | Oh let me bloody see Cassie . |
| 17 | Let me now separate Luz from Saint-Sauveur . |
| 18 | I hope I only said parrot . |
| 19 | I hope you already have newsletter 1 and still want to be in the CCC . |
| 20 | I hope you still support firemen through their troubled times in the next few months . |
| 21 | Let him also take action against the Economic League , which prevents that right from being exercised by many people . |
| 22 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 23 | Let us now set Monday in its place . |
| 24 | Let us now introduce sustainability . |
| 25 | You mean you never put sand in his pockets ? |
| 26 | ‘ You mean you never loved Mum ? ’ |
| 27 | Never put flavoured drinks in a bottle and give them only to quench thirst . |
| 28 | ‘ Swimming and surfing give you long loose muscles . |
| 29 | I mean we certainly have views on this er and er you have er encouraged us to express them . |
| 30 | Engineers have invariably passed through Western universities and polytechnics , which train them more to run projects for the Thames Water Authority than for undertakings in the Third World . |