Example sentences of "[vb base] [indef pn] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well what do you know the guy that sings What Becomes of a Broken Heart I mean nobody can find him . |
| 2 | What you mean somebody would take it |
| 3 | Deane seems to have to problem of going to collect the ball on the wings and as a result he 's never in the centre when the ball comes across — I hope someone will tell him that centre forwards are supposed to hang around near the goal . |
| 4 | If a virus had begun to affect people who put crosses against Conservative candidates in general elections , I would presumably be arguing that this proved how immoral it was to vote Tory , but I hope nobody would believe me . |
| 5 | I mean one would hope you got some wherever you went you know , |
| 6 | I fucking know nothing 'll bring her back ! |
| 7 | If it is n't in Mexico I believe someone will cure her . |
| 8 | I suppose one would call him a hypochondriac , because Dorothy had once told me that her earliest memory was of her father standing in front of the looking-glass saying , ‘ I am a dying man ’ ; her mother 's face had that bearing-up look one sees on the faces of those suffering with their feet . |
| 9 | It was no longer just go out and do a gig with your equipment — there were lighting men , dancers , singers , — there was so much that I think no-one could handle it and he was wanting more and more to make the show very good . |
| 10 | Erm in Wales and Scotland also slightly better than people expected erm a rise was , was expected but not as strong as we , as we 've actually seen erm the Welsh and Scottish er economies , certainly there 's cle clear evidence in Scotland but I think one can read it for Wales as well , showing that the manufacturing economy er very much being buoyed up by the electronic sector erm and that probably er helping to explain why growth has been so strong in those parts of the country . |
| 11 | I think anybody could hear me . |
| 12 | ‘ You think anyone will recognize me now on my way back to my car ? ’ |
| 13 | Phil soon became one of Laura 's closest associates but even he recognized that ‘ she was n't an easy person to work with , I think anyone will tell you that . |
| 14 | There are even special joys for women : the pride in learning a guaranteed way to keep the boots dry which , if performed behind waist-high bush , means ‘ you can casually and with dignity intact carry on a conversation with the rest of the camp ’ ; no more of the old ‘ search for a place to hide ( God forbid anyone should know we have to pee in the first place ) . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I wish someone would ruin me with that sort of money . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wish someone would tell me just what 's going on . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I wish someone would lend me a farm hand , ’ said Dancer 's Interior Designer sulkily . |
| 18 | Do you look through the pages of Ideal Home , admire the houses and the handicrafts and say ‘ I wish someone would teach me how to do that ’ ? |