Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the group saw its gross margin rise from 49 p.c. to almost 52 p.c. and says it has seen a ‘ healthy improvement ’ in new year trading . |
| 2 | And it has a full PCL 3 interpreter that enables it to emulate Epson FX850 or IBM PP4207 printers . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's getting back in one piece that worries me . |
| 4 | Aerospace is one industry that uses it . |
| 5 | They are subject to a work permit system which ties them to one job and makes them dependent on their employers ' goodwill to continue their stay in Britain . |
| 6 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 7 | Then she telephones one day and says she wants her stuff delivered bloody quick . |
| 8 | He wakes up one morning and realises he 's been an idiot . |
| 9 | ‘ There is one casualty that puzzles us , sir . ’ |
| 10 | He said ‘ The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that for every step I take and every pound donated we are one step nearer to finding a cure . ’ |
| 11 | If there 's one thing that disgusts me it 's cold porridge . |
| 12 | Congress , if as a trade union , and if as a labour movement , you stop going forward in campaigning , there 's only one thing that happens you start to go backwards , because this government will always try and take from working class people , all the time . |
| 13 | ‘ There 's only one thing that puzzles me about all this . ’ |
| 14 | It 's the one thing that puts me off breeding — I love children , but I ca n't stand babies . ’ |
| 15 | One thing that infuriates me , though , is juice cups . |
| 16 | With Genesis , one thing that makes it a lot of fun is that it 's a smaller group . |
| 17 | But there is just one thing that worries me : tucked away in the bottom left-hand corner on the back cover of the jewel case is the innocent phrase ‘ Works revised by Roberto Duarte ’ ; it is explained nowhere else . |
| 18 | ‘ The one thing that worries me is that I do n't think he cares . |
| 19 | One thing that interests me erm is you know , a lot of the shops have n't survived . |
| 20 | That 's the one thing that stops them using it . |
| 21 | The Bill gives protection with one hand and takes it away with the other . |
| 22 | ‘ If Esau comes to the one company and destroys it , then the company which is left will escape . ’ |
| 23 | But there is one feature that sets it apart . |
| 24 | One fact that contradicts it immediately is that women are often in the vanguard of linguistic change towards the standard variety . |
| 25 | That 's one house that adjoins them and then a little further on it 's a lane . |
| 26 | Well , there are next door neighbours , who I think are very nice , but I do n't think that Jackie and Ned got a lot in common with them that 's , tha that 's one house that adjoins them and then a little further on , its a lane , its about as wide as this Brenda . |