Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb -s] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | He gives a running commentary on what is happening at the moment in the game but also gives a players history where he thinks it will help the reader to understand to a fuller extent what is happening in the play . |
2 | He 's run out of plaster and he 's got an urgent call somewhere where he thinks he 'll need it . |
3 | While it may not succeed where it thinks it can , if it thinks it ca n't the probability is that it wo n't . |
4 | Course I wisnae thinkin so I says Ah 'll have a wee cognac and Isabel 'll huv a Campari soda ! |
5 | After all she has been compared to Monroe , a parallel she does n't argue with although she insists she wo n't get into the same mess as the icon who screwed up her life with an overdose of men , booze and drugs . |
6 | " She does n't say so , but at times I think she expects me to although she knows I ca n't . |
7 | Twenty-six-year-old Yasmin says it took about a year and a great deal of hard work to get her figure back into shape , so she knows she 'll have a hard task in front of her after the birth of her second baby . |
8 | I 'm an ex-carer , and I looked after my aunt for three and a half years , and could I say that it 's not all negative although it times you could scream ! |
9 | He would also like to see plea bargaining introduced , although he says he would not have accepted a reduced criminal plea . |
10 | His aim is to make ACT number one supplier for the international finance sector , and although he admits he could n't have said such a thing three years ago without being laughed at , he now feels confident that it is a realisable goal . |
11 | With a record collection that numbers 22,500 albums alone ( although he admits he could quite easily do without nine tenths of them ) the sheer volume of items which arrive at Radio One addressed to John Peel every day is quite daunting . |
12 | With a record collection that numbers 22,500 albums alone ( although he admits he could quite easily do without nine tenths of them ) the sheer volume of items which arrive at Radio One addressed to John Peel every day is quite daunting . |
13 | Force O'Neill to CONCEDE MORE THAN HE WANTS TO OR THAN HE THINKS HE CAN DARE GIVE without risking overthrow by the more reactionary elements among the Unionists . |
14 | They will follow the G and I ca n't , so it means I shall drop out of politics altogether . |
15 | I play Elmo and he 's only two and a half so it means I can play like that . |
16 | ‘ Tell th'what — if I wins I 'll treat thee . |
17 | As she watched her daughter run before her down the stairs , she thought , As long as he lives or until she escapes she 'll never be free to do what she likes . |
18 | Cos she says you would n't lend me none when I lived at Arthur 's , I says no because every time I lent one at our Arthur 's he swore black and blue it were his . |
19 | All three of us are grinning like it 's an idiot 's birthday party , but she keeps an eye on me like she thinks I may have a relapse any minute . |
20 | What if she decides she would like to go to the cottage ? ’ |
21 | My mum 's the sort of person who 'll just argue with anything , if she thinks she 'll argue with anybody , or anything if she thinks that she 's being swindled , so like , she even went to the extent of having , they , we had an extension built , right , and she , we had it , only fair 's fair , this one particular suite , we had erm , and they , they had this absolutely massive bathroom built , okay not specifically to have a nicer bathroom , but to have a very big room and erm , so they had two sinks , this sounds real extravagant , erm , |
22 | A good hairdresser will tell you a ) if she thinks it will suit you or not and b ) if it will actually work on your hair type . |
23 | Ask your child if she thinks it will float or sink . |
24 | If she sues I 'll be ruined . |
25 | ‘ If she phones you will you ask her to contact Myra at the showroom , please ? ’ |
26 | If she smiles it will be at your hairline . |
27 | If she does she will need them to love her and to understand . |
28 | Well if she does she can have the children taken off her ! |
29 | If she says they ca n't , the bill which puts into effect the budget , could be wrecked . |
30 | If she succeeds she 'll be the first British woman to climb Everest . |