Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [conj] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young , chirpy faces to greet me when I finally made it to Raynes Park . |
| 2 | People that I have known through the years in the music business always knew where to find me and I never moved address . |
| 3 | ‘ I am sorry to inform you that we no longer carry a stock of the spare parts you require . |
| 4 | He did not loiter to catch her although his apparently wayward path could seem designed to cross hers every now and then . |
| 5 | Try to catch him or her out in good as well as bad behaviour . |
| 6 | She had visited us many times over a nu number of years and said it was our turn to visit her and we just laughed . |
| 7 | The staff admit that a sudden rise in entrances to the zoo was likely to be largely due to an interest by the public who wanted to visit it before it finally closed and they agree that problems remain for the future . |
| 8 | The trust for sale terms drawn up gave the trustees the right to manage the land and an obligation to sell it if it no longer produced a satisfactory income , with the proceeds of the sale going to the beneficiary , the consent of the beneficiary being necessary before the sale could take place . |
| 9 | Comfort means different things to different people , but when food and comfort are mentioned in the same breath , chances are that the tastes and textures of childhood will come back to visit us whether we consciously realise it or not . |
| 10 | Erm , I know there are a lot of genuine boxers that are members of the G M B and I want to thank you because we just want to know that . |
| 11 | You 've done more to help me than I ever deserved . |
| 12 | It is important to appreciate why unforeseen events like these have such long-lasting effects , and to avoid them if you possibly can . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ You 'd already said his calls were being made from callboxes , a tap would have been unlikely to trace him unless he repeatedly used the same box and he 's too bright for that . |
| 14 | He was able to persuade his judge to free him and he quickly disappeared . |
| 15 | He was still trying to identify it when he suddenly felt himself scooped from the ground and hoisted into the air in a wide arc . |
| 16 | So how far away did you have to put them before you no longer saw the interference ? |
| 17 | Ideally , all that needs to be said can be said in an hour , and if you think the journalist is genuinely interested in your work , try to give him or her as much time as required — it is appreciated . |
| 18 | well suited or well fitted with the , with the stuff that , you know , you 've , you 've got erm I mean that 's probably the best way to do it and I also find actually trying to write things sh myself shows up the holes in arguments , shows up the bits that you need yet to fill in sort of thing |
| 19 | I remember the teacher showing me in school , as well , how to do it and I just , I ca n't remember |
| 20 | I bent down to do it and he always pokes me in the eye with it . |
| 21 | As I da da , as Dave says as an overall percentage or to do it as we always do as a , as a termly figure . |
| 22 | Because the more you actually write the music notes Carl the better you will be able to do it when you eventually come to have to write them in exam . |
| 23 | Well he to do it because he very nearly |
| 24 | I do n't want to do housework for the rest of my days — working in other people 's houses — but I have to do it until something better comes along . ’ |
| 25 | He told them to leave her be , she was in a better state to understand him than anyone else there . |
| 26 | It seems to soothe him if I gently scratch his body for him . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Quarter which is very distinctive when you get to recognize it because it just looks different actually moves much less . |
| 29 | I have already mentioned my contempt for those who do n't say hello on hills , so as this soul was alone I prepared to greet him or her heartily . |
| 30 | and he 's always saying , he 's going to see her and he never does . |