Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , since the English language , not unlike its speakers , and the climate in which it was reared , did not necessarily adhere to the principles of predictability , even had the thought of the good Earl occurred to me , I may st ill not have surmised that it gave proof positive one way or the other re the acceptable pronunciation of the Square 's Christian name . |
| 2 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 3 | There 's clearly a problem , any ward councillor who brings out t that sort of thing which is non non-trivial to this council er for the reasons he has it seems to me deserves er to be supported unless there 's a very strong case against it and I do n't worth considering and that 's what I shall vote.worth co you do n't . |
| 4 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 5 | I do nt know about their upload policy — you can ftp anonymously ( username anonymous , password — email address ) , there should be some info about it . |
| 6 | Leyhill prison on the Gloucestershire Avon border is as far from the popular conception of a jail as you can get.Modern buildings cluster around borders boasting blooms that many public parks would be hard pressed to match.Leyhill is an open prison … the last port of call for inmates nearing the end of their sentences.A hundred prisoners work on the nearly forty acres of lawns , borders and market gardens.Their skills won them a silver medal at Chelsea for this display of garden design.And at Leyhill , they 've created a spectacular show … with drifts of brightly coloured pelargoniums competing for attention with giant cannas … and a fine show of roses.New borders are being created all the time … giving the prisoners an opportunity to express themselves and learn techniques that could help them go straight when they 're released : |
| 7 | ‘ Everything I do is honest and is undercut with this idea that we can ll relate to what I 'm talking about . |
| 8 | can do it on Monday and we can People will have until Friday then to ask . |
| 9 | They should fruit in May . |
| 10 | Powerless to stop the violation , the peacekeepers then watched Croatian Serbs break into UN-guarded storage areas to remove their heavy weapons so they could retaliate. — Reuter |
| 11 | Truly my living words could vindicate me ; ask Helen , if they would not. , The necessary complement to the epistolary picture of his Oxford life is his own book Oxford , published three years after he came down . |
| 12 | condolences and they would people were always asked if they wanted to see the remains . |
| 13 | George was a quick thinker so always did the introducing and all of the talking , but George did not talk about himself — he told of how Lennie was as strong as a bull and how he could buck barley all day . |
| 14 | Yet some of the people concerned would be people I was at school with ; and in any case it would cal 1 upon questions and allegiances that I had continuously pushed into the rear recesses of my mind . |
| 15 | I wish it would buck up and be Monday . |
| 16 | Any moment it would buck , toss her , white broken heap , on to the gleaming floor . |
| 17 | It would be.the most powerful force on earth . |
| 18 | It is , nevertheless a gem of an engine which , despite its muscle , works quietly at all speeds and , until the electronic cut-off kills the ignition system abruptly at 6,250 rpm , feels as though it will rev to astronomical figures . |
| 19 | In Nicholson 's case , the description came with the ever-present prefix that on the occasions he has tried acid , it was used properly to avoid bad trips ; thus , he had ‘ come to terms with things that you perceive would be otherwise impossible — things that help you understand yourself … plus , if used properly , it can means quite a lot of kicks . ’ |
| 20 | So it can people in . |