Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no point at all in starting to do something you hate or which you find boring because you will never stick to it . |
| 2 | ‘ Sit where you are , Bill , ’ said the blind man . |
| 3 | What we perceive or what another species perceives ? |
| 4 | I mean where we could dummy into the war here so the war starts in thirty nine so unless you 've got good reason to believe that consumption was n't affected until nineteen forty , we use a dummy for the whole war period once you 've edited , once you 've edited the variable you press the end key that saves the edit . |
| 5 | things , I mean where we went |
| 6 | Erm w I mean where they do n't work when somebody offers code and they do n't work , there 's not a lot you can do other than sort of make some informed guesses as to what might be going wrong . |
| 7 | Well my mother was one of the pillars of the Palfrey church and er she er oh I went , my father never used to go , but she used to go and of course I , I used to be an altar server down there when I got a bit older I did for a week or two to the erm do you know anything about an Anglo-Catholic Church I mean where they swing the incense and there is this little boy with the boat ? |
| 8 | I 've only ever seen part of it I mean where they get it rigged up and the hit man keeps coming back and he , he keeps seeing him and he 's , he 's walking round the place and |
| 9 | I mean where you buy the , the thing from you 'd think the seldom , the spares as you want them about every four months |
| 10 | You know , and I mean where he used to go to school they did n't teach them them till they were ten ! |
| 11 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 12 | Today , the USS Arizona and USS Utah still lay where they were sunk , as a lasting memorial to the servicemen who died on December 7 , 1941 . |
| 13 | Oppression lay on me like a dead beast , not gaunt and stiff-legged like the animals which lay where they had dropped along the desert road , but soft and smothering like something from which the breath had only just gone . |
| 14 | Dusty relics lay where they were left when the mill shut down . |
| 15 | She swore , but lay where she had fallen . |
| 16 | And I lay where I fell , fighting to hold back the tears which threatened to engulf me . |
| 17 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 18 | It 's not capable of being frozen again you mean or what ? |
| 19 | Civil legal aid is available for all proceedings under the Children Act 1989 but not to local authorities , the NSPCC , guardians ad litem or anyone acting in a representative , fiduciary or official capacity . |
| 20 | Snigger Or your |
| 21 | I 'm gon na get her a dolly which you push his left arm and his , he cries and he 's teeth grow or something . |
| 22 | Stuart never makes me feel his pride is riding on whether we do what I suggest or what he suggests . |
| 23 | ‘ You must appreciate Stephen is jealous and kicks up a fuss every time I even suggest seeing you , but I do n't intend to let that stop me in future . |
| 24 | Just to feel good , forget or whatever ! |
| 25 | If Mr Lightbown is set on young and weak Tory miscreants , they either crumble or he persists until they do . |
| 26 | There are many alternative types of holiday on offer and even within the package sector the provision of a financial bond by firms and other guarantees give particular holiday-makers a relatively firm assurance that they will get the holiday they want or one very nearly like it . |
| 27 | They can do if they want or they can progress onto other rooms to get time back that way , but anyway , ca n't you ? we have er a target to meet on the programme of X percentage time and they will meet that far Wednesday afternoon so we have n't continued and shown |
| 28 | By consequentialist he means that the moral value or justification of any action is to be found in its consequences , and by eudaemonistic he means that actions are justified when , as a consequence of those actions , people get what they want or what they prefer . |
| 29 | He would then acknowledge that there was no law , and he would have no further concern for consistency with the past ; he would proceed to make new law by asking what law the present legislature would make or what the people want or what would be in the community 's best interests for the future . |
| 30 | Well another two years car then I 'm free to have what I actually want or what I would like . |