Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thoo should 'ave waited for me afore fastening 'im . |
| 2 | because they could n't find where to do it and they were |
| 3 | Anyway a plant , we think , for bigger gardens but if you can get away with growing it in a small space where cutting it back by all means do because it is quite a pretty thing . |
| 4 | Th th there 's a place a coffee , tea room place called Betty 's in York , there where took me in where you have the head waiter take you to your table , for coffee , you know wonderful ! |
| 5 | They do n't come for the fifty P's now do they ? |
| 6 | and he go and mum goes where have you been ? |
| 7 | I think it would be best now to tell you what happened this afternoon . |
| 8 | Others have a bawdy touch , although AME ME , AMO TE may refer to the beaker and its contents as in the ditty ‘ Little Brown Jug ’ . |
| 9 | But more than fear I felt disgust ; almost all of the dogs were painfully thin and many were diseased . |
| 10 | PLAN will be supporting the government 's policy to integrate these children into existing family units rather than absorb them into separate institutions . ’ |
| 11 | Thus the Lucas workers proposed a range of " telecheric devices " which would react to human intelligence rather than absorb it . |
| 12 | With a fight the frames were changed to white and yellow which reflects the heat rather than absorb it . |
| 13 | Superpower involvement has raised the stakes rather than lowered them . |
| 14 | An officer on foot will often spend a whole shift without doing any police work , and without talking to anyone except to greet them and provide simple information … |
| 15 | Paul 's opponents found it easier to agree in synod on his unworthiness for office than to eject him from the episcopal residence . |
| 16 | 1984 ) often speak of allowing children to ‘ predict their way through the text ’ with their minds focused on meaning , rather than encouraging them to attend to features of print . |
| 17 | Routinely , you are most likely to need to lift the dog up into your car , however , rather than encouraging it to jump up and possibly injure itself as a result . |
| 18 | Legislation was not brought in until 1923 , however , largely because any attempt at reform was regarded as an attack on the sanctity of marriage , despite the Royal Commission 's argument ( repeated by all later proponents of divorce law reform ) that relaxation would in fact strengthen rather than weaken it . |
| 19 | However , it represents a number of practical operating difficulties , mainly because the process converts material rather than destroys it . |
| 20 | It is better to learn a small section thoroughly than to surface-read it and then have to go back to do the whole thing again . |
| 21 | Bitrex is the bitterest non-toxic substance known , and even a tiny drop will encourage children to spit it out rather than swallow it . |
| 22 | The disorder that had seemed to him for decades to determine the course of events regrouped itself like a pile of iron filings suddenly organized by a magnet , and he had a flash of optimism when it appeared quite possible that men in the days to come might wish to find out more than concerned them at the moment . |
| 23 | You should steam a pudding rather than microwaving it , as steaming produces a better flavour . |
| 24 | Rather than helping them " get away from it all " , for many young people the misuse of drugs can add to their problems . |
| 25 | Basically they are titbits and are designed to excite the appetite rather than assuage it . |
| 26 | All these issues can , however , be satisfactorily resolved with tact and consultation , and overall , it is usually better to be patient and to move slowly , gradually involving reluctant or sceptical professionals and attempting to meet their anxieties , than to go it alone . |
| 27 | Does he feel that he might try to persuade Mr. Collins at their next meeting to devote a little more time to the containment of that particular problem rather than wasting it on demands that a policeman accompany every Army patrol in Northern Ireland , presumably to ensure that the Special Air Services remember to say ’ please ’ and ’ thank you ’ to any civilian they may encounter ? |
| 28 | ‘ Now our inner cities must be in the vanguard of the new alternative that Labour is building philosophies of empowering people , of realising potential rather than wasting it and of celebrating each life . |
| 29 | ‘ Now our inner cities must be in the vanguard of the new alternative that Labour is building philosophies of empowering people , of realising potential rather than wasting it and of celebrating each life . |
| 30 | That 's the title of this lecture : ‘ The History of the Product ’ , and like all good modern lectures — intended simply to garnish knowledge rather than impart it — this one uses visual aids . ’ |