Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group assumes that everyone knows what the objectives are . |
| 2 | When Sir Oliver suggests asking eight or ten per cent on the loan , Mr Moses says if he asks him no more than that his impersonation will be discovered . |
| 3 | The creature is seen chasing two teenage boys — but all is saved when one tosses him a can of Pepsi . |
| 4 | It does n't follow that he knows what the matter is — ‘ honestly , though , I do n't know what 's wrong with me , ’ he adds . |
| 5 | Two , our institute has its own hall and as this is now about seventy years old and was not particularly well built in the first place , you will understand that it costs us a good deal in money and effort to literally keep the roof over our heads . |
| 6 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 7 | Tenderness is just something that women like because it gives them the upper hand . |
| 8 | Traditionally , every spring , a campaign is launched , but this year we must hold a special campaign to ensure that everybody knows what the way ahead will be . |
| 9 | Addicts do n't stop what they 're doing because someone gives them a talking to . |
| 10 | Think , for example , about Scottish dancing , which one comes to understand as one learns what the right steps are . |
| 11 | Inside the little shop , a doleful Asian youth wearing finger mittens , walled in behind racks of cheap digital watches , ballpoint pens , sweets , and music cassettes , shakes his head and shrugs when she asks him the name of the street . |
| 12 | Oh , her husband may chatter but I doubt if he gives her a blow by blow account of English activities in France . |
| 13 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 14 | While farmers themselves recognise that no-one owes them a living , there 's still an inherent desire to be on the receiving end of some support . |
| 15 | Aye they did although it takes me a bit of time to think about it but erm they did have a a er a black book , aye . |
| 16 | One of our most faithful customers has written to say that she sees us a ‘ a crusade gathering strength as time marches on ’ . |
| 17 | Well let's see what God himself has to say cos he gives us a definition of blessing . |
| 18 | You drool when someone tosses you a conspiracy theory . ’ |