Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the trap into which Italy has fallen and it is not an example to be copied . |
| 2 | It is the trap into which Italy has fallen and it is not an example to be copied . |
| 3 | Pick the details you want included and they 're automatically inserted in your document , along with the mailmerge codes . |
| 4 | Well , the tide has turned and we 're now viewing the fruits of the UK 's most productive period for some time . |
| 5 | Otherwise it tends to make the whole picture , like , I went to er er one club once and there was a very nice portrait , not unlike this , there was a girl sitting on a stool , rather less clothes on than this girl has got and it was very nicely done except she was sitting on a painted stool and all the paint was chipped and that to me looked really tacky ! |
| 6 | The child needs to know that it is not his fault that everyone is so upset and that someone has died and he is not being punished . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , Adam , ’ she said at last , ‘ I admit I felt a little peculiar for a while , but whatever it was has passed and I 'm absolutely fine now . |
| 8 | I personally believe that erm education has changed and I am now talking specifically of very small schools . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're right , it was n't , but something has changed and I 'm not at all sure it 's for the best . ’ |
| 10 | The situation has changed and it is now possible to determine , for example , how much oxygen is being used by a particular area of the brain while a subject does a task like reading or memorizing a word list ( Raichle 1983 ) . |
| 11 | Now , after two or three treatments , his coordination has improved and he is also doing much better at school . |
| 12 | Not wanting anyone to see her dress from behind — the hem had come undone and she was n't wearing stockings — she had hung back as they came through the doors of the Grill Room . |
| 13 | I wrote and thanked him on behalf of the Council for what he 'd done but it 's now a question of finding somebody who can match it . |
| 14 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 15 | No details were discussed : ‘ I was n't there more than a couple of minutes , but I did n't feel rushed and I am not quite sure how I was shown the door . |
| 16 | When I 'd finished and it was just the two of us left I put my arms around him and kissed his face . |
| 17 | July the first more members er in , in , in local authorities than er than we 've got in the whole of our union right and we 've got twenty five per cent of our membership in , in local authorities and we 're getting hammered and we 're also getting at the same time privatization , we 're seeing local authorities being broken up and we 're seeing a creation of large numbers of employers . |
| 18 | She was enjoying herself so much that she stayed on the floor longer than she should have done and it was only when she saw Mrs Freer making furious faces at her from the doorway that she turned and glided back . |
| 19 | rubbish should have gone and it was only the |
| 20 | Support for the Greens may have shrunk but it was still at the same level as the Liberal Democrats ’ , the third party in Parliament , so perhaps Ms Cooke was unduly downcast . |
| 21 | But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’ |
| 22 | Well , it was something that should n't have happened and it 's very regrettable , without a doubt , very regrettable . |
| 23 | I have been going out with my girlfriend for three years and she wants us to get married but I 'm not so sure ! |
| 24 | Some five years later his establishments had trebled and he was once again the wealthy socialite . |
| 25 | Her watch had stopped and she was n't sure exactly what time it was , but she was willing to bet Fen had made the most of his opportunities . |
| 26 | The flaw in this disposition was that the advancing Germans were not only more numerous than the Allies had supposed but they were also moving in a more extended arc than had been expected . |
| 27 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 28 | We are happy with our progress we 've made and it 's really up to him . ’ |
| 29 | Thomas 's eyes had closed and he was already asleep . |
| 30 | I 'd say , it 's the only one we 've got and we 're not getting any more . |