Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my neighbourhood I can hear a sampling of Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Urdu , Polish , Italian and West Indian English when I take my children across the street to the park . |
| 2 | They just cut themselves off , living behind huge walls and barbed wire , whereas to my mind they should feel a certain responsibility to the place . |
| 3 | And the he sent one of my lads we used to do a lot in the area for him , and obviously he ca n't afford to spend too much so h we sent one man in the little van to get this pool table from a working man 's club in New in er Nottingham . |
| 4 | ‘ We could share the driving and drive sedately through Germany , ’ she amended with a smirk of a glance to where Fabia was grinning , ‘ and once I 've done my interview we could make a holiday of it — stay longer , have a tour around . |
| 5 | At the far end of the street , where the beach curved into an arc — and where the water was far enough away from the slops of Main Street — there on my right I could see a grove of coconut palms behind the beach , almost bending over the sand like a canopy as they leaned against the trade winds . |
| 6 | Of my writing you will form a more correct idea when you see my specimen of Penmanship , which I hope will afford you much pleasure , for my endeavours have not been deficient to render it deserving of your esteem . |
| 7 | In my mirror I could see a woman in the car as well . |
| 8 | As I regained my composure I could see a wide grin on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 9 | I said I did n't want to buy anything , but if he or one of his colleagues was prepared to dig my garden I would negotiate a price . |
| 10 | When I return to my country I will start a discussion between the two parties . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When my patience runs out with all the mediation and when I exhaust my capabilities I will issue a statement to all Lebanese and apologise . |
| 12 | ‘ When my patience runs out with all the mediation and when I exhaust my capabilities I will issue a statement to all Lebanese and apologise . |
| 13 | ‘ Search me , squire , ’ I replied , ‘ But off the top of my bonce I 'll hazard a guess how many have masturbated ! ’ |
| 14 | anyway the girl said well I 'll ring first to see where you get your application form she , and the , Sue phoned and was on the other end and I said oh you should apparently you 've got have erm , er , application form and Mrs going to send you one , I said is that Mrs on the line she said is that Mrs speaking , she said yeah , I said will you tell it 's Mrs she said oh , well , tell Mrs she 's no need to apply I 've got all her details and she is being looked at , you know , we are looking into it anyway erm , as I say I had this letter just after Christmas to say that there was a job coming up at the Mencap at Wellingborough Road , Rushden , and I was being selected and erm would I go up for the informal interview on the Monday and the formal interview at the hospital the next morning , so I went up got the first person there and er she , she , it 's a new , it 's an old house but they 've done it all up and there all papers on the floor and then she said oh I think I 'll pick these up Ir Irene , I said oh call me Joy everybody does and she said alright , OK , I said oh I 'll help you so of course I said , I went straight down with her on the floor picking all these papers up and she , and when the next person come she said poor old Joy ai n't even got in the door and that 's it , she 's already working and she said I can see you 're like me Joy you 'll do a job when you see it 's got ta be done , I said I 've always been the same , I ca n't , I ca n't see a spoon or a bit of paper laying on the floor |
| 15 | Or he may be planning to sell , in which case he can risk a dinner party without being trapped into intimacy . |
| 16 | ‘ If this property boom suddenly collapses , or if the government decides to jack up the bank rate to curb consumer spending , then you might find your loans withdrawn , in which case you 'd have a serious cash-flow problem on your hands . ’ |
| 17 | A full and concise response ( together with an offer of compensation if appropriate ) will follow within the next 28 days unless we have been unable to investigate your claim fully within that time , in which case you will receive a detailed explanation for the delay and a full reply within 56 days from receipt of your initial correspondence . |
| 18 | From her meetings she will formulate a landscape plan . |
| 19 | They feel that as it 's their heritage they should have a say in the matter and a proper consideration and therefore there are thousands of signatures saying please can we have a public inquiry . |
| 20 | With their help we can make a big impact on the problem . ’ |
| 21 | Cookery writers , like parrot fish , come in many hues ; in their shoal you can discover a miscellany of dietitians , bacteriologists , vegans , conservationists , ethnicists , internationalists , pure foodists , even ruralists , but rarely do you find thespians . |
| 22 | My best friend 's a collector And in her room you 'll find A box that … |
| 23 | Now in its infancy we used to get a fifty percent grant , that was the price of the bus was halved at , Ministry would pay . |
| 24 | I only hope that when I am their age I will act a little better . |
| 25 | But then , a week later , she had a visit from a strange man enquiring for her father , and who , after being told of his demise , informed her he had been asked to sell the property for which he had felt able to assure her father he would get a good price , seeing that land around was scarce . |
| 26 | As community organizers know , change best occurs when people choose short-term winnable goals which build their belief they can make a difference and which can alter the balance of power , ( i.e. after this action , the youth group becomes a recognized force in the community ) . |
| 27 | Maureen Moore was nineteen , and when she had finished her qualifications she would become a music teacher . |
| 28 | Nonetheless , judges retain the power to distinguish cases and by their interpretation they can develop a substantial body of case law . |
| 29 | As we explore the ramifications of their anatomy we shall encounter a good deal of the stupidity , the greed and self-interest , the plain conservatism — just human resistance to change of any kind — as well as the pure evil of human nature , working itself out in bricks and stone and mortar . |
| 30 | Through its crack he could see a plush bedroom , dominated by a large four-poster bed . |