Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't mind if they were prepared to say they were wrong when I prove them wrong but they never do . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Where I 've been for the past 200 years or so , we count ourselves lucky if we still have one . ’ |
| 3 | White blurs passed around us and coloured pills stuck in my throat but , from time to time , I saw a man in a room on my own and he always asked me how I was feeling . |
| 4 | I have no children of my own and I really thought I could be a mother to Debbie … |
| 5 | Great Casterton taught me much but it also encouraged me towards directing my own training school . |
| 6 | Life is tough at times , and it 's when it 's at its toughest that we probably need and deserve some rewards . |
| 7 | Kelly no longer thought of him as a steward , a central player in the racing game , but as someone who seemed to understand her better than anyone ever had , apart from her father . |
| 8 | It would be even nicer to think he was trying to make her jealous because he still cared for her and not for pure spite , and it would be nice if she sobered up and faced life 's harsh realities ! |
| 9 | He set off at a fast lope , leaving her amazed that he still had enough energy to move so quickly , but also puzzled . |
| 10 | Simon always accepts his women have a mind and fate of their own and they usually end up dancing away just beyond his grasp . |
| 11 | I 'm a carer through choice , er , I took both my parents to live with me erm , when they no longer could cope on their own and it totally changes your life ! |
| 12 | It made her worried and she actually called at the house on the day Pamela died . |
| 13 | But like , I mean I do n't mind the blood or whatever , and if they were doing little things , I could handle it , but like , like on that op , operation that woman was having the other day and they cut her open and they just pulled |
| 14 | But like I mean , I do n't mind the blood or whatever , and if they were doing little things I could handle it but like , like on that op op , operation that woman was having the other day and they cut her open and they just pulled . |
| 15 | What is more , the mouth of the pouch faces backwards so that when the female digs with her forelegs , the earth flies safely past her young as they steadily imbibe their milk within her pouch . |
| 16 | Nothing intrinsic and you bloody know it . |
| 17 | Charlotte was drinking sherry , do n't suppose , should n't tell you that but she only had one little drop and I was |
| 18 | Just possible that you standard because he obviously seemed to think that I was that I had some great possible qualities but |
| 19 | You say the lawmakers receive no pay , but are you sure that they never accept bribes ? ’ |
| 20 | You see er what I 'm worried about is that erm basically I wanted to see you first before I even answered it before I phoned them up and say yeah okay or wha what have you . |
| 21 | Right now we have , well we 've already heard from Sandra who 's says she 's er , er , a romantic writer and there are some other writer 's here Jean erm Margaret , Elizabeth are you , you are you pedalling illusions which are er completely deluding people like Sadie when she was young are you worried that your actually affecting young particularly female minds in a dangerous way ? |
| 22 | Yes it as I say it 's nothing grand but I just enjoyed this man 's conversation , he was so good . |
| 23 | I think there was only one because they only had one , and I got one white cos they only had one I think , it was the other colours I 'm sure I 'd got two of , I must of done , cos I mean I 've used a lot myself do n't I ? |
| 24 | It shows that something stupid and it just went , spine , and he was sitting on the pavement out there for three or four minutes in agony , |
| 25 | old son , you 're gon na stand on something sharp or something hot spilt on them and you are gon na scream |
| 26 | and the other one was erm a mother of two and she said that even when she was younger she was always overweight and she could never sort of go out with anybody nice and she just settled for anybody sort of thing , I felt sorry for her husband , mind you saying this like , cos he looked a bit thick and er |
| 27 | ‘ I never felt that Jesus was a friend and I do n't think that I really ever loved him before this half but now he seems always near to me and I like to think of Him more than I ever did before Mama 's dying so suddenly and unexpectedly made a great impression on me … ’ |
| 28 | I miss her more than I ever missed anyone . |
| 29 | She was so stunned to find him close that she never answered . |
| 30 | An idea rocketed into her mind , and without stopping to examine it she rushed on , ‘ Is it possible that you even thought that Rob was my date last night ? |