Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think that takes courage and I personally like that a lot in him . |
| 2 | The general manager of LUFC is called Alan Roberts , but as I said I only heard half the story . |
| 3 | ‘ I just hope that the situation changes . |
| 4 | I just resent all the time I 'm not spending with you , ca n't you see that ? |
| 5 | ‘ No , I just played all the rhythm parts that were in harmony or as a counterpoint to Dave 's main rhythm part — like in the bridge of Symphony Of Destruction for example . |
| 6 | ‘ Would I ever do such a thing , Fran ? ’ |
| 7 | But difficult at times to remember why I ever made such a plan , he wrote . |
| 8 | REGARDING the wolf whistling debate , should I ever receive such a gesture I think I 'd die of shock , But should some young , dishy male give me a whistle I would probably give a wink and a whistle back . |
| 9 | But er I du n no er some other pe they , I always felt such a fool , you know ! |
| 10 | I still get half the blow — and half a blow from Casey is ten from anyone else . |
| 11 | I answered at once that I hardly imagined such an arrangement would be acceptable . |
| 12 | In the previous chapter I deliberately held open the question whether Zande witchcraft should be classified as ‘ religion ’ or as something different . |
| 13 | I also did all the texture guitar parts — all the acoustic and clean tone stuff . |
| 14 | I hereby declare this a Court of Law with myself as judge and those present as jury . |
| 15 | I really need all the money I can get . |
| 16 | I immediately placed all the money I had collected on deposit in the Bow Building Society at 102 Cheapside for a period of one year at a rate of four per cent . |
| 17 | Just think , you 'd be your own boss , up to a point , master of your own destiny , not slaving away for a pittance while someone else makes all the profit . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I never heard such a thing ! |
| 19 | I think I never witnessed such a squabble of people rushing into a building . |
| 20 | I never had such a thing before , and I am like a child when it comes to running water . |
| 21 | Breitenstein ( 1980 : 193 ) gives three different senses for have in its use with the bare infinitive : ( a ) I 'll have him clear up this mess ( an instruction ) ( b ) I wo n't have you say that ( a strong wish ) ( c ) I never had such a thing happen to me ( an experience ) |
| 22 | ‘ I never saw such a carry-on . |
| 23 | ‘ I never saw such a union of earth , sky , and sea , ’ Dorothy wrote following one hill-top walk . |
| 24 | I never saw such a fool in my life . |
| 25 | VISITING LADY : I never saw such a face and shape in my life . |
| 26 | 10 October , 1903 RAYMOND ASQUITH writes to Lady Manners from Aberdeenshire : ‘ We had a storm yesterday and went out to watch the waves : I ventured too far out onto a rock and was knocked flat on my face against a granite floor by one of the biggest rollers ever seen on this coast : I never felt such a blow ; luckily I fell in a crevice and was n't washed away ; but I was stunned for a few seconds , and when I got up my face and knee were streaming with blood . |
| 27 | I 'm sure I never implied such a thing . |
| 28 | I recently recounted such a theory when I met Will Shakespeare and Richard Burbage at the Globe . |
| 29 | However , it is too simplistic a reaction to suggest that French poststructuralism can therefore be invalidated by judging it against the claims of a comparable endeavour in Germany , a procedure which can only operate by turning the former into a failed version of the latter , which obviously leaves open the possibility of exactly the reverse argument being made . |
| 30 | This facility has been sought by UK businesses and should help traders to be more competitive with their counterparts in other member states , some of which already operate such a scheme . |