Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we gon na do dates now or I think we regard the deputies visit as a special visit and |
| 2 | All the above suggests that serious consideration should be given to abandoning judicial practices which protect the accused from arbitrary or unjust conviction , or which ensure they receive the benefit of the doubt , and exploring alternative judicial principles more relevant to prosecuting ( and convicting ) corporations and their officials ( Friedman 1979 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ I do all the drawings , unlike other studios where you have someone to do the cars , someone to do the buildings . |
| 4 | I mean one thing that 's mentioned before is about tag questions , which is where you put on question to the end of your sentence , as in Oh do n't you agree or Is n't it or you know you know the sort of thing I mean . |
| 5 | Also , if you catch the doc in a bad mood and he or she hears you taking the mickey , there are lots of particularly nasty cures which can be prescribed , such as : |
| 6 | If you do live in the same house as your landlord and he or she wants you to leave the property then he or she must still give you at least four weeks Notice to Quit on a special form . |
| 7 | As for quality , it 's just for simple cases and in truly complex insolvencies or where we wanted someone to trade the company through , the need to get the person or firm with the right expertise would tend to override any cost concerns . ’ |
| 8 | Both , in tandem , have transformed who does what and where they do it to create the wealth governments now seek . |
| 9 | I mean they , they were exploiting or they had they had the potential exploit more countries than Russia did . |
| 10 | What , what did you get for the fir , or what did you reckon the first set of claims you decided wanted to be accomplished . |
| 11 | ( In practice , questions like this may be replaced by the mayor was what ? or what did you say the mayor was ? , but these will cover the point which we are about to make just as well . ) |
| 12 | I listened for some sound of other prisoners in the building but although I thought I heard the locking and unlocking of other doors the only voices were those of the guards . |
| 13 | ‘ No , it is n't Matthew , although I pray he made the right decision . ’ |
| 14 | All our futures — although I suggest you save the main celebration for chapel , on Sunday . ’ |
| 15 | But er I mean we We 've spoken about it before , on the platform , and things like that , that I mean everybody knows the score that if something happens if you 're if you 're sleeping you 've not got a an excellent chance , put it like that , I mean you er I mean nobody ever expected anything like what happened on piper to happen any on that scale . |
| 16 | At least be flattered that I chose you to tell the truth to . ’ |
| 17 | Not that I thought he understood the music that much , but it was the image of he people behind the music , because people like Charlie Mingus are quite characters . |
| 18 | I felt so enthusiastic when I found this out and I began to read the stories , that I thought I saw the River of the Leprechauns , which is the crystal road to their kingdom ‘ Undersea . ’ |
| 19 | What annoys me is that I know I saw the damn thing not too long ago ! |
| 20 | No I , well the , the colours that I like you know the cerise and the |
| 21 | ‘ The truth is , ’ says Nicky , ‘ that I believe we have the perfect partnership . |
| 22 | ‘ I believe that someone knew you had the sack with you and that you were taking it to the outlaws . ’ |
| 23 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
| 24 | The head jerked , just the once , to the left , so I reckon it heard the ‘ phone . ’ |
| 25 | I was much younger than Hywel , so I suppose he bore the brunt of it , but I do n't remember him complaining . |
| 26 | I could not understand what he meant , and wanted to hear more about Céline , so I encouraged him to finish the story . |
| 27 | The latter was now staring at the Van Gogh boats and the milky sea and sky through poppy-scarlet lenses , which Frederica thought was perverse , although she wished she had the courage to ask for a moment to put them on , to see all this . |
| 28 | So , unsurprisingly , she ensures that she does nothing to cross the ‘ important ’ people on which she is dependent . |
| 29 | Some time needs to be spent in conversation so that she feels he desires the total person and not just the body . |
| 30 | When at last he laid down his brush and palette and came across to help her up , she found that she resented his breaking the mood . |