Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | O.K. So you flogged yourself a little more . |
| 2 | Er at the last conference er both Kerry and myself buttonholed him er and proposed that we er push it a bit further and er the re upshot of that was that we wrote him a much more detailed letter er on whatever date it was , er first of November ninety three , and we 've now had a er a reply er to that er giving us carte blanche to quote him er w with er a number of er quotations which we 'd drafted and put into his mouth , so er a all the quotations that we 've asked him to approve we can use . |
| 3 | Thus the philosophical Greeks and the industrious Chinese will do as instances of non-restriction only on condition that we allow ourselves a strangely overgeneralized view of the Greeks and the Chinese . |
| 4 | It seems to me clear that the answer has to be yes , provided only that we allow ourselves a sufficiently large series of Ks . |
| 5 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 6 | It is precisely there that they considered themselves the most competent and consequently interfered in all spheres of its life . |
| 7 | That is one of the roles of your Association and it is what your membership fees go towards and it is there to be used and they 've done their best so I hope it will come in very useful for you for this year and I wish you a very good year . |
| 8 | She came to visit Streatlam to look at the horses and I thought what a very handsome woman she was . |
| 9 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 10 | Albert Spanswick came from the old school of trade union leaders and I found him a more persuasive advocate for health service workers than Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
| 11 | And I found it a little strange they were suggesting that an alternative approach may be suitable here , particularly when th the evidence has n't been put forw or gone through the public consultation process . |
| 12 | They behaved towards me as they would to anyone else and I found it a very valuable exposure . |
| 13 | ‘ It had occurred to me that if the substance known as Potassium Chlorate were to be contained in some small vessel with the right quantity of Sulphur , and the compound impacted — that is to say , if I hit it a pretty fair whack with a pestle — the result would be an explosion . ’ |
| 14 | Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous |
| 15 | So as far as this meeting 's concerned , erm , most of our meetings are basically business meetings , but we , we have tried and we will try to put in speakers and , and do different things from time to time , we had er , er a woman last time who 'd been to Central America recently and she gave us a very interesting talk on a visit to El Salvador and Guatamala , erm , and we , we 'd like to do that more often , but , but what we do really erm , to begin with any rate , is we go th we go through the , the headings on this sheet , on the , on the minutes , we use them as headings for others and erm , items on the agenda and er some may have more to say than others and there are one or two not on there which we 'll pop in as we go along . |
| 16 | So I see her on leaves , and she gives me every so often a new MCC tie ! ’ |
| 17 | If you made it a little more difficult for through traffic to go through Harrogate , that would encourage traffic to divert to whichever relief road that you had and it would achieve an environmental objective at relatively little cost . |
| 18 | If you wish it a little thinner , add water . |
| 19 | Choose from chess on one side or if you fancy something a little less taxing on the mind simply turn the mat over and set the ‘ board ’ for a fun game of checkers — you could even use it to lie on when you come out of the sea ! |
| 20 | We 've got all the equipment , weights , cycles , rowing machines , or if you fancy something a little less strenuous , I take an aerobics class every morning around eleven . |
| 21 | Even if you think me the most immoral bastard ever to walk the face of the earth , why would you react so personally ? |
| 22 | If you steady yourself a little you could be giving the Army and the Lord a good many years . |
| 23 | If you need something a little larger , then you might also want to consider something out of the Uno range . |
| 24 | If you find it a little slow working in so many cables , why not try using the pattern in parts of a garment ? |
| 25 | And we wish him the very best of luck tomorrow in Birmingham . |
| 26 | Their varied tasks in the Library have all contributed to its success and we owe them a very real debt of gratitude . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps if we give her a little more time ? ’ |
| 28 | I complained to Northumbrian Water about this and they gave me a very dusty answer . |
| 29 | Frank Bloomfield worked most of his life with Ransome , Sims and Jefferies the famous Ipswich firm of agricultural engineers ; and he gave me a very modern illustration of this quality of a serrated edge . |
| 30 | Apparently she agreed to marry him and he gave her a very valuable ring . |