Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a big argument about what we should buy so we had a vote on it . |
| 2 | Oh , I , well I never like so , even now I 'm paranoid about it , its like a couple of times I do n't know how I slept a wink , and these people are the people I trust because you do n't want I know they wo n't do it on purpose , but I know , have seen what I 'm |
| 3 | ‘ It 's bad enough losing the dog — you must know how it affects a vet — but to be accused of practically killing it out of spite … ’ |
| 4 | Did you know when you marry a man you 'll also be marrying his hidden debts ? |
| 5 | I do n't know why we needed a place that size . |
| 6 | You did n't know why it meant a lot to you . |
| 7 | In short , the administration does not actually know why it wants a space station . |
| 8 | We do not know yet what causes a cell to become cancerous but scientists believe that most causes are linked with our environments and how we live . |
| 9 | successful in doing these schemes and because resources on we are hard pressed , resources on the ground are thin then when people ring up with these schemes that we get it off the ground they meet this negative sort of answer when they ring in , that 's the only sort of er liaison with themselves and the police and they 're met with that , and their reaction then is down the pub tell their mates do n't ring in cos its a reaction , and that 's the trouble with us being , as it were too successful before , better to be less successful , but we 'd have more staff at the centre like Lincolnshire etc to actually get the difference from when somebody does the odd person does ring in they get a response to it |
| 10 | I ca n't see how we 've had a revue in nineteen eighty-eight which has recommended a very specific course of action , none of which appears to have been implemented , I do n't see how we get a report which describes er , the intention of the county council as maintaining the ethos of the County Farms , whatever that is , as I , I do n't recall any decisions like that , and certainly if we 've made one , I 'd be interested in being party to changing it , I think wha what we have to say is we 've got a lot of land , are we using it to the best interest of the people of Wiltshire , and that is one thing it 's addressing , not a , a way of preserving the County Estates as they are , not a way of keeping a hundred and twenty farmers and their families erm , as tenants of Wiltshire , I mean they 're not gon na be out of jobs are they ? |
| 11 | He said a suggestion that he was a criminal overlord in Glasgow was nonsense and that he could not understand why he had a reputation as the godfather . |
| 12 | We can understand why he took a walk each evening . |
| 13 | ‘ They 'll analyse why we use a cow and come up with some really psychedelic meaning for it . |
| 14 | does Dr and Mrs , do they have any they have a dog , I 've seen a dog |
| 15 | No I 'm not , I 'm not very but , when I do go in I have a sort of look round and the prices usually |
| 16 | Laura did n't erm leave home she bought a house with Mark about three two , three years before they got married . |
| 17 | I never realised how everything would change once we had a baby |
| 18 | No no I would n't do that I always do it like this if I was playing that hand three flu well you could go well you got a choice you can go take a chance on your last hand , not getting through or you can go two , three , five , six , seven two three four , ace finish them which is what I 'd probably do . |
| 19 | ‘ I can always tell when you have a cold , ’ she said , brooking no argument . |
| 20 | I think at the onset we all thought , it 's not gon na last long you know a couple of weeks at the most . |
| 21 | Dad did say yesterday he had a surprise , but I did n't know it was going to be this — it 's great . ’ |
| 22 | Later that day , 15 Oct , at The Questors Theatre in Ealing , he will be the guest of honour at a fund-raising event for the Questors in which we are promised the opportunity to ‘ find out what makes a critic , what are his prejudices and his preferences , and what are his fears and hopes for British ( and world ) theatre . ’ |
| 23 | Mhm , I can imagine well they know a bit about they know , oh , the , well , Julio of course used to keep goal did n't he ? |
| 24 | Given the radical nature of his views , one must ask why he remains a priest . |