Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb base] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then quite soon after tea I wash and undress them , so I 've finished for the day . |
| 2 | So it kind of nursed this sparrow you see and got its wing bandaged up and whatnot . |
| 3 | Well cos at er , there were n't enough tide to take it away , I mean you ta you get clay well that 's , that 's solid and the amount of stuff I was dredge they use and use it , now we 're not the only ones got it , they got people from Harwich , people from Felixstowe , they were all dumping out there . |
| 4 | Well when we come when we co put on the boat they stop and drop me off up Malta . |
| 5 | Narrow-winged , small and compact , they fly powerfully with rapid wing-beats , sometimes planing over the water like hydrofoils ; in hunting they dive and use their wings for propulsion under water , feeding mostly on plankton and small fish ( Nettleship and Birkhead , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | At a push , you could use a disk editor , such as the one included with Norton Utilities , to recover files — just hunt down the file you want and copy it to a new file . |
| 7 | Then in the machine shop we mill and grind them and bore holes in them so that they can be assembled into more complex products , like engines . |
| 8 | Every single night I leave and hope I 'll be able to do it again |
| 9 | It gives you the warmth you need and keeps its beautiful looks for years to come . |
| 10 | But the figures are quite clear that there are benefits of having in-house erm erm , fields that can compete against the private sector for county council work , and the fear , and the reason why they were set up in the first place , to make sure that you could n't have outside erm , er or private organisations setting up cartels to basically screw the local government down , and charge whatever price they want and con us through and through . |
| 11 | My doom I speak and change it never : |
| 12 | But in bed I lay and accused him to myself . |
| 13 | er , a , I stripped me bed you see and washed everything and me thick duvet cover if that , once goes on the dirt it 's hell of a job |
| 14 | Both will help you to find the precise word you need and to lighten your readers ' darkness with vivid analogy . |
| 15 | If you want to watch Play Bus you sit and watch it . |
| 16 | We have a lot of people prepared to give of their time voluntarily to help young people get the kind of training they require and to help them find jobs . |
| 17 | ‘ For three years the Government has been cutting help to the unemployed , depriving them of the training they need and reducing their ability to find their way back to work . |
| 18 | Image is not only in the way you look but also in the way you speak and present your image verbally . ’ |
| 19 | If you have tried to change the way you drink and find it 's just too difficult , do n't give up . |
| 20 | By the weekend , however , you 'll have the reassurance you crave and see it 's all just been a storm in a teacup . |
| 21 | You arrange the material into the order you want and have it photocopied , preferably using a photocopier that does the collating for you . |
| 22 | We would like — wishful thinking perhaps — there still to be some apparent magic in the way we renew and transform our outward image . |
| 23 | These data must , however , only be taken as very approximate guides as to the probable distribution of causes of dementia as studies have not standardized the way they define and collect their information . |
| 24 | More fundamentally still , Wade asks how can bureaucrats adjust their behaviour if it is presumed that they are rational in the way they choose and allocate their resources ( Wade 1979 ) . |
| 25 | I take it very slowly and easily ; in fact I relax and enjoy it . |
| 26 | They occupied the pitheads , and even took the government 's emissaries hostage , demanding that the Comrade himself come and hear their grievances about changes in their output quotas , wages , and pension rates , as well as about poor housing and worse food . |
| 27 | Er , you will be listened to , er , and that will create , and you will have influence , and that cycle will take you back into the positive memories for the next time you try and change something . |
| 28 | I 'll forget the interest you owe and cross it off the book as paid . ’ |
| 29 | you see , I mean what they do is soon as they 've kicked them out in the mental homes they 're having to put them in to erm , I mean erm , there are people who are not able to be on their own , I mean the ones they 've kicked out are people that have been depressed and say well you 've got to find , get your family to help , I mean , when you 've got somebody depressed in your family you try and help them |
| 30 | Everybody sees a different picture and of course most people see do n't see it anyway because by the time they look and see what 's happened it 's already happened . |