Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [conj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I take my hon. Friend 's question as an expression of support for our policy of increasing the amount of profit that is left with companies for them to retain or distribute as they think proper . |
| 2 | It is equally important for them to read and hear and speak the great literature of the past . |
| 3 | My relationship with the director is therefore rather different from most producers ; I am looking not for someone to watch and admire but for someone who can deliver the result . |
| 4 | Wait for someone to die or retire or something |
| 5 | I find this very difficult to erm , to relate , to relate hard work to the women portraying in , in this , we 've got the postcard of that one , erm it must of been hard work and very tedious , but I think every now and then the moment breaks away and shines through at the back , and I think people like , like Gaugin erm captures those moments and then releases them on the canvass , and I hope that erm by , I hope I 've been able to show you how I use art as a voice erm and a friend as my own work , even though we 've maybe had to do such a sort of hand fist way , hand fisted way , erm , but , I , I 've recently started to re-visit old favourite of paintings and I found that the story they tell sometimes has changed dramatically , maybe sometimes when your very little that , that , you know , sometimes dramatically as well , erm , but I , mostly , most importantly its , its still , I still find them , all of them compelling and challenging and , and something to stride for in my own work , erm , er only time will tell so I 'll finish with the , the last poem which is erm comes from the postcard what 's going round which is harvest , its called Patterns In The Grass , Wheat cut and falls , making lion head patterns in the grass , sickle shaped women bend and bow as a naive dressed as a dog steals the evening meal . |
| 6 | There are so many anglers fishing for carp today , not all of them recognising or caring that carp can be frightened very easily , it is now more usual to ignore the area immediately in front of you and cast , with specialised tackle , as far as possible . |
| 7 | on a lot of systems , really now is the time for you to try and go and buy a new system , because you can knock them down immensely really good bargains the basic |
| 8 | In contrast , Stephen Timewell , mayor of Taunton in 1682 – 3 , a man who prided himself as having " tamed these stubborn Fanatics " during his term in office , nevertheless found that he too had to " leave off my shop trade , for ever since I have done these things not one of a hundred comes near me to buy or sell and they make it their business to persuade people not to come near me " . |
| 9 | When they announced that Hodge was playing , this Leeds ‘ fan ’ behind me groaned and said that he hoped he 'd have his leg broken ! |
| 10 | The two behind him joked and laughed as they went along . |
| 11 | Well it took about six month with me arguing and arguing and arguing . |
| 12 | Had his reasons for those weeks spent in hayloft and cowshed under a mound of blankets with nothing to do but pray and shiver . |
| 13 | You deal death to the need in me to grow and change and become myself . |
| 14 | It also has the added advantage that , by spreading a canopy over the on-board crane , a shelter can be made in which to sleep and cook when in harbour . |
| 15 | She remembered his touch as he wrapped it around her shoulders and the slumbering animal within her stirred and stretched and unsheathed claws of desire . |
| 16 | He bent forward to take the bouquet , and she felt something inside her tighten and twist as she shrank further behind her flowers . |
| 17 | I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the |
| 18 | What was the erm the employer 's attitude to you unionizing and organizing and |
| 19 | Well now you , now you 've had a class on it , you 'll have to go back to it refreshed and try and crack it . |
| 20 | " I realise how alien Topaz 's behaviour must seem to you , but God has sent her to us to teach and train and to make her accept Him as we do . |
| 21 | Suddenly a dog flung itself at me snarling and growling and they all stopped what they were doing to look in my direction . |
| 22 | Judges of the superior courts may not be sued for anything done or said while acting in their judicial capacity even if they act from some malicious or corrupt motive . |