Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | And then he was singing Frere Jaques right and I did n't know the words to it so I just sorry I ca n't remember the words and he goes . |
2 | What help us , we we 'll go to we 'll direct the questions to different people erm and if you agree , just say you agree so that we do n't have er erm a session of people just rec reciting what everybody else has said , but if we start with you erm Jim , sorry I ca n't see the |
3 | I say I 'm sorry I can not understand a word you 're saying . |
4 | ‘ Sorry I could n't get the vase , ’ she breathed , ‘ did you manage ? ’ |
5 | ‘ I knew that I was playing with fire ’ , he confessed ; ‘ I ran the risk , and if I were set free I would still do the same . ’ |
6 | I was more tired than ever before , but everything was so new and interesting I would not leave the deck . |
7 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't suggest a Danish wine , since our climate does n't favour the cultivation of the grape , but we import some of the best of our neighbours ’ efforts . |
8 | I 'm afraid I ca n't understand a woman like that , ’ Marjorie said . |
9 | ‘ I 'm afraid I ca n't issue a death certificate yet . |
10 | It was clear she could not banish the image of the dying child . |
11 | We hope you will enjoy this subject and if you are really interested you can also join the Computer Club . |
12 | If the chain proves popular you could soon have a Food Giant near you . |
13 | I 'm afraid she wo n't manage the temple . ’ |
14 | No , I 'm afraid you wo n't see the baby again . |
15 | ‘ I 'm afraid you wo n't have the pleasure of seeing me onstage . |
16 | Since unc and all the ri are non-negative we must eventually reach a first integer l for which |
17 | Labour last night insisted courts must make clear they will not tolerate the actions of vigilantes . |
18 | For £15,000 pounds , there 'll be no frills and they 're afraid they ca n't guarantee the weather , either . |
19 | BORIS Yeltsin , the Russian President , suffered two serious blows last night when the country 's highest parliament voted to strip him of direct control of the government by July , and Ukraine made clear it would not ratify a landmark arms treaty between the United States and the former Soviet Union . |
20 | Another way of expressing the same idea is that logic is like kicking a ball — it may go in a straight line , but if the direction is wrong it will not help the team to win the game . |
21 | As no one group is self-sufficient it can not meet the needs of its members . |
22 | I know it 's a cave , even though it 's so dark I ca n't see a thing , 'cos there are voices calling all round me and they echo . |
23 | Oh to be honest I ca n't remember the |
24 | He said after his release : ‘ I am delighted I can now start a new phase in my life . ’ |
25 | When I 'm happy I eat , when I 'm sad I ca n't swallow a crumb . ’ |
26 | When I was a boy of fourteen , my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand the old man around . |
27 | ‘ Greg had hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin on the 17th green , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |
28 | When we got to the 17th , the last par-5 , he hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |
29 | Just compare Cosmos value — we are convinced you wo n't find a better deal anywhere ! |
30 | When I took on the marine operations every ship had a fiftyfour man crew and it seemed to me that this was inefficient , so I did a trip on a ship and I came back quite convinced you could actually run a ship with twenty-one men . |