Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She would n't tell me , but was very insistent that I call her the minute you got in . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 3 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 4 | The results are uneven and one wonders what the result would have been if Mr Smith had examined all the companies covered by the original report for a longer period . |
| 5 | He came in with the ideas , give the drivers and conductors everything they asked for whereby my training had always been to only give them what they were really entitled to , not give them anything extra but he gave them the earth and that erm did n't sort of go very well for the new Manager who came in , he had a lot of undoing to do there , that this fella had given away , in his six or seven weeks there . |
| 6 | Ackroyd knew immediately where he meant and his blood ran cold as he knew what the foreman was going to say next . |
| 7 | Were n't you , you were really quite horrified when you saw what the excavator |
| 8 | We have to make sure that we know what the customer wants ; they know what we can do for them , at what cost ; where ; when ; how and |
| 9 | When planting new trees in your garden , make sure that you know what the mature heights are likely to be . |
| 10 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
| 11 | And make sure that you give it the way they want . |
| 12 | I am not precisely sure that I know what the right hon. Gentleman had in mind on sentencing policy , but I am happy to engage in exchanges outside . |
| 13 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 14 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 15 | He was n't sure if he liked what the Headmaster had in store for the Bookman and they had started arguing about it . |
| 16 | There were no squabbles … as long as they did everything the same as anybody else and paid their fees , which were exactly the same . |
| 17 | Yeah as long as we know what the other 's doing . |
| 18 | As long as you teach them the basics , they should be all right . |
| 19 | You can work it out , how many pennies per gram , or you can work it out , how many grams per penny , and it does n't matter which way round you do it , as long as you know what the answer means , but which way do you prefer ? |
| 20 | As long as you know what the whatnots is |
| 21 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 22 | That 's a bit extreme but it gives you the idea . |
| 23 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 24 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
| 25 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 26 | Erm the answer would be no , they 've got to be sold at sometime and nobody knows what the market is going to do . |
| 27 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 28 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 29 | Try sitting the other side of your desk ; it may sound crazy but it shows you the world from another angle . |
| 30 | ‘ I know what you mean , ’ she murmured , willing her hands to remain steady as she handed him the cup . |