Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] something [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's no blooming so I mean I could drink something like that , which is purely chemical and never seen as li a damn orange That 's all it is is flavourings and water and |
| 2 | He added : ‘ This is a real nobs ’ area of Abingdon — all doctors and bank managers and the last place you would expect something like this to be done . ’ |
| 3 | Say they 'll learn something from this lot . |
| 4 | ‘ I hope someone can do something for him . |
| 5 | I hope you can , I hope you can do something with it , because being truthful I just , it 's just |
| 6 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 7 | We 'll set larger , we 'll set in eighteen point , I mean you can say something about — not an abstract , because they did n't want to be academic . |
| 8 | Okay well we 're in a really bad situation , I mean we can achieve something at least and perhaps oh perhaps communism does n't work after all , they just seem to be doubting their own beliefs and what they 've read . |
| 9 | Mm , funnily enough I do n't like it in there well I suppose I might get something in |
| 10 | I suppose I shall get something in the way of redundancy pay but it wo n't amount to much . ’ |
| 11 | I am entering the RAF and then the Navy because I believe I can contribute something to this country by so doing . |
| 12 | Although I do not wish to dwell on it at this stage I feel I should say something regarding my understanding of Christianity . |
| 13 | ‘ Talking of parents , I suppose you must see something of Kate 's mother . |
| 14 | The piece includes a great deal of descriptive colour ; only try it if you feel you can bring something of your own imagination to it , and be prepared to risk some indulgence . |
| 15 | So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’ |
| 16 | There 's bound to be some rub-off , but I like to maintain a balance so that at least in one subject area of the school the children feel they can contribute something of themselves , and the work therefore becomes meaningful for them , as opposed to working from a set format , like an art school ; end-product , colour exercise and the rest of it . |
| 17 | And if their own experiences are dealt with , ‘ they feel they can offer something to their children ’ . |
| 18 | Taking several samples of firedamp in glass bottles , Sir Humphry returned to London telling Buddle , ‘ I think I can do something for you ’ . |
| 19 | But , ’ I jumped in as he was about to interrupt , ‘ I think I can do something for you . ’ |
| 20 | Well I think I can remember something like that then . |
| 21 | I think you may learn something about the human spirit . |
| 22 | Yes , I think we ought to do something about it Tony , a message . |
| 23 | And anyway , even if we ask them , I mean , even if they think we can do something about it , though Christ knows what , I do n't want a lot of knowalls who have n't got any kids and do n't know the first thing about them telling us what to do with ours — ’ |
| 24 | " Why , I think we can do something about that , " said the little girl . |
| 25 | ‘ I think we will do something with that money , but I do n't know what yet , ’ Brousse said , adding that GSI ‘ does not have a strategy that says ‘ we should acquire ’ . ’ |
| 26 | I think one could find something of that order . |
| 27 | people think they ought to do something for you . |
| 28 | Parochial self-interest — People think they will lose something of value as a result . |
| 29 | But I think they could learn something from us . |
| 30 | So I I I 've said to Margaret , he 's a , I think he must doing something with the extractor fan because he 's cut a hole in the er barge pole so , on the board so obviously |