Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we have n't , erm talking about er cars as to other forms of transport and on the whole there 's been more complaints about the public transport than they have about cars , but you surely do n't think or maybe you do , I mean what 's bad about cars ? , |
| 2 | A Hoechst spokesman said the fumes were of a concentrated form of sulphuric acid which is irritating to the eyes and throat ; he said it was unclear how much material had leaked or how it had happened . |
| 3 | These coins give no immediate clues as to their place of minting or indeed their date , for similar coinage in the name of Alexander continued to be made on a large scale for about a hundred years after his death . |
| 4 | I possessed a built-in Wigg pacifier that enabled reasonable transactions to be completed where otherwise he would be totally unreasonable . |
| 5 | His theory is that the two men were either freelance or else they decided to try and kill the President by themselves without telling the others . ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes they 've been bitter and sometimes hopeless , but no matter how they 've fallen or why they 've fallen , the time comes when they stop and whether you like it or not , or intend it or not , stop they do . |
| 7 | The presumption was that whatever people said about their tastes , feelings , beliefs , attitudes or opinions was a reliable guide to how they would behave or how they would act . |
| 8 | The problem is getting an answer , or a least one that does n't tell us anything we do n't already know or indeed anything at all . |
| 9 | Maybe I 've forgotten or maybe I never knew , but just plain walking in night streets with a pretty girl is the happiest thing you can do in this world . |
| 10 | However , on the facts of the case the plaintiff 's claim failed as it had not proved : ( a ) the existence of a " maturing " business opportunity ; ( b ) that it was actively pursuing the business either when the defendant resigned or when he subsequently obtained the contracts ; or ( c ) that his resignation was prompted or influenced by the wish to acquire the benefit of the contracts for himself . |
| 11 | As you know we went to Denmark & got to know & especially our niece , , again . |
| 12 | In the days when she had first known him she had wondered idly whether she might see Rupert round here , ‘ going in ’ or ‘ coming out ’ , though she was not clear when this might be expected or even what he might have been doing . |
| 13 | Whether he starts or not we 'll just have to wait and see . |
| 14 | Cos our cleaners wo n't clean if it 's erm occupied or not everything is cleaned from the floor they wo n't change the bed sheets unless you 've actually taken them off and |
| 15 | I assume Chairman that that if this amendment is whether it is carried or not we should be debating the other amendments separately . |
| 16 | He does n't care what I say or how I feel — my feelings are meaningless to him — it 's the fact that he 's got me . |
| 17 | Now , you could be one of the people that drink harmed quicker than maybe , say or maybe I 'm ta injured quicker than you with drink . |
| 18 | Folly watched in agony , praying that now she had found no card she would lose interest . |
| 19 | And if so , it is devoutly to be wished that both his SNP and Liberal Democrat opponents in North Aberdeen at the next election will together ensure that his constituents are reminded of their sitting member 's fundamental disagreement with his own party 's long-established policy on this key constitutional question . |
| 20 | But there was no denying that today his wife was better than he had known her for many many months . |
| 21 | Taking my cue from her collaborations with David Steele and Andy Cox of the Fine Young Cannibals ( who have produced three tracks for the album ) , I suggest that eventually she may be drawn beyond the usual limits of rap , towards creating real verse and chorus songs . |
| 22 | Our findings suggest that either there is not true colonic metaplasia or that such a change is extremely focal . |
| 23 | ‘ If you 're going to be difficult , ’ Adam said , ‘ I suggest that either you wait for a hundred years or agree to reduce the amount payable , by half . ’ |
| 24 | Of course , evacuation was only a part of the enormous social disruption brought about by the war ; but subsequent recollections by evacuees , such as those collected by B. S. Johnson , pay eloquent testimony to the lasting effects — both negative and positive — it had on those who endured it , and suggest that qualitatively it was an experience that stood apart from the wider social confusion of wartime . |
| 25 | And while British filmmakers began to believe in the ‘ decline of Hollywood ’ as their guarantee that the increased popularity of their pictures would be permanent , they were n't disposed to tap the Americans on the shoulder and suggest that perhaps they should start thinking about film schools , new talents programmes , script competitions or anything of that sort . |
| 26 | ‘ Since the situation is unavoidable I suggest that now you 're better you make yourself as useful as possible , preparing meals and so on while I get on with my work . |
| 27 | He restated the government 's view that township violence stemmed from confrontations between ANC and Inkatha supporters and proposed that therefore he , Mandela and Inkatha leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi should meet urgently to consider establishing " an active full-time monitoring mechanism " on the efficacy of existing measures to combat violence " . |
| 28 | But did you know that not everyone celebrates Christmas at the same time and that it 's not always Father Christmas who delivers the presents ? |
| 29 | I suppose you do know that not everyone can see ghosts or hear them or even feel them . |
| 30 | rather sorrowfully observes in the course of his judgment ‘ No-one can possibly doubt that ideally there should never be a bench composed of an even number of justices . ’ |