Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the hulk of neglect was a healthier me battling to get out . |
| 2 | But now he 's retired I 've heard that , when he plays in the odd charity match , he has a go now . |
| 3 | are doing some are n't they , but I do n't if they 're actually video 's , there was something inside , they say , it 's the other week ago , German , French and Spanish I think learning centre in |
| 4 | So we got there and he said right okay you 're the press chappy he 's right I 've put your press people over there so while respect Lieutenant Commander that really wo n't do because everything including the Band of the Royal Marines is between them and the Princess Royal so we argued about this and the compromise eventually was that that everybody would have to stay there until the ceremony started and then we could bring the stills photographers round to the end and up to one side where it was all happening mainly to get a picture of his wife cutting the cake . |
| 5 | That 's right I 've got A T in . |
| 6 | Is that right I 've won ? |
| 7 | No , ah so that 's right I 've sworn into , I 've sworn into the Pacific how about that ! |
| 8 | That 's right , yeah , that 's right I remember posting your card from Yarmouth I think it was . |
| 9 | Yes you 're right I 'd forgotten that boat trip . |
| 10 | That 's right I do apologize . |
| 11 | If my financial researches are right I have to say the most likely suspect for that particular activity is Wheeler . ’ |
| 12 | In joint working I tend to think first of health and social services but that is not joint working in its most realistic and adventurous kind . |
| 13 | Whenever possible I try to get a Lecture Theatre , erm but I was told it was booked all day today we were originally in presentation room then came , so be grateful we 're in the Board Room . |
| 14 | I try and make women 's history clearer , because obviously they 've done history A level so they 've probably learnt about wars and all the male sort of things , so what women were doing and thinking and the way in which that has been suppressed ; as much as possible I like to teach by not putting very much of what I think across but trying to get other people to produce it … also encouraging them to share as an experience and personal responses and talking about things one would n't normally talk about in the department , the emotional side of things , in quotes ‘ irrational ’ , ‘ intuitive ’ and all of that , and valuing that … try and make it a space where people can say whatever they want to say ; I suppose value things that would not be valued elsewhere . |
| 15 | For instance , at least once a week if possible I like to buy a Rail Ranger or similar train or bus ticket and travel the countryside and towns just looking at everything . |
| 16 | It 's possible I 've used it but I do n't erm do n't recall . |
| 17 | Whether that is sufficient for the purposes of section 8(2) of the Act of 1986 I venture to doubt . |
| 18 | Surprised me , it did , 'ow little I 'd forgotten . |
| 19 | How little I 've done . |
| 20 | But from what little I do know of it , my understanding is that it basically dramatises the same power relationships , and so seems to appeal to the same inequalities . |
| 21 | I know next to nothing about wild flowers , and what little I do know I learnt largely when I was a pink-kneed " Boy Sprout " in Manchester and in order to pass some badge or other I had to be able to burn some dough on a stick over an open fire , make smoky porridge and recognise six kinds of trees and flowers from their leaves and blossoms . |
| 22 | At age eleven I had gone away from my parents ' school to a boarding school in Herefordshire , and remembered crying miserably as my mother and father drove off down the drive , leaving me to be looked after by one of the older boys . |
| 23 | Michael : It 's about sportsman and when he was seven he was a good football player and then when I was about ten or eleven I went swimming and then when I was about eleven I dived in without any — urn — with no water in the pool so I got eye-sighted and then , when I was about fourteen it was I played snooker and I had to do the strokes really good because I was eye-sighted . |
| 24 | ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ . |
| 25 | Sorry I had to desert you yesterday . ’ |
| 26 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |
| 27 | I 'm sorry I had to deliver it , but there it is . ’ |
| 28 | Ta sorry I had to drag you out here on this weather . |
| 29 | I heard him whispering to my master all evening , and I was sorry I had laughed at him . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry I had to throw old Rex to the wolves back there , ’ he said , without a trace of conviction . |