Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [n mass] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He collected cheque books for the account and used them to obtain nearly £7,000 in cash and property . |
| 2 | He then collected cheque books for that account and used them to obtain over £7,000 in cash and property . |
| 3 | Any children 's savings are ignored , unless one of them has over £3,000 , in which case you ca n't get family credit for that child . |
| 4 | Any children 's savings are ignored , unless one of them has over £3,000 , in which case you ca n't get family credit for that child . |
| 5 | Any children 's savings are ignored , unless one of them has over £3,000 , in which case you ca n't get family credit for that child . |
| 6 | I mean sometimes people go to great lengths and trouble |
| 7 | I mean okay people ca n't help that but |
| 8 | okay now I 'm here and I am not only gon na be I mean now people |
| 9 | I realized why people confuse them with hearses . |
| 10 | I eat only fish at the Mermaid these days — not because I believe in dieting , but because I once suffered an awful chips surfeit that put me off them for life . |
| 11 | Now I bring home £70 . |
| 12 | ‘ I found out 80% of Fijians who served on Christmas Island are dead . |
| 13 | Oh dear I forget now duck . |
| 14 | ‘ Up here I earn about £200 a song , ’ he says . |
| 15 | ‘ So I 'd like you to drive me in the pony and trap , just till I know where people live . ’ |
| 16 | I know how fruit is harvested : |
| 17 | I know how people disappear . |
| 18 | I get about £78 net and I think I get some allowances for Louisa . |
| 19 | I raised over £4OO in total , which I gave to Cancer Research and the Multiple Sclerosis Society . ’ |
| 20 | But I remember when people lived here . |
| 21 | I understand why people love butterflies . |
| 22 | What I 've done these interviews knowing about your subject , I do n't have to agree my council 's policy , but I and I understand how people feel upset about X , so that 's trying to get the message across , you know people are upset , you can understand they 're upset , but you 're not actually compromising yourself or , because you 're being interviewed as the council spokesman , you 're not compromising the position of the council . |
| 23 | Well I suppose probably people li like nursemaids and er and er what they used to call in those days mothers ' helps , who used to sort of be a general skivvy around the house and would look after the children , and , and , and they were the same , they had to be in I think at , at sort of ten o'clock at night . |
| 24 | I bid around £2 million for him shortly after I arrived but it was turned down . |
| 25 | I knew when people were married and slept together a baby usually followed , but this did n't enlighten me about the facts of life . |
| 26 | This does n't seem to happen when coral sand is mixed with gravel ( I use about 25% coral to 75% gravel ) , probably because the coral slips into the interstices of the gravel and stays there . |
| 27 | It had been hard work , but now I understood why people wanted to be National Trust volunteers . |
| 28 | I understood why people were frightened , why they shouted and threw stones . |
| 29 | He personally could n't give a monkey 's whether I went out or.not as long as the CID boys knew where they could get me . |
| 30 | How can I forget all 4′ 11″ of him who would run across the office and at the last moment hop , skip and jump and land astride his stool . |