Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Do you collect a wide range of them , some of them or just a few of them ?
2 It may be a spoken remark from someone or just a ‘ meaningful ’ look .
3 Though I suspect that what we will find if we really are honest with ourselves that quite a lot of things which we see here are not always exaggerated from the point of the exercise , that we exaggerate things out of all proportion so that we can actually start looking at it and seeing .
4 No I and then the other side a got ta be
5 But when you do , you 'd better be prepared for him to come back and hit you on your arms , your chest , that big belly of yours and finally the chin .
6 To have a woman was different , her juices mixed with his and later the recollection gave him zest ; but alone it was cowards ' sport .
7 A stone dislodged would have endangered not only ourselves but also the workers below .
8 Was there nothing that even the full er fully trained nurses could join ?
9 The size and cost of a present day Olympic complex suggests to me that both the summer and winter games should now have permanent , internationally-funded homes .
10 Someone told me that even the ultimate big boss himself was planning to look in this evening — probably to inspect your body and soul , now that he owns them . ’
11 It seems to me that quite a few of our senior British players have had to put up with more than their fair share of criticism in recent years , when perhaps a bit of encouragement might have been more appropriate .
12 Some fella told me that only a couple of weeks ago , but the greatest rip off of them all , have you heard the greatest rip off about Betty and the , and the roof ?
13 The distributors , Harman Audio , tell me that virtually every type of speaker is available , with either open or sealed back options .
14 On that very point sir I 'm grateful to the honourable member for giving way but would he not agree with me that actually the failure of G A T at the end was that by which Caribbean bananas failed to be protected .
15 Sir , Arising out of your questionnaire ( Transport September — October 1991 ) it occurred to me that perhaps the CIT logo could be looked at with a view to substituting something more modern or vibrant for the horse/steed .
16 It later occurred to me that almost every one of the board members was of a different nationality .
17 Only last week , I spoke to a garage owner who told me that almost every other customer was either losing a job or had just lost one in the past month or so .
18 From this it is clear to me that almost every possible subject and source is covered in Edinburgh libraries and everything is reasonably easy to find and the library staff are happy to assist .
19 It really appears to me that almost the only thing in the world which other men do but which Frenchmen can not , is the making of drains and sewers .
20 Sid patiently tutored me on star gradings and assured me that technically the climb was only a V. Diff , so I would cope !
21 Wickenden , as purchasing director , is naturally reticent about details , but he led me to believe that smuggling nuts out of Turkey was an important activity , and that everyone except presumably the government , was satisfied with this arrangement .
22 He has been telling them that both the Soviet Union and the United States have reiterated their support for the league 's plan and that political reform is the only way for the Lebanese to solve their crisis .
23 When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated .
24 just as the ermine changes it coat for winter ; just as the seed can lie dormant for thousands of years ; just as the bacteria and the rotifers can live in their desiccated time capsules for perhaps longer than we can ever envisage , awaiting a change of outer circumstances for the tiny living specks of dust to take on another form — just so , perhaps , may the living forms we know so well have secrets tucked away within them that only the rolling of the aeons can reveal .
25 During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting .
26 Ah , that 's within the training , but if you got ta , if you 're gon na train somebody or especially a group of people you 've got ta have some objective that is specific .
27 In fact , he claims that his flyingboat course was his last in the RAF and certainly the most fortuitous for himself and subsequently the RAF .
28 In a poem like the ‘ Express ’ I believe we are dealing with a very involved , indeed fanatical , view of the journey , movement and stately presence of a train which seems to overpower not just the author himself but also the very universe and natural world in which it exists .
29 Since he finally won test honours against France in the domestic series in 1991 McKenzie has established himself as arguably the world 's best tighthead prop .
30 Even he did n't consider such deeds heroic ( heroes are usually frightened men who rise to the occasion ) , but saw himself as just a reckless fool whose luck would one day run out .
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