Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is planned to establish close links between the new Institute and universities , particularly in the north , with whom discussions have already taken place . |
| 2 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 3 | " The amount the young can do nowadays — now when I was carrying Dan I was not able to get up for days together , me ankles swoll so , and I 'ad dizzy spells , something terrible , but she still gets around on that bike , perky as Punch . |
| 4 | They were much more variable , however , in 106 Gambian children in whom values spanned both normochlorhydria and achlorhydric ranges . |
| 5 | Of course we had no right to expect the life of the household , let alone the street , to be hushed because of us , but in the absence of quiet it took me hours to drift off . |
| 6 | No not you get different statements different erm I would n't like to repeat some of them right , but if them lads sat down and studied it erm same as I 've said now and they say , Well yes aye . |
| 7 | I 'm thinking actually of here in the university itself , we 've got three different groups in those areas that are now collaborating , and I think we 've got a good chance of _ especially in the area of schools curricula — but also in the area , I think , of helping business people , and I 'm thinking now of senior management , who might be your and my age , Brian , for whom computers did n't exist when we went through university or college , erm who 've probably more or less given up any hope of understanding it and understanding the computer boffins who have taken over — almost taken over the company at times , one suspects . |
| 8 | Dancers flocked to him ; he in return developed their abilities wonderfully and gave them roles to show off their gifts . |
| 9 | Basil was the exact opposite of those to whom words come so easily that they do a minimum of preparation , and afterwards the listener has difficulty in remembering what has been said . |
| 10 | Well — i wish Frank good luck and i — really — hope he keeps them goals coming down in Spain too give Wilko some sleepless nights … |
| 11 | but you see he 'd have a list of the horse who 's gon na work or win races well if them animals did n't eat up he did n't work them . |
| 12 | them kids do n't |
| 13 | I want them sheds cleared out cos I want to get that garden sorted out for the summer |
| 14 | Swift cursed 280 years ago , ‘ May my enemies live here in summer ! ’ ) |
| 15 | I 'll repair it as a favour if my plans go through . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ My plans have n't changed . |
| 17 | But they were good teachers and well respected , a fact which I have heard my sons repeat often . |
| 18 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 19 | Then one of my sons went down into the village to see if the army had left , He came back to tell us that they had destroyed everything , that they had taken all the maize , all the cows and had burnt every house in sight . |
| 20 | ‘ My sons came down to help . |
| 21 | I was disappointed when my snails arrived already out of their shells — part of the pleasure for me is digging them out of their homes- but perhaps this is Chez Gerard 's gesture to British sqeamishness . |
| 22 | Others , then , will have to judge whether my views expressed here are consonant with that tradition . |
| 23 | My views have not changed and I shall continue to attempt to persuade the majority of the Labour party to reassert its policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament . |
| 24 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 25 | There 's a hatchery in Ilminster where we buy day-old chicks by the thousand — my birds get through about five hundred every month or two . |
| 26 | Why do my titles come out better in French than in English ? he wrote . |
| 27 | My Hatchets have always been healthy and add charm to the upper layer of the water . |
| 28 | Therefore my skills have not been utilized to the full and I may have fallen behind my UK counterparts . |
| 29 | and my knickers fell down in the snow . |
| 30 | I stumbled back and sat down heavily on the plinth , then staggered upright and pulled my cords back up . |