Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This reflects the overall size of these departments , and the fact that all of them appear to have the resources to cover all of the earth science sub-disciplines in depth . |
| 2 | This reflects the overall size of these departments , and the fact that all of them appear to have the resources to cover all of the earth science sub-disciplines in depth . |
| 3 | Very few of them believe there is any magic ( if ever there was ) in the business and almost all of them want to understand the process and expect executive search consultants to provide that knowledge . |
| 4 | These kinds of variations can seem very confusing , which is why I advocate taking the job slowly , one section at a time . |
| 5 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 6 | I mean take the example that Hugh is always using , is that if I wanted to knock a wall through , a hole through that wall and put a door in there with a link in it surely to goodness we |
| 7 | I mean take the take the skin off it . |
| 8 | I 've got the spare tablets but I mean getting the prescription . |
| 9 | Yeah cos I mean come the winter we 'll we wo n't know ourselves . |
| 10 | no I mean change the data |
| 11 | ‘ I mean removing the obvious , stupid ways of doing things which grow up within a business . |
| 12 | I mean said the other day , Why do n't you pack up this stupid idea of picketing . |
| 13 | No I mean stop the printout and recall , reprint out and set it up |
| 14 | For example , I mean , if a tutor , say , has been sexually harassing a young woman , and she puts in a complain of any kind or something like that , and then he puts pressure on her to withdraw that complaint and she does , I mean does the college at that stage stay well okay if she 's not going to complain then we wo n't do anything , thereby letting the harassment go ahead , or does the college say even though she does n't want to complain we 're nevertheless going to go ahead . |
| 15 | I mean given the size of China I mean th there 'd be |
| 16 | Would you watch fo women fo , I mean given the |
| 17 | Like , you got , I mean put the other side of the . |
| 18 | Yeah I mean get the hall but he ca n't get the er you know |
| 19 | I mean to get the tissue paper |
| 20 | I mean move the |
| 21 | I I I think erm a lot of teachers would now look back on those days with er a certain fondness now bearing in mind what 's what 's happened since and the the the succession of education secretaries we 've had since since then I mean had the only one in recent years who I would say has attempted a genuine dialogue with the teachers and tried to do something constructive is John McGregor . |
| 22 | did n't understand for two years I mean told the regulator |
| 23 | By the historicity of texts , I mean to suggest the cultural specificity , the social embedment , of all modes of writing … . |
| 24 | ‘ There is some mystery surrounding your birth — I just know there is ! — and one of these days I mean to discover the truth . ’ |
| 25 | But it is n't enough to write well ( I mean choose the right words and so on ) to be a good writer . |
| 26 | I intend to analyse the sexism in such texts on a more immediate , if mundane , level . |
| 27 | Later in this paper I intend to outline the curriculum and teaching strategies I hope will be retained within the national curriculum . |
| 28 | ‘ I intend writing the story I came here to find . ’ |
| 29 | Unless you have any objections I intend using the report as evidence to support your case . |
| 30 | I intend to open the inquest on Monday , the seventh . |