Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Bedtime — you look as if you 'll fall asleep where you sit at any moment .
2 I think it 's a stigma that a lot of men feel they ca n't show that they 're depressed or they 've got a problem so they 'll pick up a ph , a phone .
3 I do rather resent it when there are other council committees , there 's Town Hall Strategy Working Party in the afternoon , now if we 're going to be sure that we can all get to this without conflict with other committees , erm I had to be there on behalf of the Lord Mayor because she had duties , erm and I was very sorry not to be able to come , because I have dealt , visited many occupational , I wanted to visit the officers , and you know , it is n't always possible where you have a conflict of interests .
4 Dey hav fe get it right or dey get verbal reaction .
5 The director wants you to do it a certain way , and either you do n't feel that he 's right or you feel that he 's right but he 's forcing you to be a square peg in a round hole .
6 And you know what I wanted , some Fairly liquid or they 've got ta go up and get it .
7 Tried projecting negative of Bride from holograph enlarger , he wrote , but image thin and weak where I want it strong ( though indeterminate ) .
8 ‘ In future it will run on Thursdays and it 's designed for people who are a bit shy or who want to protect their anonymity . ’
9 Perhaps you 're exhausted where you 've had a gear problem .
10 We 'll put it right where we think it matters , on the training field and we 'll keep playing with the philosophy of working , training and competing . ’
11 Got him right where you want him , have n't you ?
12 When they 're pregnant or they 've got a little baby .
13 We kept to the paths , being specially careful where we put our feet ; ground nesting species are at their most vulnerable in spring .
14 After jointing and gluing ( be careful where you stop and start your tongues ) , two pieces can be cut off to finish at four and a half inches each .
15 If you use a mirror in this way , be careful where you position it .
16 Road-running jars the spine and leg joints , so a visit to the soft green of the local park is much better — but be careful where you tread .
17 Something that I noticed is in the towns like Kirkwall and Stromness there 's a kind of slovenly way of speaking Orcadian where they go butter water .
18 When you receive his report , read it carefully and then ring him and ask him to explain more fully any matters which are not clear or which worry you .
19 I ca n't , unless it 's just the light 's a bit funny or what have you
20 ‘ It must be very different where you come from , ’ Lady Grubb said enigmatically to Len , who came from Putney .
21 Maybe it 's different where you come from .
22 Things we think you might be interested or I think you might be interested in talking about this morning .
23 Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs .
24 In a place like mine anybody who knows my patch you , you know old or you know certain parts of or you know certain parts of .
25 They are people who would like to work but believe no work is available , lack the schooling , training , skills , or experience required by employers , are thought by employers to be too young or too old or who have other personal handicaps in finding a job .
26 My right hon. Friend the Chancellor has made it clear where we stand and we now want to know where the Labour party stands .
27 This is why , before you embark on any kind of anti-drug crusade with your children , you have to be clear where you stand — and not just on the subject of heroin .
28 they say something different or something do they ?
29 We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ?
30 Moreover , hospital early discharge schemes have been slow to develop , yet are immensely popular where they have taken root .
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