Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't that funny that reminds me of an old girl I had at Dennis House the one I used to be on i I used to have to get her in bed get her all propped up and then |
| 2 | It is rising so high that makes us afraid , he thought , lest we fall or are cast down . |
| 3 | It 's bein' poor and 'omeless that does it . |
| 4 | What is it about the British that makes them confuse service with servility |
| 5 | WHAT is it about we British that makes us pay millions of pounds to actors who have never heard a shot fired in anger , while we ignore the heroes whose deeds they are paid to portray ? |
| 6 | WHAT is it about we British that makes us pay millions of pounds to actors who have never heard a shot fired in anger , while we ignore the heroes whose deeds they are paid to portray ? |
| 7 | A major recession makes innovation risky and discourages it , but in such a period the more adventurous entrepreneurs see the opportunity to profit by investing in new innovations . |
| 8 | She recalled singing in both operas at Boosback as a 16-year-old and says she was amazed to be given the female lead in The Beggars ' and only three weeks in which to learn the words and music ! |
| 9 | She gives her half-laugh and tells me she does n't know how old people generally are when they get married . |
| 10 | We try to rotate all the jobs on site between the eight of us — it makes life more interesting and gives us more flexibility . |
| 11 | Despite her success , she insists on being down-to-earth and believes she has an obligation to give a little back to the sport which shot her to fame . |
| 12 | In solid-state solar cells the junction between two materials of different electronic properties absorbs light and converts it into electricity . |
| 13 | The travel agent admits he 's in the wrong and says he 's trying to ensure that Norman Culliford gets at least some of his money back . |
| 14 | Nothing is actually bad , but nothing sets the heavens aflame and sends you screaming for the toilet with its bowel-opening magnificence . |
| 15 | He described the changes underway in the country as exciting and says he would like to be in the country at such a momentous time . |
| 16 | I wish it was yesterday , I wish I was just climbing over the rocks in dear comfortable Mrs McPhee who does n't mind getting wet and lets me breathe — ’ |
| 17 | I now have eight keepers who rotate so that each youngster becomes equally fond and knows them equally well . |
| 18 | The polarity adult-child is the first in the inventory of existential oppositions ( male-female being the second ) which makes man exploitable and induces him to exploit . |
| 19 | alright , fair enough , if , if the , if the deformity is mobile that means you can move it , you can actually do a lot of manipulation and physiotherapy and that can work very well . |
| 20 | Erm , right that gets us to the er performance analysis , and er graphs . |
| 21 | does it literally staple the stomach on the outside or does it |
| 22 | When he 's really crazy and violent or says he 'll kill himself , he goes into hospital — for about a month , usually . |
| 23 | What happens is that although it does tend to decay it builds a crust on the outside that stops it eroding . |
| 24 | Another , Sphecodes , battles its way into a colony , killing any individual that opposes it . |
| 25 | what Chodorow retains of the psychical that makes it impossible for her to consider social relations in any but the most simplistic way . |
| 26 | Is it my influence with Artai that troubles you ? ’ |
| 27 | But if it makes somebody uncomfortable and makes them overly conscious of their gender erm and perhaps how they look , then that 's what I think is sexual harassment . |
| 28 | A period of sharing your home is sometimes healthy , because it teaches you to be more adaptable and stops you from becoming too set in your ways . |
| 29 | I love him to bits but I 'm long past the stage of believing marriage is what makes a relationship real and holds it together . |
| 30 | The next matter is , Is the proposed policy too restrictive and does it adequately reflect national policy guidance on the need to rural enterprise and diver diversification of the rural economy . |