Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question arises : is there something about such jobs that directly causes the people who do them to go off sick more than others ? |
| 2 | On the other hand it can be argued that the sauropods like Brachiosaurus were so large , and with a relatively small surface area through which to cool compared with their enormous volume , that their cooling rate could have been slow enough to allow them to sustain more continuous activity than smaller , living reptiles . |
| 3 | James Weenes , in a conversation he had with the wife of a London weaver in September 1690 , expressed his opinion that William was " a Dutch Dogg and an Usurper " , who " like a Villain came and took the Crowne from the head of his Father " , and also that " the nobility was a parcel of Rogues and all of them lived as high as Kings . |
| 4 | Old land-owning families prospered and built under Queen Elizabeth I 's reign , but many of them became badly unstuck during the Civil War . |
| 5 | Everything around them became slightly abnormal , the new occupation , the environment , the dress they wore , the physical and emotional climate . |
| 6 | They also acquired the railways and many of them became as proud of their state systems as of the other perquisites of the British connection . |
| 7 | Oh , I think the majority always have worked hard , but they , some of them became quite flamboyant and extravagant in their gestures about what they , how they wanted to change things , and I think nowadays they , perhaps sadly , really , they feel they , they ca n't so they just knuckle down to it all . |
| 8 | Indeed , he predeceased Sir Nelson , which made my task a little easier , inasmuch as it was not necessary for me to carry out complicated inquiries in India . |
| 9 | Those were the Somalis , let me make that clear . |
| 10 | Even people like me became more self-confident in Art when he was the teacher . |
| 11 | Their low viscosity consequently allows them to flow over considerable distances . |
| 12 | In a research project I carried out into academic publishing a great deal of the work required me to interview very experienced and knowledgeable publishers and to ask questions which , inevitably , touched on financial matters . |
| 13 | Although it may seem like folly to invest in such buildings , many of them make perfectly good homes and buyers would be helping to preserve Britain 's heritage . |
| 14 | In fact , if they do have a complaint , it 's that they would probably like me to go back full time — which is very nice to know ! ’ |
| 15 | But it enabled me to see how tough a negotiator Eliot himself could be . |
| 16 | Many nocturnal insects have a slightly different compound eye which allows them to gather more light . |
| 17 | Corris says that once the ISDN lines are there , the company will be able to use them to nail up permanent and semi-permanent virtual circuits , potential competition for the company 's leased line business . |
| 18 | Papal actions , too , appeared to add further proof : after 1337 , except in 1362 and 1375 , popes no longer taxed the clergy for the benefit of the king in England , though at that time they were certainly enriching the French monarch by clerical taxes ; and while successive French kings readily obtained papal dispensations which enabled them to contract politically advantageous matches , Edward on two critical occasions — in the 1340s and 1360s — was denied such benefits . |
| 19 | Cos I ca n't shut up they make me laugh so hard and Harry Enfield Only me ! |
| 20 | Oh , some of them got quite rich . |
| 21 | I hope you will allow me to remain somewhat sceptical about these vague reassurances which remind me of those that were regular given during the 1980s ( prior to publication of the Environment White Paper ) although it was evident that no rigorous assessment was ever made of the environmental effects of development . |
| 22 | Or they may learn that their undue pessimism has caused them to pass up attractive market opportunities . |
| 23 | Otherwise it tends to make the whole picture , like , I went to er er one club once and there was a very nice portrait , not unlike this , there was a girl sitting on a stool , rather less clothes on than this girl has got and it was very nicely done except she was sitting on a painted stool and all the paint was chipped and that to me looked really tacky ! |
| 24 | Many of them built up vast fortunes under my father 's regime , illegal fortunes , I hasten to add . |
| 25 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 26 | With that as the background , it is the time for a deep study of the philosophy underlying the system — to determine afresh what we ought to be seeking to achieve , to examine how far and in what manner the results of our present practice fall short , and to sift new ideas in order to judge which of them appear both constructive and practicable in operation . |
| 27 | After mature deliberation your Committee venture to propose to you to entrust them with powers to digest a scheme for the medical department , to receive claims , and investigate the merits of the different candidates who may propose themselves to fill the different situations in this line , as well as of the subordinate attendants of the house , and to report to you at your next general meeting the names of such persons as to them appear most proper , for your final approbation . ’ |
| 28 | Many of them face major cuts to balance at the end of the year and one of them has dangerously low nursing levels . |
| 29 | ( It had surprised me to find how fussy he was about some things ; dust , and scrappy meals really bothered him . ) |
| 30 | However , he said he always included something above the understanding of his hearers in order to prevent them becoming either complacent or conceited and to stimulate their desire to learn more . |