Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb base] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The white boys admire the cheek of the black lad who nicks their Kentucky'n'chips , as well as wanting to beat him up for it , just as many of them secretly envy and try to emulate the black street style which at another level they experience as so invasive . |
| 2 | Some of them apparently feel that the move flies in the face of the philosophy expressed in the document prepared by the task force which examined the way ahead for BBC Scotland . |
| 3 | It makes me so cross when I see so much imported fruit and vegetables in the shops when we have as good , if not better English produce on hand . |
| 4 | However , the basic concept of collecting and removing filth will not be affected , as any system which does not localise contaminants merely spreads them so think as to make the problem less obvious . |
| 5 | I 've never met Sir Brian or Sir Oliver and have only met Sir Bernard a few times , but I instinctively feel that all six would lay down their lives without hesitation for a damsel in distress . |
| 6 | I rarely speak or am active on guillotine motions and resulting business arrangements on timing , because in general I have long been in favour of timetabling all Bills from the start . |
| 7 | When I light-heartedly suggest that he should use Klan members who still harass him for target practice , Cash is genuinely shocked . |
| 8 | I wholeheartedly welcome and endorse the proposals contained in the Gracious Speech , with only one minor caveat . |
| 9 | We have an awkward , and increasingly tense discussion about the use of such songs — for though I wholeheartedly agree that all the ideas they promote are self-evidently good things , I worry simply whether such songs have any positive effect — and they start bandying the word ‘ cynic ’ . |
| 10 | I humbly suggest that the two counties should get together . |
| 11 | He waited for the laughter to die down and then , ignoring Mickey Aronson , he leaned his head out of the window , gave his gravelly laugh and confided to the other men : ‘ A bigger ignoramus I never met ; he does n't even know that ships and cars are always female . ’ |
| 12 | In his letter of acceptance he wrote , ‘ I gladly accept and I shall do all I can for you , ’ and he did literally that . |
| 13 | ‘ Look , I 'm not a feminist as such but I have to admit I rather resent that remark ! |
| 14 | I rather doubt whether the lesson has been fully learnt by Opposition Members , but the reference to ’ some Opposition politicians ’ is too general ; we ought to make it more particular . |
| 15 | ‘ I rather doubt if Jack Butler would climb into bed with you to keep warm . ’ |
| 16 | However , he admits , ‘ I rather doubt if other auditors , similarly placed , would have acted very differently ’ . |
| 17 | He recorded the seven pieces out of order , however , and I rather wish that the transfer engineers had re-grouped the numbers according to the order of the score . |
| 18 | Whether that would have been , at that time , for the benefit of the mass of the Chinese people we 're talking about erm I do n't think I , I rather think that the er turn that Mao took probably in the long run , in the long term , was to the benefit of the mass of people erm the peasantry , the workers in China because I think the alternative would have been erm international exploitation . |
| 19 | I rather think that the RN instructors on my course must have suffered at the hands of the Customs on returning from a foreign tour as they really gave us a hard time . |
| 20 | We landed Phil at Yarmouth , Isle of Wight , to receive a mild rebuke from the Senior Naval Officer about lack of communication and swanning around without lights , but I rather think that Phil gave as good as he got . |
| 21 | Yes , they were appointed by the County Council so I sup and er I , I rather think that they , we never got paid but I rather think th they 'd have to pay the Council something for the midwife 's services . |
| 22 | Erm you probably all know Murphy 's law that what can go wrong will go wrong , when I looked at the Oil Service Industry in last year , I rather think that Murphy was a bit of an optimist myself . |
| 23 | I rather think that they are concentrating on the main task which is to see that the children are properly provided for . |
| 24 | erm , I think it 's in the future care , I rather think that perhaps the future care ought to have been five hundred and nineteen , not five hundred and seventeen |
| 25 | I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water |
| 26 | ‘ However , ’ Mrs Baggley resumed , ‘ I rather wonder whether Charles was n't leaning very heavily indeed on Paul . |
| 27 | Erm er I was concerned when my Noble Friend said that he 'd looked up Hallsbury but that it did n't contain the right words , er er I rather wonder whether he looked up so to speak the right version or the last version . |
| 28 | I rather suspect that the present regional disparities to which the hon. Member for Gateshead , East referred , not least the voting disparities , will change as one moves further south . |
| 29 | Despite this , the Labour Group did persuade some schools to delay implementation of the L M S Initiative and I rather suspect that some of these schools regret this decision today . |
| 30 | I rather suspect that the , I even said about the strong colour of the net , I suspect , that when |