Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You certainly make money if you begin . |
| 2 | cream and grow potatoes and all this and probably they have bees and sell honey and you know they eat er they really try to be self- sufficient sort of community as much as they can . |
| 3 | People like Joe Maitland make enemies an' I do n't want you gettin' involved wiv somefink what 's got nuffink ter do wiv yer , d'yer understand ? ’ |
| 4 | For the Reaganites , economic policy was the legislative priority ; first came budget cuts and then tax reduction and it was essential that these should be in place within a few months , before the end of the honeymoon period . |
| 5 | So because we 're doing something from our normal end of the spectrum as it were right through to trying to involve everybody in the city , erm we 're hoping to get the issue across to a lot more people , and also raise money while we 're doing it . |
| 6 | One Bangkok stockbroker says that ‘ when people make investments because they want to see their name on a school in their home village , they are heading for trouble . ’ |
| 7 | Not only must you spray regularly , but it 's a good idea to vary the brand of spray that you use ; the nasty wee beasties soon develop resistance if you use the same one over and over again , and that 's something worth taking the time to avoid . |
| 8 | Many more of the 226 schools that have taken control of their own affairs in the past three years fear victimisation if they are returned to hostile local authorities . |
| 9 | Make notes as you talk . |
| 10 | Make notes as you go through . |
| 11 | Well you make notes when you 're listening to customers and make notes when you were questioning me did I and it was hard to even if it 's only four or five questions it was hard to pull together . |
| 12 | Well you make notes when you 're listening to customers and make notes when you were questioning me did I and it was hard to even if it 's only four or five questions it was hard to pull together . |
| 13 | Make notes if you can . |
| 14 | What is common to all is that as symbols of excellence precious substances embody and display values and it is by entertaining and expressing values that men declare their identity as human beings rather than as mere primates . |
| 15 | I hope you suffer torture until you die . |
| 16 | Table ware is carefully and , perhaps , infrequently handled , while kitchen wares suffer losses as they are cheaper and roughly used . |
| 17 | On the whole I hate spoofs and I like everything played straight . |
| 18 | ‘ Some women prefer seeing make gynaecologists because they find them more authoritative . ’ |
| 19 | I hate subjects where you just have to fill your head with facts . |
| 20 | It 's so repetitive marking your scale and people just lose concentration and I can do this you know and the next minute you you you 've gone up in twos instead of ones . |
| 21 | In a social context , it can be difficult to assert status and gain recognition if you 're shy . |
| 22 | Your detractors will ask challenging questions or make speeches that they try to disguise as questions . |
| 23 | In Richmal Crompton 's School Is a Waste of Time ! , which we have recently published , he is recorded as saying that MP 's ‘ have n't anything to do but make speeches and they need n't even make speeches if they do n't feel like it and they 're paid money whether they make speeches or not , which seems very nice for the MPs … |
| 24 | I invariably gain weight if I 've eaten rice the evening before because it retains water and is often served with spicy food which is dehydrating . |
| 25 | I lose weight when I go there because there 's absolutely nothing good to eat and , even if there were , it would cost too much . |
| 26 | Consultancies all lose clients so they must keep getting new ones . |
| 27 | They actually look for strong leaders , or they want rules because they feel insecure without them . |
| 28 | I say gel but she was a year older than me at least . |
| 29 | Or sometimes it 's a kind of ransom — send money or we 'll play noughts and crosses on your Leonardo cartoon . |
| 30 | If there are more than four I go to the cupboard and nip cognacs till it 's all over for me , my dear ’ , or ‘ Last Sunday I had a fearful crise . |