Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I 've ever had a lady bring me flowers before . ’ |
| 2 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
| 3 | ‘ Pity everyone does n't see it in the same light . ’ |
| 4 | Well , I suggest someone nips over next door to see if we can borrow a room — that is , if it is felt that we need actually to discuss anything more . " |
| 5 | Like adjectives , verbs also have external incidence : their lexical content evokes a state or process which does not of itself define what it is said of . |
| 6 | You ca n't make an individual schedule appear which includes both the tasks the person is responsible for and the ones he or she is merely involved in . |
| 7 | Bedlam which assaults both eye and ear : |
| 8 | Then I suggest she goes out and buys |
| 9 | You quickly realise she knows exactly what you are thinking . |
| 10 | ‘ I expect she realizes now that Prince Edward is lost to her for ever ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't think all that much of humans , ’ said Lydia ; ‘ so when I say one does n't quite look like one I do n't mean it offensively . ’ |
| 12 | In these circumstances in my judgment there is entirely adequate support for Paul of the sort that Mrs envisaged and indeed I am inclined to the view that one to one dedicated support for him out of classroom hours may not be desirable and might well tend at least to come between him and his fellow pupils so if one turns to Mrs schedule one on page forty seven , papers before me , I think that the appropriate arithmetic is to provide for twenty hours per week at seven pounds per hour for thirty seven school weeks , that is an enabler for the school period , I confess that I find it much easier to deal with Mrs schedules on page forty seven by treating schedule one as having to do with the , the school period , schedule two having to deal with the home periods and schedule three with parental care , as it is actually set out on page forty seven , and I confess that during the case I kept confusing myself about this point , schedule one deals not only with school but also , rather confusingly , with an enabler at home and I think it easier to confine that schedule to er school time . |
| 13 | Some critics say there has not been enough action over Aids while others complain there has been too much . |
| 14 | Experts say there has never been so much free time available to so many people . |
| 15 | Brewing sources say there has recently been tension between Whitbread and WIC over the shareholding issue . |
| 16 | ‘ Pity it stares out at a row of other houses . ’ |
| 17 | Suggest he advances as far as the stream and stops them there , but make it a tactful suggestion . |
| 18 | Wilkinson , who has cajoled and bullied to knock Cantona into shape , joked that the language barrier is still there because ‘ If I 'm saying nice things about him he seems to understand — if I suggest he works harder or I say nasty things , he finds that harder to comprehend . ’ |
| 19 | Writing to Ellen , she could not help be bitter , remarking : — all life seems a trap again Ellen and I expect it has too often seemed so to you and will yet . |
| 20 | I expect it comes naturally to you , being in the business so to speak . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I expect it starts earlier on the Continent , ’ said Sister Dew happily . |
| 22 | Knowing him I expect he 's still got it in his pocket . |
| 23 | With Mark and Babur it comes up a lot . |
| 24 | I have every faith in him although I realise he does n't know everything . |
| 25 | After the Chadwick interview it seems only fair to suggest a double interview with Terry Bickers and Bic Hayes from the awe-inspiring Levitation … |
| 26 | Yeah I think it it 's it 's been coming on a sort of er you know we we we tour here twice a year every year and we release an album every year at this time and a video , so it 's for all the people who like that type of music they know it 's going to be there and they come out to see us all the time you know and er as you say it goes on and on but lucky enough there is an awful lot of material for us to do and you know there should n't be any problem . |
| 27 | and say like say it takes absolutely ages to clean the dishes and pots you know , but like you say it was erm chili con carne , erm tuna and celery pie , what else was there on ? |
| 28 | They say it takes about three weeks for a cure to work , and most Baden packages are based on this , although some are streamlined to 14 days . |
| 29 | Its leaders say it does not want to be responsible for any disturbances . |
| 30 | However , the Aberdeen economists say it does not take the issue of scarce resources into account . |