Example sentences of "[vb -s] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's found something she loves and it gives her strength . |
| 2 | inflation is the biggest economic problem and what problem it causes and it says discuss the fact that erm with inflation now being around four to five per cent it is now a , it is now being cured , discuss that sort of thing , you say yes it has , but at the moment we 're still suffering the effects because we are in , we 've got high interest rates , we , and in order for us to have really beaten it , we could have low interest rates and low employment and low inflation , but we 're still in the middle of it |
| 3 | I ca n't see what Andy 's doing because the man 's body is in the way , but then Andy hits into him , bowling him backwards and he shouts and I wriggle away from them ; I scramble off through the ferns on all fours and then stop and look back and the man 's got Andy , he 's struggling with him , leaning over him , folding him , pressing him down , and Andy 's breathing hard , grunting , trying to break free . |
| 4 | I mean , what I want is that she shouts and I shout and she shouts back , then I say I 'm sorry and put my arms round her , then we kiss and make love maybe , and in the end we 're both real people again . |
| 5 | when you turn your key it suddenly clicks and it clicks the thingy forward |
| 6 | I turned our closed circuit cameras onto the flag-wavers and they appeared on the huge screens above the stage . |
| 7 | In this case he has and they 've an and conveniently of course for this example it 's all been put into , into a statement . |
| 8 | ‘ People are the most valuable asset any company has and we want to help each individual reach his or her full potential and in so doing gain maximum commercial advantage for their company , ’ said Mr Howell . |
| 9 | ‘ Visits by our officers can result either from the use of detector vans or follow-ups from computer records of who has and who does n't have a TV licence . ’ |
| 10 | And it has And it has has it not been admitted in at least one of your background documents that the character of the settlements round York have a part to play in that ? |
| 11 | If anyone rings and they do n't find me in , it 's not because I am at a wild party or something , it 's probably because I 'm shopping or walking my dog . ’ |
| 12 | This is a holy war , and only the Prime Mover can decide who lives and who dies . |
| 13 | It 's just a lottery and there is no rhyme or reason to who lives and who dies . ’ |
| 14 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 15 | ‘ When I 'm away for more than six or seven days , the pang starts and I need to see her ’ . |
| 16 | It 's important how she looks and what feels comfortable for her to work in . |
| 17 | I 'd like to try it straight to see how it looks and I 've heard there is a shampoo that temporarily smooths out the perm . |
| 18 | I do n't like the way he looks and I do n't like the way he talks . |
| 19 | It 's harder than it looks and you get very wet . |
| 20 | He 's going aargh ! he wants And he goes , he goes to the bartender . |
| 21 | ‘ Bob is very demanding in what he wants and he added another dimension to my game . |
| 22 | Olson does , in fact , recognise that writing alone will not in itself provide the clarity he wants and he continues ; ‘ However , a fully developed alphabet does not exhaust the possibilities for explicitness of a writing system . |
| 23 | And yet they 're bringing in these other things that er enormous cost which nobody wants and you 've still got ta pay , and if you have n't got one , if you have n't got the necessary er coin then that , that could lead to very anti social behaviour . . |
| 24 | concerned this rule still stands and it has not expired . |
| 25 | that he needs and he needs to speak to his boss , he does n't get answers from his boss . |
| 26 | So it 's it 's an interest thing as well it keeps the interest it changes the emphasis switches the attention makes a break does n't it it just changes er er a natural break that happens and it changes attention . |
| 27 | ‘ I want to want ’ , the underground man 's lonely cry , is also his though he does n't utter it , and biting the governor 's car , like sticking the tongue out , is a one-against-all drumming of the heels of consciousness — but again with a difference which is that the biting extends beyond the notional ; it happens and it hurts , though it 's a minor foray compared with Raskolnikov 's spectacular eruption into actuality with the murder . |
| 28 | ‘ If the worst happens and it spreads I reckon help should have arrived before it gets serious . ’ |
| 29 | Right , but one of the things we have to remember is , and I know it 's sort of a sha , but you have the experience of last year and , that has to be shared you know to sort of cut the corners yo you 've got ta pass it back a year or up a year , whichever whatever happens and you 've made a very valid comment there and you need to make note of that that , you know somehow you have to work round Rob to get it |
| 30 | But the worst happens and you reel from it , you stagger , the shock is enormous , and then you begin to recover . |