Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sounds as if the guy is suffering from Hemingway Syndrome : ‘ computers may see their silicon lives flash before their eyes , so to speak , just before they die , ’ Prodigy Services Co suggests , reporting that physicist Stephen Thaler of McDonnell Douglas Corp has been playing with neural networks as a way to speed diamond crystal growth but while by day , he created and trained the neural nets , by night , he began annihilating them to see what would happen , randomly severing links , and when between 10% and 60% of the links were destroyed , the network regurgitated nonsense , but as it approached death , 90% of the connections severed , it generated distinct values that had been trained into it , and at times even output ‘ whimsical ’ states , where it would generate values that were neither trained nor ones that would appear in a healthy net , says Thaler , who thinks it may say something about near-death experiences for humans — ‘ It may not just be fancy biochemistry , ’ he suggests . |
| 2 | She felt her hand being placed against his cheek , and then his lips pressing kisses upon it ; she pulled his hand back , and casting all caution to the winds pressed his palm to her own lips , fondling it , examining the scratched and chisel scars on his knuckles until he wanted her hand back again — and the manner in which they took it in turns to kiss hands through the wall became a competition between them to see who could demonstrate the greatest fondness , a competition that Jennifer was now desperate to win because all her instincts were telling her that Tristram was the only man she could ever love , and that through him lay her path to freedom and independence . |
| 3 | ‘ If you would prefer me to drive I can drive , ’ said the man . |
| 4 | might say , I 'm a beef farmer , erm I enjoy my , my beef very much , my philosophy is that erm , if we 're going to use animals we 're going to eat the , their time here should be as humane , they should have as humane treatment as possible , and they should be free from fear , hunger and pain , and when the time comes for them to go they should know as little about it as possible . |
| 5 | no , makes them think they might come up do you want some porridge , mummy do you some porridge ? |
| 6 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 7 | That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity . |
| 8 | Either way , the problem you describe , combined with the fact that this is your first dog , makes me think you should go back to the RSPCA and ask them to put you in touch with the most suitable , local training club . |
| 9 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 10 | ‘ You do n't put an empty box in a safe ; there must have been something in it when it was put there and the lavender sachet makes me think it must have been something of sentimental value . ’ |
| 11 | He paused and then added , ‘ In any case , everyone thinks we should go . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It boggles my mind that everyone thinks they can pull the wool over the eyes of a company that 's had 30 years experience in dicking rock bands . |
| 13 | If everyone thinks they can make money out of bargain books , let them . ’ |
| 14 | An exhibitor 's put an exhibit up and everyone thinks they can beat it but when they 've gone and left their the exhibitors gone back and put a new lot up … things like that happen . |
| 15 | Many of them say they 'd like rather more variety . |
| 16 | Jean Baya , manager of the nursing home , said Naomi had acted differently in the days before her death but there was nothing to indicate she would take an overdose . |
| 17 | I was careful to explain my own attitude to commissioned work — that in order for me to work it would have to be within the broadest of limitations . |
| 18 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |
| 19 | Patrol leader Captain David Hall said : ‘ We 're letting them know they can get food without instability . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh fairest of creation , last and best of all God 's works , creature in whom excelled whatever can to sight or thought be formed , wholly divine , good , amiable or sweet , how art thou lost ? |
| 21 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 22 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 23 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
| 24 | If you 'd have let me know I could have |
| 25 | He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet . |
| 26 | This is of course what I did — rather than repeat exactly experiments done on mice or rats that other researchers had already reported , I asked what would happen if I tried a similar procedure with my chicks . |
| 27 | Last time I asked who 'd come on from reading TSB , no one replied . |
| 28 | If someone thinks they could raise that future flow , they will pay more for the firm . |
| 29 | Someone thinks I should pay them ten thousand pounds . |
| 30 | The thing I most disliked was the disapproval of the dons because I admitted I would like to write ! ’ |