Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also children want to learn , to enable them to acquire qualifications needed for the jobs they would like to do when they leave education . |
| 2 | It has done nothing to encourage banks to reserve against dodgy loans or write them off , for some banks risk insolvency if they do so . |
| 3 | I asked children to think of a witches ' stew and this is what they suggested to put on a sign on the wall : |
| 4 | ‘ When we played Albania three weeks ago in Tirana , I made plans to deal with them but on the day they fielded a much different side to the one I expected . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ When we played Albania three weeks ago in Tirana , I made plans to deal with them but on the day they fielded a much different side to the one I expected . ’ |
| 6 | Soon after that I made arrangements to go to Australia ; I just felt I did n't want to be around when Mason and Jennifer got together . |
| 7 | Er I well I agree but I mean parents seem to be quite keen for their er their children to out and do it . |
| 8 | Johnson , outlining a preference for vegetable derivatives rather than animal , said , ‘ I have often thought , that , if I kept a seraglio , the ladies should all wear linen gowns , or cotton — I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances ’ and declared a hatred for silk : ‘ you can not tell when it is clean . ’ |
| 9 | Well it is I mean trees give off oxygen anyway do n't they ? |
| 10 | I designed windows suited to all positions , and of all varieties of size form and grouping doorways cornices parapets and imaginary combinations of all these , carefully studying to make them all thoroughly by practical , and suited to the class of building . |
| 11 | I want players to fight for positions . ’ |
| 12 | " I want hardwoods planted up that hill , " he waved his arm in the direction from which they had come . |
| 13 | I do not want my use of pronouns to slip by unnoticed : I want readers to think about it , and to act on their conclusions . |
| 14 | I want animals to look at because I like animals . |
| 15 | This caused such a burst of indignation from the players that I drew stumps swearing to myself that I 'd never umpire again — and I have n't ! |
| 16 | Now I mentioned bonuses paid at proof stage . |
| 17 | I mentioned bonuses paid at proof stage . |
| 18 | Gardening is how I let things wash over me . ’ |
| 19 | I let things get to me . |
| 20 | Rooks cawed in the dark trees which ringed the house and I imagined demons nestling in the branches , mocking us . |
| 21 | On many occasions I seen students surprised by the unpredictability of these bits , and are unwilling to use them again . |
| 22 | I never go round by myself without seeing one because I hear feet scrabbling on the bark or I see bits of fir cone floating down . |
| 23 | I like things clean about me |
| 24 | I like things to go through my hands ; things are transitory , ideas are emetic — it 's enough to get them out . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll be busy tomorrow and besides , I like things done with plenty of time to spare . ’ |
| 26 | Whether or not I like Acts passed by this Parliament , if it passes them I accept them . |
| 27 | It 's been a long day — I spent hours working on a new program . |
| 28 | When I was n't with the animals I spent hours playing with my favourite toy , a large piece of wood which I pretended was our horse , Dicks . |
| 29 | ‘ I spent ages crawling around the hotel 's foundations and could n't find a way out . |
| 30 | I spent years looking for the answer , and what I found was somewhat unexpected . |