Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | then go on to the ones you marked as " different " and listen to them read one after the other . |
| 2 | Scientific research is usually carried out by a team of scientists , often from several disciplines who work together , each of whom contributing something to the whole . |
| 3 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |
| 4 | As one who was so instrumental in mapping out the future promise of early Smiths , his quote ‘ If you asked me to write something about The Smiths now it would probably be critical ’ , remained interesting . |
| 5 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 6 | I suppose I 'd best ring Scottie and see if he wants me to process something about a picture then ? |
| 7 | The peace and quiet of the morning was shattered by someone bellowing something from the direction of Brigade H.Q Suddenly into view comes the Brigadier , Derek Mills Roberts . |
| 8 | I compiled an anthology a few years ago about , of misogynist quotes , and it 's everything from the bible , the Koran , the Hindu , to , every religion 's in there , all the judges are in there , pop singers are in there , I mean everybody under the sun ! |
| 9 | And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known . |
| 10 | But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary . |
| 11 | I was a student in London but I was at home on this occasion when I met someone in the park . |
| 12 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 13 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 14 | I got nothing at the table right . |
| 15 | I got one on the sh on the telephone |
| 16 | and I got one on the C's . |
| 17 | But mine has a , mine has a grill , I got one with a grill |
| 18 | I got one with a big chunky battery , it should 've lasted about six month to a year |
| 19 | I got , aha , I got on I got one with a camera . |
| 20 | I do n't remember what I recited , but I do remember being acutely embarrassed on another occasion when people were telling anecdotes , and I recounted one about a soldier being saved from a court martial because he had heard a clock strike thirteen at midnight , and this fact had saved him from being found guilty of sleeping on duty . |
| 21 | ‘ I expect someone in the village will tell — ’ |
| 22 | I found something from the AIDS one the new Benetton advert , have you seen that ? |
| 23 | I found one in a cave in the Scilly Isles . |
| 24 | I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless . |
| 25 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 26 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 27 | Charlie gives me a cut , I slip something to the maid in the morning , she makes the room over and nobody ever asks anything . |
| 28 | ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’ |
| 29 | Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy . |
| 30 | Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) . |