Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's blummin freezing and the pavements are a bit slippy so we have to walk careful like . |
| 2 | one , two , you just hold on a minute can you , just wait till Mark 's finished , cos it gets a bit confusing cos we get too many people knocking about . |
| 3 | ‘ If it looks a bit narrow when you splash on Pissarro |
| 4 | They just think it 's a bit odd because you hide in your room all the time . ’ |
| 5 | Erm you know , and these achievements , he 's not saying that you know re rev revolution 's the way forward , he 's actually saying look what 's happened before under the system that existed er previously , er well it actually existed , you know , at the time he was talking about , there does seem to be an effort by the peasants erm you know to , to improve their lot and therefore wha while he cites revolution in a way you , you can argue it is a bit strange because they seem to be , according to him , have improved their lot under the system that was there in the first place , erm |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd like to , ’ said Zach , ' but I never go to church so it 'd be a bit strange if I sing in it , wo n't it , me not even being a Christian . ‘ |
| 7 | Bit strange when you think of it like that . |
| 8 | But , a bit obstreperous as I say . ’ |
| 9 | Despite it all , though , you may end up looking a bit foolish if you find you 've been barking up the wrong tree . |
| 10 | This is , they say , a bit inconvenient as they have to meet their girlfriends in the Charles Hawtrey Patio at the Duck and Forceps at midday . |
| 11 | Prices are a bit steep but you do n't go to weddings every day . |
| 12 | Well it 's like er now that sometimes when you 've been doing the message you know you might talk a little bit different but I mean he 's had elocution lessons . |
| 13 | Now this is where the meal gets a little bit French because I have sauce to deal with . |
| 14 | Its 512Kb of display memory is enough for resolutions of 800 by 600 in 16 colours , but a bit light if you want a resolution of 1,024 by 768 . |
| 15 | Erm you have to be in touch with the National Savings and they send the money direct so you do n't actually get your hands on it . |
| 16 | Yeah that 'd be good that cos I I think I 've only ever made that once and it was sort of a bit peculiar when you make it . |
| 17 | Chest painful and they hold it when coughing |
| 18 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 19 | We met er , a beautiful old English sheep dog , seven months old and they 've got to find a new home for it , because they 're off to America . |
| 20 | He 's three months old and I love him and I would n't do a thing to harm him . |
| 21 | But I 've always had at least ten friends who are long term unemployed and we 've always bought each other 's stuff . |
| 22 | So , so , I think the background , I think , as I said earlier on that keep the photograph simple and I think this one , perhaps , has got too much background . |
| 23 | Well I have to say that as a result of last night 's session I have a much healthier view of Hydro Electric and I do so would I have got that from the programme ? |
| 24 | An important contribution to staying calm is arriving at the interview conscious that you have done everything you can to be thoroughly well prepared . |
| 25 | Curiously , I find snooker riveting though I do n't play myself . |
| 26 | Kids may keep their books shipshape if you give them this pair of Noah 's Ark bookends . |
| 27 | And you think , Oh what does this mean ? and you look it up in a dictionary wicked and you think , Oh |
| 28 | You got ta , se when you go up on the scales you 've got ta er say eight ten to ma he carried two pound overweight so you 've got ta put him at the scale and then the end of , the governor relies on the travel head lad to do this , the same as I 'm head man at home . |
| 29 | Leave my handbag alone but you see when it was in the window Jane I thought it looked a bit too light , but I think what makes it look like that is they 've got the light shining |
| 30 | But it is guesswork because I do n't know the gentlemen concerned and I do n't know the full facts . |