Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might make sales , you 'll certainly make contacts and it probably wo n't put you off the world of TV forever . |
| 2 | We had been given books and we soon began learning . |
| 3 | We just wreck buildings or We just start fires or We just scar highways or We just spread trash . |
| 4 | In other words , whatever the applicant 's interest in the subject matter of the application may be , that interest not only determines whether the applicant has standing but it also dictates the nature and terms of the relief to which the applicant can expect . |
| 5 | She loves Lego and she especially like |
| 6 | Most of us are somewhere in between : we do n't physically attack people but we verbally assault them ; we stand by while others suffer — like the Parisian coffee-drinkers in the Champs-Elysees story ; we 're uncharitable , unhelpful , and often unnecessarily territorial . |
| 7 | It is presented primarily to inform and stimulate debate and it therefore adopts a style which is unusual in this journal . |
| 8 | I 'm often asked if I get sick of making presentations and signing autographs but I always answer by saying that the time to worry is when no-one wants me to do these things . |
| 9 | This is a cold , simple fact — the word " dumb " not only fails to attract youth but it positively repels them … |
| 10 | ‘ It cost £500 and I really ca n't see what my boys got out of it . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know McCloy and I never touched Hatton . ’ |
| 12 | Oh we have n't done these post cards attached to work cards but we still |
| 13 | Well I have n't suggested a a figure , I made reference and I also referred to the fact that when you then discounted completions , identified sites , and existing measurements , you would be approximately eight hundred and fifty dwellings short . |
| 14 | Besides , the trend on the national newspapers was away from staff photographers and to contract work and I really did n't see the point in moving my family to London without any job security . ’ |
| 15 | Receivers want to sell for cash to satisfy debenture holders and secured creditors and they generally want to sell quickly before the business has deteriorated to the extent of being unsaleable . |
| 16 | At yesterday 's installation ceremony he told the audience : ‘ I adopted Middlesbrough and it now turns out Middlesbrough has adopted me . ’ |
| 17 | I wanted to be a winner when I played football and I still do as a manager . ’ |
| 18 | Dr Martin Orne of the University of Pennsylvania told subjects to fake hypnosis and they easily fooled the hypnotist . |
| 19 | I am not even going to attempt to tell you why I was so attired , or guess at why fate should have made Donald and his equally well-equipped companions walk across that particular piece of wilderness at precisely the same time as me . |
| 20 | He may bring problems but he also helps to solve them ’ . |
| 21 | Oh I see , yes , yes , I , huh , yes I would do , I , I , I would say in quite definitely that these words are inspired by such a such artist and , make it quite clear that I 'm a writer and not a , I , I , I do n't study art or I just do n't understand science and painting and , and its my responses to that , yes . |
| 22 | I expect it was said Pegs but you better be careful Tim . |
| 23 | I mean Aunty Mary , well I do n't given up talking to her she 'd she says bus and I just let it go . |
| 24 | Her scream had startled Chalon and she now had her hands full trying to control the plunging , frightened horse , realising with a renewed surge of alarm that he was much too strong for her . |
| 25 | I imagined Mark and me high on the Walker , on our sixth day , smashing our way up the face . |
| 26 | They do show miles but they also show kilometres , yes right , so number four . |
| 27 | I know someone who earns his living by repairing boards and he always does most business on the days after a strong onshore wind has combined with a high tide . |
| 28 | Bridget had been one of those teenagers who work all through their school holidays in restaurants or in shops or cleaning houses and she always had cash . |
| 29 | Because I came out of a society in which nobody even read books and I certainly never expected to be a writer . |
| 30 | Garry Thompson , the Coventry City footballer , told how he was made to take stock of his colour slightly earlier , just after beginning secondary school in Birmingham : ‘ I went up to some guys and asked to play football and they just shut me out . |