Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's only me , ’ said Otley , ‘ I was worried , I thought you 'd fallen asleep and drowned yourself , been knocking but you never answered . ’ |
| 2 | One of them , the landlord of the pub , got pissed and kissed me on the mouth and talked about the problems of these demarcations — and this is in spite of all the AIDS hysteria . |
| 3 | I made that and put it away . |
| 4 | B , you photocopy that and put their name on . |
| 5 | She became depressed and saw her GP . |
| 6 | Once I realised that and corrected it , the rest of the sweater was knitted without any problem . |
| 7 | We do not wish to perform poorly or to undercut our objectives . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry ; I did n't mean to fall asleep and use you as a pillow . ’ |
| 9 | Soak your feet in the solution for at least 15 minutes twice a day , pat dry and sprinkle your feet and the inside of your shoes with a little arrowroot powder . |
| 10 | If you need to keep them longer , rinse and pat dry and store them in a sealable container in the fridge . |
| 11 | ‘ If only Jimmy Knapp and his union colleagues had taken the time to read our manifesto , they would have realised this and saved themselves undoubted embarrassment . ’ |
| 12 | The Government made clear when introducing its reform of the housing benefit scheme in April 1988 that it will be adapted to provide community charge rebates for low-income groups . |
| 13 | The child hates this and resists it fiercely . |
| 14 | His stomach was churning but he knew he could elude her if only he could remain calm and call her bluff . |
| 15 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 16 | She hopped clear and opened her wings and in one sudden jump was up on the bare branch . |
| 17 | He had spent three weeks since his wedding trying to remain calm and continue his studies , but with the disturbing picture of Tess always in his mind . |
| 18 | It goes back to our branch and erm everything they tell me it 's completely confidential and erm you would be able to see this and sign whatever I wrote in here as well . |
| 19 | He read this and showed it to his wife and on the following day asked questions . |
| 20 | Unionist MP David Trimble has written to the Heritage Secretary seeking his help in persuading Channel 4 to go public and concede it was conned into broadcasting the highly controversial allegations in its Dispatches programme in 1991 . |
| 21 | She was right , as it happens , but Scarlet , not being clairvoyant , could n't be expected to know that and resigned herself to yet another evening which would not be wholly enjoyable even had she not been going to the theatre . |
| 22 | Others who have been home for a few months come in feeling as if their brains are becoming addled and wanting something to do . |
| 23 | Go on , Emma snatch that and read me the Gilbert and Sullivan clue . |
| 24 | Is the intention to palletize that or to leave it as it is . |
| 25 | Some animals you cut turfs of little bits of turf out and you put in the , in the corner of the box and they , they lick that and amuse themselves by eating it bit by bit . |
| 26 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
| 27 | Supposing a fitter leaves the oil plug out of the car , there 's a leak , the oil drains out of it and it causes some damage , but that damage does n't appear until a thousand/two thousand miles later , are you going to exclude that or cover it ? |
| 28 | And as Joe was saying , he said , all we do is just go back to them and just try and say well look you know when you come to see us again do you want to accept this or regret it on the basis that you 're going to strike , but all the other section in the company 's accepted that . |
| 29 | So we just ask that these come forward so that the Council can fully discuss this and make our replies to before they 're formally adopted ? |
| 30 | The first crag seen as you enter the valley is Buckbarrow Crag — a mere ten minutes from the car ( yes , I know it looks further but trust me ) . |