Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I since you 've already contacted them in person , erm phoning them 's not going to you know reassure them that we 're a bona fide company |
| 2 | He probably thinks everyone is still having a good time out there somewhere in the fog . |
| 3 | these values have to have an intrinsically prescriptive character , so that to know them is necessarily to have the will affected in a certain way . |
| 4 | In an effort to help stem the tide of rhino poaching which is now threatening the survival of the species , the UN Environment Programme has appointed a " special envoy " , charged with persuading governments to take steps to close down the trade in rhino products . |
| 5 | As John of Climacus said : ‘ The man who has come to know himself is never fooled into reaching what is beyond him . |
| 6 | And D L Steelworks and Lanarkshire Steelworks , these er steelworks , all amalgamated which is now known as the Ravenscraig Steelworks . |
| 7 | she do n't know she 's not gon na like it |
| 8 | It wo n't hurt her a bit if another dog growls at her , as it will make her realise she is not considered top dog by them . |
| 9 | I expect she is simply disliking the winter . ’ |
| 10 | And then it 's up to you know th er it just makes it so much easier for the kids alright but it also is much easier for the form teacher to know who 's not bringing in homework who 's who 's you know er erm and what have you , and I just feel that that helps the kids get into a routine and it will highlight immediately the work problem the kids who have got work problems or problems about where they 're gon na have |
| 11 | I agree that it is useful to know who 's actually running the stall in case you you 've got knocked off . |
| 12 | The nurses say she 's even helped get THEM through her ordeal . |
| 13 | I say she 's only doing , she 's only playing around . |
| 14 | Police say she 's now recoevring from her terrifying experience . |
| 15 | She started to walk across the yard , and he followed her ; and they had reached the house door before her decision came : ‘ I 'll take the cart down there later on ; if he 's put her to work she 's likely pacing The Strand , ’ she said . |
| 16 | Some people say there is more sniffing in the summer , but perhaps it 's just more obvious in the long summer evenings . |
| 17 | They do n't know they is n't gon na just churn out , oh yeah well we 'd better pay that mate , eighteen thousand quid ! |
| 18 | But what strikes one about their situation and the way they are tackling it is how vary narrowly they are ahead . |
| 19 | Do you know it 's never failed me yet , I put socks out |
| 20 | Pity it 's not cellulose … |
| 21 | ‘ I am just hoping and praying he is not going to be used as a human shield . |
| 22 | Solid as a bull whale in his confidence and peering through eyes that suggest he is not lacking in a little magic himself , Hugh Smith calmly rebuts every argument that London is in decline . |
| 23 | I know the name " — is partially explained by the fact that the stage directions suggest he is still looking at Chetwyn , but we infer Anderson 's absent-mindedness from his response because any confusion over the referent of the question is unlikely , assuming that Anderson , as a participant in the Colloquium ( albeit an unenthusiastic one ) , knows that the venue is Prague . |
| 24 | We may also include in discourse deixis a number of other ways in which an utterance signals its relation to surrounding text , e.g. utterance-initial anyway seems to indicate that the utterance that contains it is not addressed to the immediately preceding discourse , but to one or more steps back . |
| 25 | It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time . |
| 26 | You go down there on your hands and knees and you report it 's not meet and then you |
| 27 | ‘ They do n't find it in any way offensive , in fact they say it is beautifully done . ’ |
| 28 | as you say it is legally required |
| 29 | Empowerment enthusiasts say it is all to do with company culture and ensuring that employees are all fully conversant with the corporate goals and mission . |
| 30 | He said well you 've been right since Christmas and if you say it 's not going to snow , it 's not going to snow ! |