Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ … ] nowhere , except Paris , is it performed better than here , and you would doubtless be well instructed to see me sometimes beat time [ battre la mesure ] and give the tempos [ mouvemens ] with Lully 's famous stick [ canne ] . |
| 2 | That made me just want revenge . |
| 3 | By then he should have fully recovered from the injured right thigh muscle that has delayed his eagerly awaited debut in Italian football . |
| 4 | John Wisson was driving through Milton Keynes with his wife and an auntie to see his newly born grandson . |
| 5 | Ricard wiped his constantly dripping nose . |
| 6 | Corvan seems to draw on the ‘ traditional ’ associations — the feelings of continuity — clustered around the Scottish tune , ‘ Na Good Luck about the House ’ , to support his nostalgically cast complaint . |
| 7 | One of the most successful ways of giving a different quality to the steps and poses of classical dance and of transforming them into demi-caractère style is to relate them intimately to appropriate music . |
| 8 | In 1724 the University Garden needed more space and Boerhaave used his newly purchased country estate at nearby Oud-Poelgeest as an extension . |
| 9 | I say I usually use celery but I say that grows wild in the school , so we use that |
| 10 | So though I was a member of the Travellers ’ and did my serious entertaining there , for socialising I infinitely preferred ffeatherstonehaugh 's . ’ |
| 11 | Mowbray stroked his evenly clipped beard . |
| 12 | ‘ But how come you still get animal experiments if that 's the case ? |
| 13 | I slip some things into my holdall and work through five different ways to say I 'm sorry , but ‘ How come you only work night time ? ’ she wants to know . |
| 14 | There was a pause as Roman inspected her carefully composed face . |
| 15 | Not only has he again fallen flat on the ground , but his head and his hands have broken off and lie at the entrance of the building . |
| 16 | Mm , mm I 'm sure , has he still got car in garage like ? |
| 17 | Those who gave evidence say the sentence is insufficient , they say it just gives licence to youngsters to break the law . |
| 18 | Those who gave evidence say the sentence is insufficient , they say it just gives licence to youngsters to break the law . |
| 19 | Patois was a success for the group insofar as they used it succinctly to communicate rejection of authority . |
| 20 | to have a gingerbread man if you want it otherwise let daddy Oh what 's this Bedknobs and Broomsticks ? |
| 21 | It is a poem which uses plain , simple language and he holds it together using onomatopoeia and effective rhyme but you do not feel as if there is one definite clear-cut image or message in it . |
| 22 | A surprising fact is that 65 per cent of the UK is supplied with hard water , a situation which means that a high proportion of hotels , restaurants and other institutions are faced with hard water problems which are costing them hard earned revenue . |
| 23 | I , I can remember erm when we ever had women in from the country they 'd say , oh yes , y y my mother told me always to take raspberry , raspberry leaf tea . |
| 24 | That is the scheme er as as I see it and unless , unless I I thi , unless that is progressed quickly then as I say I am extremely pessimistic and let me just say Chairman the dangers of not going along that line the dangers of the present scheme which was at the last planning committee meeting or or or was it one of the social services committee anyway , where four were chosen or or it was said choose a small number . |
| 25 | My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary and I shall see British car manufacturers again in the near future to urge them speedily to incorporate immobilisation devices into cars . |
| 26 | For much of this year , Glover 's drawn face has matched his prematurely greying shock of hair . |
| 27 | I hope I only said parrot . |
| 28 | We might formulate his newly discovered principle as ‘ One ought not to eat too much ’ , but very probably it would be first encountered by him as ‘ Sensible people do n't eat too much ’ . |
| 29 | Now yer know what a cowson that Frank is. 'E told 'er ter piss orf out of it in no uncertain terms an' Maudie told 'im she was gon na send 'er ole man round ter sort 'im out . |
| 30 | I hope you already have newsletter 1 and still want to be in the CCC . |