Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could something that felt so right make you look like this , as if you had just committed the worst crime in the world ? |
| 2 | Okay and if say it crescendoed in bar two you would go like that Say it diminuendoed in bar four you would do that . |
| 3 | The French say she died of ill health ! |
| 4 | Whereas most Windows word processors allow you to import graphics onto the page , and some let you draw onto the page , WSWIN allows you to treat text — in any font you have available to you — as a graphic . |
| 5 | But nevertheless this week 's startling news that Nicholas MacMahon , the four-year-old Mozart-loving computer genius , could talk and read before he was a year old set me wondering about my own wild-eyed nine-month-old infant . |
| 6 | And some allow us to indulge in the fantasy of living in an expensive house with lots of servants . |
| 7 | Some ask him to pose for pictures , others kid him about retiring . |
| 8 | Though I can run this machine half speed I have to be meticulous with the timing . |
| 9 | 1 How many ghost stories can you think of ? 2 Do you believe in ghosts ? 3 Do you know anybody who has ever seen a ghost ? 4 Think of one ghost story that you can remember — or make one up . |
| 10 | Like the midwife who came to see me said , " Ooh , you 're only seventeen " , and I looked at her — how old do you have to be to have a baby — forty or something ? |
| 11 | How old do you have to be before you can have the privilege of being murdered ? |
| 12 | well a number of things have come up so let's just take a couple of votes as er , from hearing from a few people and of which people have n't managed to speak so , first of all , er , er people talked about fear being larger than the incidence of assault , are you afraid to go out in the dark ? , button one for yes and button two for no do you find that your afraid to go out in the dark , and then this hundred and that 's a very , I mean that 's , that 's a very significant figure fifty seven out of this hundred women say yes that their afraid to go out in the dark from time to time , I mean that , that is not as it should be , let me ask you are you ever afraid in your own home ? , button one for yes and button two for no and that two is a very worrying figure , twenty nine of of this hundred say yes their afraid in their home , let me ask you this have you trained in self defence ? , button one for yes and button two for no , I mean its something that comes up from time to time and I do n't know what your view and whether or not its a good idea , well twelve of the hundred here have er , eighty eight say no , of those twelve would you recommend it ? , did it make you feel better ? , yes |
| 13 | What different have you got ta do a , a tape a day or something ? |
| 14 | ‘ Even sceptics have to admit that the French have something to show for their research efforts over the past two years ’ concedes one scientific counsellor at a foreign embassy in Paris . |
| 15 | Some are born great , some achieve greatness and some have it thrust upon them . |
| 16 | Few have anything to do with popular images of ‘ crime ’ . |
| 17 | Miss Whiplash and Bash the Barbarian are still doing battle over the right to reply , and judging by the amount of mail each receive it looks to be about even at the moment . |
| 18 | How much d' ya get from the wall safe ? |
| 19 | Which of the following do you have on your bed ? |
| 20 | The children running the shop today are all aged eight and from the third year at school , but how much do they know about what the shop does . |
| 21 | How much do they know about me ? ’ |
| 22 | Touching : We all know when something is so hot that it burns our fingers or so sharp that it hurts to touch it — but how much do we think about the other things we touch ? |
| 23 | How much do we know about the way music sounded in the past , and does it really matter anyway ? |
| 24 | But how much do we know about them , anyway ? ’ |
| 25 | There is no shortage of information related to abusive behaviours , but how much do we know about the dangers of continuing physical training during pregnancy ? |
| 26 | How much do we spend on community care ? |
| 27 | How much do I get for this ? |
| 28 | How much do you want for the , the little er ? |
| 29 | Mum , how much , how much do you want for Fleet Street ? |
| 30 | But what I remember was the way he 'd ask : " How much do you want from me ? " |