Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | pollution , drug abuse , theft , murder erm the way you 're treated by adults , the way we treat one another , equality , no racism , violence , riots , everybody should have a right to an education , everybody should have the right to have their , their teeth filled when they need it , and teachers deserve more pay and more , it 's only for instance |
| 2 | There are now so many bikes in the city centre there 's a bike-park next-door to the library where cyclists can have their bikes repaired while they take out a book or go shopping . |
| 3 | Between the bouts of keen pain a curious life took possession of his brain , a life in which kings and queens floated on the water and white-clad saracens rode up and down before a cage in which was a crowned lion , and then , suddenly , the cage was empty and the saracens were knights in armour and the water on which they rode was a mountain like a tree in which birds nested and which burst into flames and was the phoenix ; and somewhere was the Holy Grail for which he reached out in vain , and a jewelled sword , and a unicorn that spoke but said nothing . |
| 4 | b ) Spontaneous — that is , new words heard when you visit neighbours or they visit you ; an insight into grammar gained while you are on a fishing trip with friends , and so on . |
| 5 | I 'd been looking down all the time we were talking , but he made me look up then , and our eyes met and I know something passed between us . |
| 6 | ‘ I can easily understand how people can see seals as dewy-eyed little things but if you 're a fisherman who has just had 200 creels robbed and you have n't even made enough money to pay for your fuel never mind make a living , you would view them differently . |
| 7 | Words written as they sound ( phonic confusion ) . |
| 8 | Words written as they sound ( phonic confusion ) |
| 9 | At the end of the day , the lads requested that we do something for them . |
| 10 | And what are the risks involved if I reply ? |
| 11 | Gas-lamps that are broken , and night-watchmen assaulted when they complain . |
| 12 | So , do you want to keep your eyes shut while I get you up to the roof , or open them now and get a nasty surprise when you and all your millions of fans see where you are ? ’ |
| 13 | The things is though , I was saying , Are you sure , I mean you do n't know what c contacts made so you do n't know how tall she was . |
| 14 | In fact sir , the County Council 's figures produced in another appendix , ca n't lay my hands on it at the moment , had put this figure in as three thousand six hundred and fifty , but the nub of those two things are , that over that six month period , we 're not only seeing more houses built but we have more consented , and that has n't affected the residue that appears in the rest of these schedules . |
| 15 | Eventually they reach the shallow stretches where their parents spawned and they lie there resting , their heads pointing upstream , flank to flank and so thick that the pale sand of the river bed is hidden by the black of their backs . |
| 16 | Invariably our toes are unnaturally cramped into odd-shaped shoes and the feet raised because we choose to teeter around in high heels ! |
| 17 | IT IS ONLY MORE ECONOMICAL TO BUY OIL PAINT IN TINS PROVIDED THAT YOU USE IT QUICKLY . |
| 18 | However , it is only more economical to buy paint in tins provided that you use it quickly , within weeks . |
| 19 | IT IS ONLY MORE ECONOMICAL TO BUY OIL PAINT IN TINS PROVIDED THAT YOU USE IT QUICKLY . |
| 20 | However , it is only more economical to buy paint in tins provided that you use it quickly , within weeks . |
| 21 | We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved . |
| 22 | Again perfectly good adaptive reasons — they have two pairs of fins for the same reason that sensible aeroplanes , i.e. the aeroplanes that I used to design before people went crazy , have a wing in the front and a tailplane behind , and basically they do so because two surfaces — one in front of the other like that — is the minimum number of surfaces needed if you want to produce a vertical force through any point along your body . |
| 23 | Police say the vandals ' actions could have had horrific results and they want the culprits caught before they strike again . |
| 24 | ‘ I am top of the averages of the England bowlers selected and I think I am bowling as well as anyone in the side at the moment . |
| 25 | And I joined the the engineer 's union , one Saturday night in Newark , had to go back there and they had meetings in the townhall , a room that was hired and er was er particulars taken and I 've been in ever since . |
| 26 | Curtailment cover should be included to compensate for days lost if you have to cut short your holiday and return early because of illness or death in the family . |
| 27 | just as when reading a favourite novel , we create the people and places described as we see them , so we draw on our own images and imagination to enrich our inner world , rather than accepting an unknown intruder — the voice on the tape . |
| 28 | Yes and I I I think y my Lord the plaintiffs will be cross examined quite considerably on the damages claimed and I think it might help your Lordship to see erm the way . |
| 29 | I see them down to their dinner and I have the pots done before I take a bite |
| 30 | At the other end of the scale , the most rambling and unplanned holiday and family videos can be edited into quite watchable movies provided that they contain material which can be re-ordered into some semblance of continuity . |