Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 then go on to the ones you marked as " different " and listen to them read one after the other .
2 I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave .
3 As one who was so instrumental in mapping out the future promise of early Smiths , his quote ‘ If you asked me to write something about The Smiths now it would probably be critical ’ , remained interesting .
4 I suppose I 'd best ring Scottie and see if he wants me to process something about a picture then ?
5 I compiled an anthology a few years ago about , of misogynist quotes , and it 's everything from the bible , the Koran , the Hindu , to , every religion 's in there , all the judges are in there , pop singers are in there , I mean everybody under the sun !
6 And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known .
7 But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary .
8 I was a student in London but I was at home on this occasion when I met someone in the park .
9 ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said .
10 yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts
11 I got nothing at the table right .
12 I got one on the sh on the telephone
13 and I got one on the C's .
14 But mine has a , mine has a grill , I got one with a grill
15 I got one with a big chunky battery , it should 've lasted about six month to a year
16 I got , aha , I got on I got one with a camera .
17 I do n't remember what I recited , but I do remember being acutely embarrassed on another occasion when people were telling anecdotes , and I recounted one about a soldier being saved from a court martial because he had heard a clock strike thirteen at midnight , and this fact had saved him from being found guilty of sleeping on duty .
18 I expect someone in the village will tell — ’
19 I found something from the AIDS one the new Benetton advert , have you seen that ?
20 I found one in a cave in the Scilly Isles .
21 I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless .
22 I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back .
23 But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job .
24 Charlie gives me a cut , I slip something to the maid in the morning , she makes the room over and nobody ever asks anything .
25 ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’
26 Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy .
27 Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) .
28 Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) .
29 I 've already completed mine : my son and I disturbed one on the main path leading up to The Merrick , in Galloway , and ranger Fred Gordon and I saw a very angry one on the path in Glen Cairn in the Cairngorms .
30 If that 's the case , I suggest anyone in the past who flunked an O-level exam writes to these people to demand that their E and F failures be upgraded to passes , with honours .
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