Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 If the rules are inadequate , then the answer is to get them right and enforce them , not to rely on equitable principles which are uncertain in their application to a modern market . ’
2 If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities .
3 People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’
4 Mike dragged me clear and carried me into the house .
5 He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett .
6 Stack them high and sell them cheap .
7 The local people caught them in vast numbers for food , eating them fresh or drying them in the sun , and until recently they made up 80 per cent or more of the total catch .
8 I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings .
9 I used to roll them in my hand and get them warm and get them in my finger like that and shoot it down , and watch it go down er
10 ‘ She threatened to have me killed or to kill me , ’ he said .
11 Leave them natural or paint them to suit the rest of the decoration .
12 If that 's what you 're doing in practice , say so , do n't put all these exclusions in the document because that makes me suspicious and makes me think you 're trying to exclude these things .
13 Emeralds were sometimes used in their natural form as hexagonal crystals , but their comparative softness made it a simple matter to rub them smooth and set them en cabochon .
14 chuck me in there , chuck me in the closet hit me with your rhythm stick , hit me hard and hit me quick
15 Hit me hard and hit me quick .
16 you see it 's got no , they 're telling you this and telling you that , it 's them that 's doing this but they 're creating more food , food by , to create more food they 're bombarding all your food with chemicals you know all sorts you know
17 Goals will help keep you motivated and make you want to run , and they 'll also help you plan a specific , personalised training programme .
18 It keeps you fit and helps you to have a healthy baby .
19 It keeps you fit and helps you to have a healthy baby .
20 ‘ I will be thinking of you all and wishing you continued good fortune with your worthwhile venture , ’ said Sharron , who was the star of a promotional video used to raise funds towards the pool reopening .
21 ‘ My colleague , Fru Blicher , at the Villa has asked me to extend her best wishes to you all and invite you to a Lieder recital to be held in the music room — you know , that lovely room with its medieval instruments — tomorrow evening . ’
22 Then the righteous will reply , ‘ Lord , when was it that we saw you hungry and fed you , or thirsty and gave you drink , a stranger and took you home , or naked and clothed you ?
23 I must give you one and take it for her .
24 Cycling makes you fitter and gives you a better life expectancy .
25 can you grim and bear it too ?
26 I 'd as soon see you dead as let you go .
27 Frost ai n't good for plants , it turns them black and kills them off if you ai n't careful , but I reckon grass must be OK .
28 But she spoke to them all and said she would never forget them .
29 My father knew them all and taught me their names .
30 That unsettled them all and made them wonder who would be the next to go .
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