Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps she has a point . |
| 2 | So even if you did n't have a protractor , I mean if you wanted to be really fussy and find out exactly you could measure it and say , ooh that 's actually , it 's not eighty that 's seventy nine and this is a hundred and one so she spends a pound and a penny on sweets and she saves seventy nine . |
| 3 | so she does a lot of flower arrangements and that privately |
| 4 | A statement that the buildings in Old Aberdeen are beautiful is embedded within an assertion that the speaker was recently in Old Aberdeen , and stayed there for a period , and so she has a warrant for making the statement . |
| 5 | Her taste for light food has increased with age and so she cooks a lot with vegetables ( which she also likes for their strong colours ) , although supplies of fresh produce are sometimes limited in North Wales . |
| 6 | So she puts a dress on , when she feels well enough , and I go and look and she talks to me about the times she wore it before . |
| 7 | ( Suddenly he has a heart attack ) |
| 8 | Now I promise you if you do as we tell you and your diary looks like , my white board if you like , every week for the next sort of twenty eight days , you will be successful , because if you do something consistently for twenty eight days , apparently it becomes a habit . |
| 9 | I was recently offered a second-hand hard drive — apparently it has a capacity of 33Mb , but I do n't know much else about it . |
| 10 | ‘ Apparently he knows a lot about Mills ’ time in Six . ’ |
| 11 | Apparently he has a history of COADs — chronic obstructive airways disease . |
| 12 | Would you say that , perhaps it shows a flaw in the examination system if someone could do this ? |
| 13 | Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . |
| 14 | Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . |
| 15 | Perhaps he wants a tip ? |
| 16 | Perhaps he wants a drink now . |
| 17 | Obviously it takes a lot longer to do . |
| 18 | Oh yes , you only had to listen to this afternoon like , with the crowds and that , obviously it means a lot to them and there 's a lot of you know , stick I suppose goes around between the two clubs , so I just want to go out there , hopefully have a good game and keep a clean sheet . |
| 19 | So he helps a hell of a lot . |
| 20 | Marx tries to get away from the idea of private property when discussing pre-capitalist social systems by using the phrase ‘ appropriation of nature ’ but in doing so he uses a word with the same root as ‘ property ’ . |
| 21 | So he has a drink , talks to the barman , starts dancing and has a good time all at the ‘ club ’ . |
| 22 | So he has a problem basically about calling beauty itself beautiful . |
| 23 | So he wants a printer which gives quality results , is easy to use , — and can be relied upon . |
| 24 | . So he needs a fitter desperately . |
| 25 | So it plays a part in that sense . ’ |
| 26 | Yeah , so it takes a bit longer |
| 27 | They put it on a a solvent or a fat in layers and let the oil seep through , and so it takes a lot longer and is more difficult to get . |
| 28 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 29 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 30 | A community which is then in a position to provide care and support within the community properly funded by local government , so it becomes a symbiosis . |