Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] and [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been a slight redesign of the ancillaries for crash protection reasons and we 've increased capacities to get more power , but otherwise it has been developed perfectly , ’ said Seiffert . |
| 2 | Miss Clapp sees the excuse notes and she takes me for English . |
| 3 | Last week the hospital advised patients to check on the day of admission that a bed was avilable , because the bad weather has brought an influx of urgent chest cases and they take priority . |
| 4 | For the past seven years I 've skied in a selection of one-piece uninsulated shell suits and I doubt if I will ever turn back . |
| 5 | It was black and scalding with a kick like a Galloway bulls and it spread like fire through my tired frame . |
| 6 | its , it , the other truck drivers and I have to say that erm to a certain extent you do need to be forceful and positive because er they need a lot of space to manoeuvre on the road and a lot of people who drive cars do n't quite realize how much space they need and if they wo n't give you the space you have to take it . |
| 7 | He says that to me and then he turns round and says that they were all taking the piss out of Gemma because she 's got thunder thighs and she has n't , that 's the whole point ! |
| 8 | If you see we 'd got about er twenty eight thirty in this class , and er they bought the text books and we joined a national college of labour colleges . |
| 9 | A large proportion of the posts already announced for relocation are destined for locations targeted by our regional development or urban programme policies and we expect that about 60 per cent . |
| 10 | One gave us her family 's football programmes and they fetched £50 . |
| 11 | The lock sticks and I heard him turning his key . |
| 12 | The Court held that the Commission is under a duty to disclose such documents to national cartel authorities and it has no discretion to choose not to do so . |
| 13 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 14 | the P E teacher is supposedly collecting aluminium cans and we 've been through various daft schemes of stopping the children from throwing the cans everywhere because we 've got this coke machine . |
| 15 | We all had tin whistles and we learned them . |
| 16 | Maybe they ca n't pay the the 'leccy bill and they 're in rent arrears and you know it 's Christmas and the kids want everything they see on the television . |
| 17 | The ‘ bourgeois economist ’ would certainly claim that such an enterprise was not using resources efficiently to satisfy consumers ' wants and therefore would not merit investment funds and we have to ask whether he would be wrong . |
| 18 | He asked me if I knew anything about ley lines and I confessed my ignorance . |
| 19 | ‘ If people are trying to reduce weight gain , especially because obesity affects blood fats and they want to protect their coronary arteries , then reducing sugar would be a good idea , ’ he said . |
| 20 | On opening the box the wavepacket collapses and I find either a cooling corpse or a frisking feline . |
| 21 | Lot forty two Lot forty two is the er large selection of auction catalogues and we 've got a sample showing , there we are works of art for you twenty pounds for them at twenty pounds anyone want them for twenty pounds sample showing for twenty pounds , anyone want them for twenty , thank you sir , twenty pounds I 've got in the centre and I shall sell at twenty if there 's no further bid at twenty pounds , any more ? |
| 22 | Asparagus is extremely difficult to eat without front teeth , because it means pulling the things through the side molars and it makes a mess of the lipstick . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've got two fishing boats and I understand the dangers . |
| 24 | Down below were lots of fishing boats and I decided to wait until they returned to the harbour . |
| 25 | Yes my Lord I I I 'm not going to invite your Lordship t to take a great deal of time reading reports that state in detail erm but I think the witness statements and I think probably the documentation that might help your Lordship at this stage er to see something of the and to ensure that where evidence is given it can proceed fairly fairly quickly . |
| 26 | Under our agreement with Waterloo University , where the accessing software , PAT , was developed , we are able to distribute only a limited number of copies of the tape for research purposes and we have nearly reached our ceiling . |
| 27 | He 's just given a couple of experimental tugs on the lifting slings and he reckons the bomber , with the help of the flotation bags , of course , is nearing a state of neutral buoyancy . |
| 28 | The first one was community and I know , erm that Catherine was n't very happy about the community side of things and I 've looked at the the pamphlet things and it needs updating a little bit so I took the fact that the Royal Quay 's were down at our doorstep and contacted Linda who was extremely helpful and she 's put together erm , a package of things along with me , I went down last week and the first week the ninth is going to be explaining to the classes what we 're going to be doing , each form teacher will be able to do that and the sixteen and the twenty third there are visits down to the Royal Quay 's Education Centre erm for which |
| 29 | There are several reasons why this may be present , but the main one is that it ‘ guarantees ’ that the manufacturer has conformed with EC weight regulations and it enables foods to move easily between EC countries without having to go through lengthy weight checks in the importing country . |
| 30 | If a case clearly invites you to redesign a kitchen because the existing layout does n't conform to the food hygiene regulations and you miss this , then obviously you should n't get as many marks as someone who has spotted it . |