Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 2 | I like the way the modules build up to give me a more valuable qualification . |
| 3 | I jolly soon learnt what a crome was , I did n't ask I waited to find out . |
| 4 | ‘ Once I put on a tie , I tend not to change it every day . |
| 5 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's an inside to things , ’ he explained , ‘ and print only gave me the outside . |
| 7 | You 've really got to be one to appreciate the spirit of the place but pop in to see what a real pub should be like . |
| 8 | The 1940s were a decade split by the great peace that ended the last European war in May 1945 , but it has its own domestic character — a character soon to be forgotten by succeeding decades , though in The Girls of Slender Means ( 1963 ) Muriel Spark aptly called it a time when ‘ all the nice people were poor ’ . |
| 9 | Arnulf always considered himself a member of the court , although his services were somewhat sporadic and sometimes unappreciated by the king and his other advisers . |
| 10 | This is for a straight lecture , you know sometimes people stand up to give you a lecture . |
| 11 | Then she 'll open the curtains and look out to see what the weather 's like , and then she 'll say summat like ‘ How about a walk , Billy ? ’ or ‘ Jigsaw weather today , hen . ’ |
| 12 | Trade & Travel kindly gave me a fez ‘ for my daughter ’ , which resulted in a complaint from one colleague that if I was going to invent one offspring why not a few more so that all the staff could have fezzes . |
| 13 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 14 | You know probably make it a bit easier , but it 's not . |
| 15 | Jean then set about teaching her the finest French ‘ Par quoi ele mout chier le tint ’ ( ‘ for which she held him very dear ’ ) . |
| 16 | Linking the TriAxis up to a Boogie Fifty/Fifty power amp and ART Multiverb Alpha to build a simple MIDI rig ( the same setup as for last month 's Marshall JMP-1 review ) , I set about organising myself a set of sounds . |
| 17 | They also know how to provide what the customer wants , even if Costwold 's presentation was slightly less ‘ professional ’ that Fingerprint 's . |
| 18 | I know what you said but I du n no what a ginnel is . |
| 19 | I du n no what the time is , but I reckon it 's getting pretty late . |
| 20 | I du n no what the time is now . |
| 21 | Ah , cos Peter was saying , I du n no , I du n no what the black . |
| 22 | Du n no what the other one was . |
| 23 | Erm du n no what the mileage is like . |
| 24 | Erm I 've got ta wait for Andy , I du n no what the fucking hell he 's done ! |
| 25 | du n no what the score , did he ? |
| 26 | Twenty five pound voucher or something Du n no what the vouchers are for but that would be in my hand anyway |
| 27 | Well I du n no what the hell cos yo |
| 28 | I du n no what the situation with Andrew is , cos I mean I heard the rumours that he was gon na for Cheam . |
| 29 | I du n no who the woman is , but it 's Annie . |
| 30 | I 'm gon na have to vote as well , I du n no who the hell I 'm voting for . |