Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top management did n't bother about that , they know left it to the local you see . |
| 2 | Some people get awarded it before the trial period is up . |
| 3 | She would n't go out in the car the other week so we like chained her to the wall we were . |
| 4 | I 've err plugged it in the library , Sir , so it 'll warm up before it starts . |
| 5 | ‘ The rest of us in Argentina 'ave forgiven you for the Falklands War . ’ |
| 6 | And I 've got a an all day meeting , I 've arranged it on the Tuesday that 's if we 're being presented to . |
| 7 | Shuffling all those bodies about to get it all nice and tidy , I think would not only be an enormous exercise , it would be a waste of time , because people do n't stay fixed in aspic once you 've placed them in the right place ; they change , they progress , they regress or whatever . |
| 8 | I 'd actually go a bit further and say yes we 'd like to do this , can we also look after road maintenance as well , because the road maintenance is sent out to contractors , contractors are so busy , they ca n't actually do half this work , they 've got a list as long as your arm , so pit pitfalls in in the pavements as well as as some of the motorways are n't being done because the contract 's been placed , but they 've placed it with the wrong people . |
| 9 | well I 've given it to the birds in the past when I 've had |
| 10 | No I 'll let you do it , I , I 've pointed you in the right direction |
| 11 | ‘ In this case it 's because they believe you 've tricked them over the supposed disappearance of Clarion Call . |
| 12 | I I asked the er the minister earlier about this question and I appreciate his difficulties being a home office minister rather than a foreign office minister and I quite understand his reluctance to er stray too far from his departmental portfolio but the reality is that the British government agreed that the European parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg but we 've heard nothing from the minister as to where the money should come from er in order to make that commitment a reality because I 'm sure that every member opposite would say that the uncertainty about the present boundaries is not the er responsibility of the British government , that it 's a matter for the French government to sort out which boundaries er will be in place in the United Kingdom by June the ninth , the date of the European elections , but the reality is that the British government have gone along with the arrangement for having Strasbourg recognised as a er seat for the European parliament . |
| 13 | I 've heard you on the subject before . ’ |
| 14 | I 've dropped mine on the floor . ’ |
| 15 | But I met a man on the road to the other village — I 've pursued them over the mountain from Keswick and you know the road divides two ways — and he swore they had come this way . ’ |
| 16 | So I 've added it in the middle , rather than at the end . |
| 17 | you 've caught it on the er |
| 18 | Well , I 've caught you in the act . |
| 19 | ‘ I rang the airport straight away — they 've booked me on the first flight out . |
| 20 | Deputy 's free and I 've booked him for the launch |
| 21 | I 've quizzed him about the noise , but he says he 's never heard it — well of course he has n't , he 's fast asleep ! |
| 22 | and I 've met him in the pub . |
| 23 | I 've met lots at the Blackburn Literary Club . |
| 24 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 25 | The tragedy is , we 've done nothing about the exclusive reliance on interest rates , we 've done nothing about the continuing erosion of jobs , and particularly so in the regions , er and this government has er wasted the summer months ; when it could have taken action it has merely compounded the problems that are of it 's own creation in the mismanagement of the economy . |
| 26 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 27 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 28 | Mum , look what I 've done Grumpy on done him , I 've done him in the right hat you see |
| 29 | You know it 's in in the form that we 've done them in the past . |
| 30 | But , then when you 've done it to the best of your ability and you ca n't really see the rewards , then you have to analyse why . |