Example sentences of "[vb base] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say how you intend to approach ) tackle the question . |
| 2 | They heard water cascading from broken gutters outside and the insistent drip , drip , drip where it had found its way in around a window . |
| 3 | ‘ Allow a child to find its own balance — say when they need help to dress themselves , for instance , rather than springing in to help . |
| 4 | She 'll upset her , you bloody do n't say nothing , but you say when she 's gone . |
| 5 | Where would the case actually s where would it go to , I mean say when you 've got all the evidence ? |
| 6 | You say when you had handcuffed him he said something to me asking along the lines of what were we doing in his house . |
| 7 | I say ‘ music ’ and not ‘ pop music ’ because ‘ pop music ’ is what you say when you want to suggest that songs with tunes and so forth are somehow inferior to the tortured crap that most rock bands put out . |
| 8 | YOU have a chance to alter the top line ( membership ) , if not you , as members , can look at the expenditure sheet and suggest where we start making cuts . |
| 9 | The suggestion that er we should join this er , I mean first of all I think that 's if they would allow us to join it , and obviously we realise why they want to join this , rather to the Archbishop of Canterbury saying he would like to join er sit in his cabinet and , and , this , this that sort of level of discussion . |
| 10 | The plants grow where they have put themselves or they are planted where they are most likely to thrive , and the best plants are worth repeating time and again . |
| 11 | At this point you should go through the exercise on the senses and underline where you have used either a simile or a metaphor . |
| 12 | In case I forget where I 've put it . |
| 13 | Havel 's recent writings and statements show how he has gone forward into the politics implicit in such a view of society . |
| 14 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 15 | It was interesting that Fishwick Mona had just returned from the Great Yorkshire Show where she had stood third in a strong yearling heifer class . |
| 16 | She was totally independent , being able to cook , wash , look after herself and her home , drive and walk where she needed to go , even though she could not use her left arm at all , and she had to work constantly to control the spasticity in the left side of her body . |
| 17 | The seers , when they approach the farthest regions of mysticism , describe how they return baffled from the ultimate experience . |
| 18 | ‘ Valmay is a DELINQUENT , no doubt about it , and many women will feel sorry for me when they read how she 's treated me . |
| 19 | ‘ I recall how I refused to hearken to the queen my mother 's fears for my brother 's safety — yet now I myself fear greatly for him ! ’ |
| 20 | Well look how we get do n't we , when er we 've gone too long with shower of rain |
| 21 | I have , they , they , they multiply just look , look how they 've multiplied , they , they . |
| 22 | Look how he had talked to Miranda , and offered to take her to rehearsal . |
| 23 | Look how it 's gone down spectacularly over twenty years . ’ |
| 24 | yeah , matter why we 've got anything to do |
| 25 | , D O E. Er I 'm sure that members of the panel appreciate why I 've remained silent during the discussion of item two D , but does anyone in the room who does n't fully understand , it 's simply that the Secretary of State of exercises role in relation to a new settlement . |
| 26 | When people move-when they travel-they look where they 've come from , not where they 're going . |
| 27 | And look where you 've ended up , this dump ! |
| 28 | Ah look where you 've put it , poor doggy ! |
| 29 | An act of defiance it had been , and look where it had got her . |
| 30 | Look where it had got her now . |