Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pron] [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies . |
| 2 | The inner edge of a curtain or blind which is often bound or bordered . |
| 3 | The idea behind this latest Spalding missile is that , because it spins less , it is more forgiving in terms of the higher handicapper 's hook or slice which is also , of course , part of the appeal of the metal wood . |
| 4 | The most favoured option is to pick a well-known name and either anthologise him or produce what is now grandly referred to as a biodrama . |
| 5 | But however good you get at translating personality into line or paint it 's no go if your personality is n't worth translating . |
| 6 | I would suggest we do not need a second read of the discussion , but that can people keep an eye on , or try and change what is already there on pollution itself . |
| 7 | ‘ Tea and dance it is then , ’ she agreed . |
| 8 | and MindBlank which is mentally erm |
| 9 | And first for the Combers , we will bring them down From eight groats a score unto half a crown , If at all they murmur , and say t is too small , We bid them choose whether they will work at all ; We 'll make them believe that trading is bad ; We care not a pin , though they are ne'er so sad . |
| 10 | ‘ I dare anyone in the Fund to point to a country and say it is much better off economically today because of a Fund programme , ’ says Budhoo . |
| 11 | If it 's a small discharge and say it 's twice the limits , three times the limits , then it would be considered to be needing improvement . |
| 12 | and , and say there is again disrespect or whatever for , I do n't know what to call them transracial relationships |
| 13 | There was a tendency says Freud to eliminate all the wrong gods and say there is only one god but the whole point . |
| 14 | I smile at the watching people and say she is always this way at bedtime . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , sometimes you create this illusion for yourself , because you 've been with it a certain number of hours , but it can also go the other way : you might think something 's horrible and then come in the next day and realise it 's actually pretty good . |
| 16 | As a vet I am delighted this book is on the market and hope it is widely read . |
| 17 | On the south side Drury Chambers ( late 17th Century — now the Halifax Building Society ) , adjoining is Phelan and Agutter which is impressively decorated . |
| 18 | But there is a more immediate aim for striker Ian Wright who is fighting a fitness battle to return in the live Sky TV game against the club which sold him to Highbury less than a year ago and show he is still the man England need . |
| 19 | There is thus no direct semantic interaction between the subject and direct object of a sentence — or , to put it another way , there is no combination of subject and object which is inherently dissonant . |
| 20 | What we see today are mere shadows of their former selves and I shall be discussing later a number of these — Hull Fair which is now purely a funfair , the revived Masham Sheep Fair , the dying horse fairs at Lee Gap and Boroughbridge , and Yarm which is still proclaimed and has its high street occupied at one end by the showmen and the other by the gipsies . |
| 21 | Yes , in intra-industry trade , alright , which is different from inter-industry trade , where we 're trading food er , food for manufactures , intra-industry trade is where we simultaneously import and export what is essentially the same good . |
| 22 | I phone Andy and confirm it 's still all right to visit , then I ring Eddie and get the next three days off , tell the cops — they 're based at Fettes , though the DI has gone back down to London , and no they 're still not giving me back my new portable yet — and ( after I 've cleaned the car up a bit ) head out of the city and across the grey bridge in a day of squally , buffeting rain that has the bridge 's 40-limit signs on , high-sided vehicles banned and the 205 dancing its Dunlops sideways as the gusts hit . |
| 23 | And look who 's here , ’ he said , pointing to me . |
| 24 | Her outlook , unlike so many , and remember she is still 21 , is tinged with reality , ’ he added . |
| 25 | In the world of entry permits and panic it is always a seller 's market . |
| 26 | Through creative expression they aim to educate , inspire and entertain which is exactly why Daughters of Oshun chose For Coloured Girls … as it shows positively how far Black women have come . |
| 27 | If you have tried to change the way you drink and find it 's just too difficult , do n't give up . |
| 28 | I 'm very angry about all this and believe it 's long past the time when serious questions must be asked about this form of recruitment ’ . |
| 29 | In this day and age it is very satisfying to know that there are firms who shine to give service . |
| 30 | If you want information to go out at a specific time , time it very carefully , and just bung it out , as it were , and , and reckon it 's there at that stage . |