Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he asked for his toast , a sister told him he would have to eat rolls and jam or go without . |
| 2 | A fairly high level and we 've got a bit to go ourselves I think . |
| 3 | You get a bit passed it you know ! |
| 4 | Three so she 'd say , Oh you know mind I 've cut it up a bit do you you should n't it 's still a quarter still a quarter you have n't lost a bit of it but it 's still a quarter three twelfths is the same as a quarter . |
| 5 | ‘ No , I do n't a bit see what you mean , ’ said Betty . |
| 6 | ‘ And because of that application form , Matthew thinks that you 're just like me — that you 'll stretch the rules a bit to get what you want . |
| 7 | Write a sentence describing what you think the customer means . |
| 8 | Without a text to assist them they may prevaricate too long before facing the brutal truth . |
| 9 | just so can we get back to research about beginners because I 'm worried about how much there is on the tape and you 're about to drive to Pitlochrie erm basically you have to define a beginner to see what they want to do |
| 10 | The plain fact is , if a PC does what you want it to do at a speed you 're happy with , then its performance is perfectly acceptable . |
| 11 | It 's difficult enough to persuade a PC to do what you want normally , and the added complications of network access only compound the problem , particularly if you 're assembling it yourself . |
| 12 | The notes about the soldiers ' costumes are scribbled all round the edge of a sketch showing what he wanted . |
| 13 | He used a flash to see what he was doing . |
| 14 | Most of Emecheta 's life has been a fight to get what she feels is her due . |
| 15 | Well let's have a look to see what we 've got . |
| 16 | I go up to the counter and have a look to see what they got to eat . |
| 17 | ‘ The main problem is that some of my bones are crumbling and doctors have got to have a look to see what they can do for me . |
| 18 | I have a look to see what I might wear today . |
| 19 | So what do you want I 'll go and have a look see what we 've got . |
| 20 | No go and have a look see what it 's like |
| 21 | Or do you want to sit there and ruminate a bit while while you have a look see what you 've got ? |
| 22 | A talent , It is said , hits a target : a genius hits something you did not even know was there . |
| 23 | He took off , flying low and keeping out of sight , tilting quickly up above a treeline to check what he had seen and then tipping out of sight again . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , like much jargon , the term has arisen partly from people who needed a term to express what they were actually doing and partly from suppliers seeking a new vehicle to act as a stimulant for their products . |
| 25 | However good scenery is not one of the major virtues on the critical scale ; many published opinions throw it in as a sop , a makeweight to balance what they see as much more serious flaws deep in the heart of the Tolkienian ‘ fable ’ , in the essential story of The Lord of the Rings . |
| 26 | He paused , seemingly at a loss to say what he did mean . |
| 27 | Johnny Rogan himself is at a loss to explain what he has done to provoke the wrath of the former Smith , while Morrissey says that the book contains certain inaccuracies about his Mancunian past . |
| 28 | One nineteenth century account of him reads : ‘ Strong minded but very illiterate … he made all his calculations by the strength of his memory , and was equally at a loss to explain what he had conceived to any other person , and from being lowly educated he had no means of conveying to paper his designs , yet would cast up the most intricate accounts in his head without difficulty or error . ’ |
| 29 | I was at a loss to know what you were feeling . |
| 30 | She shuddered , completely at a loss to know what he meant , yet held helpless prisoner by the dark thrall of his warning . |