Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He said tie this and I 'll give you a penny , but he never gavr me any money .
2 I hate them all
3 I hate them all . ’
4 ‘ I hate them all , ’ I say tearfully .
5 ‘ I hate them bloody things . ’
6 Howard would like to put his arms about the whole team , as they crowd round the journal , smelling of shirts , and squeeze them all , and fuse them into one perfect corporate human being .
7 We get scabies , and we have internal worms , and for those of us whose interests bring them close to mammals or birds , parasites can be just a part of the job .
8 we bring them all in and , and when we go for breaks we look through them and decide where we 're gon na go next year .
9 Thorfinn said , ‘ He will either send back a fire-party and advance with the rest while he still has them in order , or he 'll abandon both his carts and his cover and bring them all on to finish us . ’
10 and they come round and they bring them all out to the front
11 Ah sure they bring them all back again .
12 ‘ They only stand for it because we bring them hard currency , ’ Jim explained , as he accelerated away .
13 They all rave about Muddy , Charlie Patton and Son House — singers that came out of the same patch in Coahoma County — but they turn all reticent and confused when it comes to the act that 's outlived and outsold them all .
14 Commonly held ideas restrict the social role and status of older people , structure their expectations of themselves , prevent them achieving their potential and deny them equal opportunities .
15 Deny them this participation of freedom , and you break that sole bond which originally made , and must still preserve , the unity of the empire .
16 McCann refused to be nominated ; he took the quite accurate view that the meeting had been called in order to incorporate the militants , attach the lustre of their achievements to a new , more moderate group of leaders and thus deny them any significant influence .
17 Too large an increase in personal taxation could lose them votes and deny them further ministerial office .
18 However , any protest she made was far more likely to lose her friends then gain me any .
19 However , most of the campaigns are run by authorities in the more accessible countryside ; there are few campaigns organized by those in the remoter or upland areas , either because they deem them undesirable or consider the likely returns insufficient .
20 These interventions will be implemented despite short-term business protests if state managers deem them class-rational .
21 Realising that before another couple of days had passed , she and Sarah would be able to make the journey Kirkbymoorside and book them two inside seats on the Leeds coach .
22 Each trip will cost you around £12 to £13 each , but if you book them all we 'll give you a discount booklet saving you £££ 's in bars , restaurants and discos in resort .
23 There will be 7–8 great trips , costing around £12–£14 per trip , although if you book them all , you will receive a reduction on the total trip cost , free entry to the Set disco as well as Tiff 's 2 , and a discount voucher booklet saving you £££ 's while in resort .
24 If you book them all , you 'll get a discount booklet saving you £££ 's in the resort , so be sure to allow around £12 to £14 per trip .
25 Use young stems or leaf stalks ; cut up into short lengths , simmer them little water until tender , then remove the tough outer skin , and simmer again until bright green .
26 So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand .
27 Stack them high and sell them cheap .
28 Sell them sunny meadows
29 On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play .
30 Classic examples of awkward questions are the salesman 's special dread , as the interviewer picks up the telephone directory and says , ‘ Sell me this ’ , and the totally unpredictable , ‘ What star sign are you ? ’
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