Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure , I was aware of the possibility that he too could have the perfect hand — even that he had cunningly rolled that five to mislead my own investment when I could have collared his . |
| 2 | When I am so self-centred that I would not dream of asking the Spirit for his strength , preferring to go my own way , I am encouraged to recall that ‘ God is at work in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure ’ ( Phil . |
| 3 | Cornwall has kept the Championship flag flying for the last few years and has continued to emphasise my own view that such a competition could have an important place . |
| 4 | If they were Doreen 's jodhpurs she had no wish to wear them , so she said , ‘ I 'd prefer to wear my own trousers . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Look Ian , I 'm here to help you , I 'm not here to grind my own axe . |
| 6 | ’ Pamela Walford wrote : ‘ The revelation to me was being able to plan my own activities within reason . |
| 7 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
| 8 | Dana did not ask to see my own poems , which at once made me suspect that he had some knowledge of them already . |
| 9 | But I 'd like to see my own kind better off than they are . ’ |
| 10 | Ripping out the belay , I thrashed my way up , hardly able to see my own feet , but vaguely registering Roger 's impressively determined lead . |
| 11 | As I have read his writings , often in photocopies lent to me by friends , or in the book on his work published in 1982 , in India , I have not only come to appreciate his films in a more informed way , but I have also realized that his outlook on film-making is one which has begun to affect my own thinking . |
| 12 | I like to be able to arrange my own times a bit but that is n't always possible and you 've got to accommodate yourself as well to the needs of the staff . ’ |
| 13 | Am I not guilty of the same essentialist fallacy if I tear down Ormrod J. 's thesis simply to erect my own property-based ‘ essence ’ which conveniently allows me , then , to advance my argument concerning homosexual unions ? |
| 14 | I 'm more than willing to carve my own career — I 'm raring to go , at least I shall be if I get my degree and if I can shake off this horrible mononucleosis , as Dr Newne pompously insists on calling it ! |
| 15 | One one of the many reasons why I do n't want to accept this Labour resolution er , I would like to support my own member , is that er we have very , that there will be appoint a |
| 16 | It was therefore with some trepidation that I ventured out to see if it was possible to meet my own demanding standards and buy a high quality basic marine system within the modest , at today 's prices , £250 budget the editor set me . |
| 17 | She said , ‘ Do you think I 'd arrange to meet my own father in a place like this ? ’ |
| 18 | I have tried to establish my own territory in the attic , outside the country of my ancestors . |
| 19 | Until then I had succeeded in holding the impinging world at bay as well as in the desperate attempt to establish my own identity , but it was only at a bitter cost to myself . |
| 20 | Well I have to establish my own virtue and distinction . |
| 21 | I know I 'm in my mid thirties and ought to know my own mind by now , but I 'm scared of the commitment . |
| 22 | ‘ Long enough to know my own worth , ’ Gina retorted , irritated by the sardonic gleam in his eyes . |
| 23 | They were not all written at the same time , or in that order : I had to keep struggling to write my own work as Dana 's poetic demands became more and more insistent . |
| 24 | ‘ I have to write my own material . |
| 25 | ‘ I have to write my own material . |
| 26 | I said I want to write my own novel , I wanted to take the characters from Rebecca , who of course would come to me bearing their pasts , but I wanted to move them right away from Rebecca and then write on , and that 's what I did . |
| 27 | ‘ I was attempting to retrieve my own property , ’ Ashley said , and when he strode forward to look into the skip she pointed . |
| 28 | Not wishing to compromise my own standards , I left this firm very quickly . |
| 29 | And proud too , cos blimey , I been walking for ages and when I get back home she 'll think I been real clever to find my own way back , and I ai n't got a yellow card or nothing . |
| 30 | I much prefer to find my own swims , not because I think I can find better swims than anyone else , but because I get a great deal of satisfaction from being able to study a piece of water , select a swim as a likely chub haunt , and then find that I am right . |