Example sentences of "[pron] to perform [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 2 | Finally , in growing anger , I told them to perform an unlikely act upon themselves — they stared — and turned away . |
| 3 | Three basic pieces of equipment will enable you to perform an enormous variety of exercises to improve your physique or figure . |
| 4 | He gave private shows for relatives before his teacher at Middleton-in-Teesdale primary school asked him to perform a weekly trick before the class . |
| 5 | ‘ Your Grace , I ask your indulgence but I would like us to perform a small mummer 's play , a useful introduction to what we are about to declare . ’ |
| 6 | Cairns-Smith invites us to perform the following experiment . |