Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 2 | Hopefully they will go there as champions but I would love to see them win the Irish Cup , ’ said Flanagan . |
| 3 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 4 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 5 | ‘ I know you 'd like to see me become a big tycoon like you , ’ Peter was saying , ‘ but you 'll just have to face it — I 'm not and never will be . |
| 6 | ‘ The place was packed to the roof — to see me get a good hiding . |
| 7 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 8 | do you see what I mean , right , sit and re-question close , right you can close them on ee do you want to include the extra window for two hundred pound , you follow me you 've hit them with a price you want to close them , right and you sit and do the paperwork and you just say to them do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds because you 've already said to them you , you give an extra , do you follow me ? |
| 9 | right with an extra window , whatever about the money , like Mrs what 's her name , so you 've nearly closed her on the conservatory you do all the paper , your order close form on the conservatory and you say to her , right , cos you 're working your sums out , do you want me to include the extra window for two hundred pounds ? |
| 10 | Well do , do you want me to put a five pound bet on that ? |
| 11 | ‘ You would n't want me to let an old man get beaten up and do nothing . ’ |
| 12 | Do you want me to ask a different question ? |
| 13 | Someone who tells me an apparently irrelevant fact may well want me to deduce a hidden inference in it , a proposition they prefer not to make explicit . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've mapped out a route to take you round , but are you sure you do n't want me do the actual deliveries ? |
| 15 | The SNP , if it maintains its principles , need change nothing to collect the electoral windfall left by Labour 's rush to the right . |
| 16 | Made them envy the lucky swells who would be escorting her to nightclubs and restaurants , but also gave them a sense that she was n't stuck up , that she was a genuine person . |
| 17 | The combination of the sophisticated impresario with his driving ambition and the outspoken Newcastle woman with her earthy language and manner to match , made them appear a strange couple . |
| 18 | Until the Annan Committee knocked BBC and ITV heads together and made them run a joint system of audience measurement , ITV relied mainly on counting the number of sets switched on and the BBC used sample surveys and audience ‘ diaries ’ . |
| 19 | Personal experiences made them reject the new truism that the children of fatherless families become delinquent . |
| 20 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 21 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 22 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 23 | Many of the training difficulties encountered with dogs in later life can be traced back to allowing them to exert a subtle dominance over you at any early stage , while they are puppies . |
| 24 | To motivate students by allowing them to share a common experience . |
| 25 | The question , therefore , was how to satisfy the aspirations of the political groupings , without allowing them to gain the upper hand ; how to make use of their mobilizing capacities , without these being used to ends other than those approved by the Commander-in-Chief , Generalísimo Franco . |
| 26 | The elections were conducted under a new electoral law passed by the NUP-controlled Assembly in October 1989 , under which additional seats were given to the larger parties , thus allowing them to gain the maximum number of seats with the minimum of votes . |
| 27 | It is far better , for the sake of peace and quiet , to ‘ give them their head ’ within reason , without allowing them to get a total stranglehold on your time . |
| 28 | Some are combatants and others work in agriculture , They describe their music as giving culture back to the people , allowing them to find a new identity and respect for their collective cultural history . |
| 29 | She is only encouraging them to use an instinctive faculty they already possess , to develop the already existent , mental and physical muscles . |
| 30 | This not only enables them easily to recheck particular information if they need to , but it also has the effect of encouraging them to consult a wider range of sources of information . |