Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb infin] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band failed to advise said fans , who have endured a five-year wait to see them play live in the UK , that tickets went on sale last Saturday , and sold out on the same day . |
| 2 | Other ways we find bands include : ( a ) being recognized in the industry as a company that is worth approaching ( managers with new artists drop in to play a tape to me or any of the other A&R people ) ; ( b ) demo tapes ( they all get heard eventually , but to get your tape picked out of the pile for special attention is difficult ) ; ( c ) seeing them play live on the London circuit . |
| 3 | ‘ She had enough clothes for a month , never mind a few days , ’ said one of Elizabeth 's friends , who helped them get ready for the trip . |
| 4 | Rapid weight loss may have made you feel good at the time , but depression and frustration soon set in as the pounds or kilos slowly creep back on again . |
| 5 | And it had made him feel big in a way that had nothing to do with macho trappings . |
| 6 | Well , let him get used to the idea ! |
| 7 | In particular , the weakness of the US dollar has made it look cheap on a comparison of purchasing power . |
| 8 | Almost a quarter of road accidents happen in the middle of the afternoon and experts are warning that just one drink at lunchtime can make you fall asleep at the wheel . |
| 9 | People make you feel small with a bored look . |
| 10 | For instance , does praise make you feel good for an hour , a day , a week or longer ? |
| 11 | They are usually also very willing to create special opportunities for individuals to become accustomed to new experiences such as going swimming , to help them become familiar with an unknown and perhaps daunting routine before ‘ plunging in ’ with the general public . |
| 12 | The extra weight and clothing was to help me get used to the combined effect of heat and exertion , but it made me look twice the man I was ! |
| 13 | I make an encouraging grunt , to help him get involved in the story . |
| 14 | She was getting tired of the equipment — the leash and ring and creance — slowing her down , and I had to pluck up the courage to let her fly free for the first time . |
| 15 | What we tend to do we get bored after the first two thousand and we start writing people letters . |
| 16 | That eruption of passion had blinkered her to the risks she was taking , letting herself get involved with a man like this … |
| 17 | He undid the buttons of his shirt and shrugged it from his shoulders , letting it fall unheeded to the floor . |
| 18 | Besides , Botha does not defend , which is not really a problem because he stayed miles from his scrum-half , Du Preez , and made him look terrible with a slippery ball . |
| 19 | ‘ You make him come alive in a way that none of his fancy speeches can , ’ Walterkin said . |
| 20 | Then he was clinging to them , even as he felt them tear loose from the rock . |
| 21 | I felt myself turn pale with the sort of impotent fury a goldfish in a bowl might feel . |
| 22 | he used an illustration of the pig , you know you can polish the pig up , you can clean it , you can scrub it , you can oh de cologne it , you can do all sorts of things with it , you can tie a nice pink ribbon around it and you can put it in a palace , but it 's still a pig and it lives like a pig and you can cl and no matter how clean you 've made it , it 'll soon find some dirt to wallow in and the ribbon might make it look nice in the show ground but it does n't make any difference to its nature and so it is with us and so Jesus did n't start on the outside , but he starts at the inside he deals with the route of the problem , in One Corinthians chapter fifteen and in verse three it says for I deliver to you as a first importance , this is the basic thing , he says to them this was the first thing that I said to you because it was the most important that Christ died for our sins , according to the scripture , what ever else Christ gives to us , what ever else he does for us , what ever else the gospel produces , the basic , the most important , the fundamental thing is that Christ died for our sins . |
| 23 | The tabloid press will publish stories of dole scroungers laying in bed all day , living the life of Riley on the dole , blaming the unemployed and making them feel guilty for a desperate plight . |
| 24 | Well Bill wo n't let me fall asleep on the settee . |
| 25 | If Punch dies , how do I keep sane for the next 40 years ! ! |
| 26 | Did I feel sad for the sadness he endured ? |
| 27 | ‘ Did I fall asleep for a minute ? |
| 28 | Did you go high on the swings ? |
| 29 | Did you feel sorry for the animals at all ? |
| 30 | Did you feel impressed by the standard of work displayed on the walls ? |