Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd want to go on seeing you a lot , though . ’ |
| 2 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 3 | Even in rugby , the Afrikaners ' passion , the formation of a single non-racial administrative body is imminent ; the octogenarian rugby boss , Danie Craven , has long thought it a game for robust men of all races , and in 1988 angered Mr de Klerk by sending an emissary to contact , among others , the African National Congress — one of whose leaders is now working to dismantle the boycott . |
| 4 | He has only expressed what a lot of other people have been starting to fear for a long time , that unless the commercial manipulators in tennis are careful , they could cook the golden goose . |
| 5 | She comments , ‘ I doubt if my working life has been well organised enough to call it a career , but running various businesses has been very satisfying ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ I should be honoured to have your company at dinner , Miss Leonora X. Whenever you 're ready to come downstairs give me a shout and I 'll come and collect you . |
| 7 | If your lecturer has not given you a book list , get one of your larger colleagues to persuade him to do so . |
| 8 | She watched , round-eyed , as several men-at-arms , pikes in hand , marched by on their way through the gate , and tried not to imagine herself a prisoner in their charge . |
| 9 | Then he discovers the bar owner doubles up as the town sheriff and that gunman Lyle has just given him a lift . |
| 10 | Jane Daly has just given me a copy of the new Capital Equipment RTP forms . |
| 11 | Unfortunately I am obliged to terminate at this stage , because someone has just passed me a note saying that the band has to depart at 11 pm , and it is now 10.30 . |
| 12 | This is how Chris Symonds earns his sporting glory … riding in the british bobsleigh team … he 's the number two man … and has just won himself a gold medal in the world cup competition … this weekend he competes in the world championships … he 's been back home to get ready to train for his rollercoaster ride on ice … |
| 13 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 14 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 15 | Edward York makes him more of a Friar Larry , Romeo 's dishevelled contemporary , one of the lads who has unaccountably found himself a Franciscan . |
| 16 | Helen Gardner , writing in 1959 , is more concerned about the continued professionalization of English which has now rendered it a subject closed to all but experts , a condition for which the " new " as much as the " historical " critics must be blamed . |
| 17 | Christian Aid has agreed to my taking three months ' unpaid leave , and the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth has kindly awarded me a bursary to cover costs of travel . |
| 18 | He had n't come here to bring her a birthday present ! |
| 19 | then Sandy has n't given me a time but I think I 'd suggested to him between six and seven I think people like that they do n't have to go home and |
| 20 | And then I , I was at Doctor 's but he er he has n't sent me a letter . |
| 21 | Jim has made some enquiries through Italian legal colleagues and by all accounts the man does come from a very good family — very good indeed — so at least he has n't told her a tissue of lies about his background . ’ |
| 22 | The values tabulated here give us a measure of comparison for Kaimann 's experimental results . |
| 23 | After satisfying herself to that end , she rose presently to give them a chance to be together , and to allow Bishop Jon to awaken without embarrassment . |
| 24 | he has two sons and two daughters , one of whom has recently made him a grandad and , although he confesses to still having the odd game of cricket , his main pastime nowadays is deep-sea fishing . |
| 25 | Mrs Gracie gave me some ; he has never paid me a penny . |
| 26 | I jolly soon learnt what a crome was , I did n't ask I waited to find out . |
| 27 | Of all the people in the world to expose her seething mass of fears and insecurities to , Guy Sterne would have been her last choice … yet she 'd told him about Mortimer , she 'd carelessly made him a gift of her virginity , she 'd wildly announced she loved him , and now she was baring her soul over the painful anguish of her mother 's death … |
| 28 | ‘ Come in here a bit , ’ she suggested as they came to her room , ‘ I 'd better tell you a secret . ’ |
| 29 | I suppose I 'd better offer you a drink now that you 're here . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We 'd better sing them a song , friends , that 's the only thing to do . ’ |