Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
2 | While he was away she never stopped reminding us at the top of her voice that she was n't a five by two . |
3 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
4 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
5 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
6 | And since he obviously had n't recognised me , I did n't want to connect myself with the house , until I 'd found out what his game was . ’ |
7 | Her job is to push Cabinet ministers ‘ to do what is right ’ ; this involves reminding them of the Government 's strategy laid down in the manifestos and combating what she regards as the inertia inherent in departments . |
8 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
9 | Logging remains crucial to the economy in the central provinces of Binh Dinh and Gia Lai and the bans are seen as being largely for international consumption , with little effort made to enforce them on the ground . |
10 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
11 | That this person should harbour aggressive feelings towards you is unimaginable , but then suddenly , she goes to poke you in the eye — and you blink . |
12 | He believed the order had been given to kill him by the DO . |
13 | ‘ I expected to see you at the ball last night , Sharpe ! ’ |
14 | If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ? |
15 | There was a spare one lying around We 'd finished u er stopped using them during the war some time during the war . |
16 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
17 | But in a wider context Gloucester failed to establish himself as the heir of the earls of Oxford . |
18 | JEWKES : But she sits cooling herself in the hall over against the staircase . |
19 | It was , understandably , the peace which was essential information for the descendants , for it influenced their present actions to some extent ; and the solemnities were intended to impose themselves on the memory of the participants and witnesses and their children . |
20 | An important element of any compensation payment is the damages intended to compensate you for the injury itself , and the effect it has on you and your lifestyle , both today and in the future . |
21 | This is why , at the moment , I 'm being a bit cautious about remaining in my cavity I do n't want to find myself in the situation that I 'm held to sell . |
22 | He was struggling to pull something to the top of the dunes . |
23 | We tend to isolate ourselves from the rest of the natural world and yet we are very much a part of it . |
24 | She was disappointed that he had n't arranged to meet her during the afternoon or even later on . |
25 | The courses are aimed at senior management and are intended to provide them with the knowledge and skills to exploit AIT effectively in their business . |
26 | A bit o' glass 'ad caught him on the fore'ead , but otherwise we 'ad n't a scratch to show for it between us . |
27 | It was only when I got to know something of the poverty of India 's villages ( some 500,000 of them ) that I really saw far worse poverty . |
28 | Counsel thought so little of it that he did not seek to sustain it before the House of Lords . |
29 | You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up . |
30 | Most of us want to see ourselves on the screen — although it may turn out to be an unpleasant experience ! — but we 're not usually terribly interested in watching the performance of others . |