Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frog eggs are about one to two millimetres in diameter and , like the chick , have enough yolk to enable them to grow to a stage when they can feed themselves . |
| 2 | How dear Maisie , or Natalia , and certainly Emma , would laugh to see him enslaved by an ankle after their more generous gifts of person yet enslaved he was . |
| 3 | He was a quiet man , not much given to open or abandoned laughter , mainly because he thought laughing made him look like a horse — which it did rather ! |
| 4 | Grace Hinkle loves to see me making like an executive and remembering to charge up all expenses . |
| 5 | It is huge and successful , but over the past decade it has undergone a radical change that has seen it transformed from a seemingly crusty , actuary-dominated organisation to one that is prominently business led , competitive and very high profile . |
| 6 | It looks demolish it looks like a derelict place , in , ah What 's , what 's that on the ? |
| 7 | And of a truth vile Epicurism and Sensuality will make the soul of man so degenerate and blinde , that he will not only be content to slide into brutish immorality , but please himself of this very opinion that he is a real Brute already , an Ape , Satyre , Baboon ; and that the best of men are no better , saving that civilising of them and industrious education has made them appear in a more refined shape , and long inculcate precepts have been mistaken for connate Principles of Honesty and Natural Knowledge , otherwise there be no indespensible grounds of Religion and Virtue , but what has hapned to be taken up by overruling Custome . |
| 8 | They tried to imagine him acting in a comic manner the part of a man who had murdered three wives in a bath . |
| 9 | His supporters say his energy has enabled him to succeed to a large extent in holding the Palestinian movement together during a series of splits and crises . |
| 10 | I want to let you know about a study we have initiated on the usual basis of ( almost ) nil funds — hence we ca n't offer you a lucrative contract ! |
| 11 | You could , if you wish , try Java Fern , which is rather too woody for the tastes of many species — but if you want a good covering you will need to let it establish for a few months — or else you can cheat and use Java Fern-covered rocks/bogwood from another tank . |
| 12 | , our Sports Council Liaison Officer , has asked us to co-operate with a survey to give her some ammunition to fight on behalf of all the Movement & Dance organisations . |
| 13 | ‘ The strength of the personal relationship with our account manager has allowed us to get through a number of fairly serious problems , ’ says Mr Miller , who believes the owners of small businesses need to make extra efforts to communicate with their bankers during hard times . |
| 14 | After a spell at the rehabilitation centre , Guy 's parents realized it was a mistake , and tried to have him transferred to a specialist stroke rehabilitation centre in London , even though this was a long way from home . |
| 15 | we tried to make her look like a person . |
| 16 | She tried to picture him looking like a French version of Cobalt , for whom she felt no physical attraction at all , and then she tried to calculate whether , in that guise , he was not a more likely murderer . |
| 17 | The one her husband had said made her look like a Queen . |
| 18 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 19 | Ward had often threatened to have it converted into a work room but , as is the case with most attics , it remained nothing more than a storehouse for junk that was n't wanted elsewhere in the cottage . |
| 20 | Another prisoner wrote to me recently , and I am now seeking to get him transferred to a prison nearer his home in Liverpool . |
| 21 | After hours of brain searching work I arrived at a formula that produced some sensible — but not accurate figures . |
| 22 | And apart from the garden that you said that you made it lovely while you were there , what other things did you do to make it look like a home ? |
| 23 | They were made to make it look like a robbery . |
| 24 | It is also used to restore I breathing following a barbiturate overdose |
| 25 | We did what we could but , ideally , I 'd like to see him moved to a proper unit , specialising in orthopaedics . |
| 26 | Deane and Rodders up front again I du n no I 'd like to see him try for a goal poacher or someone like Ferds . |
| 27 | Both were winter occupations and helped keep you warm on a cold day . |
| 28 | I would like to invite you to apply for a very different and distinctive credit card . |
| 29 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 30 | They will not tell you a lot about what 's going to make him tick as an adult , except that he might be good at a particular academic subject . ’ |