Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our attitude is that we want to see everyone in the six counties , whether Protestant or Catholic , active in the movement to attain civil rights for the people there . |
| 2 | And my son has received none of the two hundred and eight |
| 3 | Suppose a man knows nothing of trusts and trustees , but has heard something of the separate use , leaves property — say £1,000 — to his married daughter ‘ for her separate use ’ . |
| 4 | We might have expected to see something of the great movies , Gold Rush , Modern Times , Limelight … |
| 5 | I think for every feeling , no matter how inward and personal it appears , the writer has to find something in the visible world which corresponds to it , to make it visible for the reader . |
| 6 | If you want to meet someone with the same hopes , ambitions and interests as yourself , and are simply not meeting them socially or at work , Dateline , the largest , longest established and most successful computer dating agency in the world , can open up a whole new circle of people ; interesting , suitable people who could be living very close to you , people who you might never meet without Dateline 's help . |
| 7 | If you want to meet someone with the same hopes , ambitions and interest as yourself , and are simply not meeting them socially or at work , Dateline , the largest longest established and most successful computer dating agency in the world combines personal service with the speed and efficiency of modern technology to open up a whole new circle of compatible people for you ; interesting , suitable people who could be living very close , people who you might never meet without Dateline 's help . |
| 8 | The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is . |
| 9 | Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’ |
| 10 | However , it was a pity that Greg Lewin was interviewed by somebody only knowledgeable about corncrakes ; it would have been interesting to know whether Greg has done anything about the diabolical fingering needed on the ancient form of the racket . |
| 11 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
| 12 | Since we started doing ‘ proper ’ front covers ( ie , not flogging them to Tom Jones ' and Cilla 's record companies for ads ) in 1972 , the great man has had plenty of the hallowed Page Ones , but others have had more . |
| 13 | He will , however , be expected to do something about the severe imbalances that are masked by the wonderful overall figures for economic growth . |
| 14 | Each of these three processes has contributed something to the changing broadcasting scene . |
| 15 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 16 | She had not , Franca found on opening it , ventured to hang anything inside the long wardrobe which stretched the length of the big bedroom . |
| 17 | But once we have left school and have gone on to a different sort of existence , those relationships cease to have anything like the same meaning . |
| 18 | It is not simply that the former communist societies in Eastern Europe were characterized , to a greater or lesser extent , by relative economic backwardness and political authoritarianism , and consequently had little appeal as models for the future development of any advanced industrial society , but that the democratic socialism of social democratic and labour parties in the capitalist world , despite its real achievements in improving the conditions of life of the working class , has come to be more critically judged as tending to promote an excessive centralization of decision making , growth of bureaucracy and regulation of the lives of individuals , and has lost something of the persuasive character it once had as a movement aiming to create a new civilization . |
| 19 | Though she may be old now , Lady Amory has lost none of the original excitement and enthusiasm which she shared with Sir John , and , like a true gardener , she is constantly looking forward : ‘ I do n't think a garden is the thing to keep ; it 's not like furniture in a room or a house . |
| 20 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 21 | However before examining it I want to say something about the general response of community educators to the problems facing the working-class in N. Ireland . |
| 22 | Ask Mr. if he wants to say anything on the main motion . |
| 23 | The Labour party has learnt nothing about the deep-seated wish of the British people for local government structures that reflect what they feel about their local communities , and units of government that mean something to them and are not imposed on them . |
| 24 | Tom Berenger is an amnesia-suffering crash victim who suspects he has murdered someone in the stylish thriller Shattered . |
| 25 | But something I would like to say , which no-one has touched on at all ; we 've all been talking about the laws that affect women and equal opportunities , and no-one has mentioned anything about the horrendous hours that are worked in parliament making it not impossible , but extremely difficult for women to become politicians working in parliament to be the people who make the laws , to be the people who can actually affect women 's roles in society erm everyone seems to accept the fact that our own parliament , totally dominated by men , and the sort of hours that only men can work , making it extremely difficult for women . |
| 26 | No doubt , as the election approaches , the Conservatives will seek to blame everything on the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) — a close friend of the Chancellor , whom I am glad to see in the Chamber . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 28 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
| 29 | On her retiral she commented , ‘ I 've enjoyed many rewarding moments through the years and I 'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful send off and beautiful gifts . ’ |
| 30 | Er , so i it 's er changes of that kind that have been looked at because if you move production work out of one nation into the other to get a nice rationalised allocation of work , you build this wing , you build that wing and so on , you then have got to do something with the minor components to get back to you original erm work share allocation and percentage times . |