Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christian Democrats voted by 66 to 28 to accept the Tories as ‘ allied members ’ , allowing them to sit in the same group as the Christian Democrats in the Strasbourg Euro-parliament from May 1 . |
| 2 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 3 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
| 4 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 5 | This food was also an invaluable help to passage migrants such as the finches and buntings , helping them put on a few extra grammes of fat to carry them through the next leg of their long journey to winter quarters . |
| 6 | Perhaps he secretly thinks I belong to the same world . |
| 7 | How can he have the nerve to stand there calm and composed and expect me to behave in the same way ? she thought angrily . |
| 8 | Has he applied for the same thing ? |
| 9 | ‘ And I want it to go on the same way till I 'm free to offer you more . ’ |
| 10 | We might , therefore , expect them to work in the same sort of way as the visual system . |
| 11 | The only thing I could do I mean at the same time I 'm saying O K I 'll go in to do it this way , would be to actually say , sod this for a lark , instead of doing erm totally private thing , gon na set up a private limited company to issue cheques . |
| 12 | I decided to put pen to paper and let you know of a few problems some of us have in trying to become machine knitters . |
| 13 | The other terms , for example , are all the same in each market , so on averaging they occur in the same form as they do in an individual market . |
| 14 | But Rostov 's experience of the Empire had not prepared him to find at the same time a complete absence of the poor and underprivileged . |
| 15 | Bondholder Erica Bachman told the court : ‘ Let him live in the same misery he brought upon his victims . ’ |
| 16 | Remove the vanilla pod , skim the jam , and let it cool for a few minutes before turning it into small jars . |
| 17 | To the buttery juices in the pan add the brandy and let it sizzle for a few seconds . |
| 18 | Producing this amount of new growth also means adequate moisture below : when weather is dry , remember the thirsty ramblers ; lay the hose out and let it dribble for a few hours . |
| 19 | Let us think for a few moments of the wonderful achievements of the human race — the towns that have been built , the works of art that have been produced — the books , plays , films , pictures , music … the progress that has been made in science and technology . |
| 20 | Before going on to consider more problematic aspects of semantic constituency , let us look at a few more examples of the recurrent semantic contrast test in action . |
| 21 | Let us look at a few Elizabethan towns in more detail , starting with York , the secular and ecclesiastical capital of Northern England , a county town and large commercial centre . |
| 22 | Let us look at the latter first . |
| 23 | And because I do n't want you living in the same house as someone who might be a murderer . |
| 24 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 25 | Otherwise , I 'd suggest you leaf through the many shareware suppliers ' adverts and examine their offerings . |
| 26 | He does n't really seem to be very careful about distinguishing intellect from the one and , and so forth , does n't really , he 's not , he 's not really focusing on that difference and so seems to let it lapse in a less than useful way . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | While the Capital Guarantee Bond may be a fairly simple product it more or less requires us to go through the same process as all other new products . |
| 29 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 30 | But he was overruled by the others ; one judge said ‘ you had better appoint them judges ; and then I will retire , because I see no use in having them to act in the same capacity in which we are acting ourselves ’ . |