Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] in a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 2 | He lifted his shoulders and let them fall in a dismissive shrug . |
| 3 | And let me say in a personal capacity that if this link between my group in Europe and the trade union movement at home is important , I think the lin link between the trade union movement and the Party at home is of crucial importance . |
| 4 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
| 5 | He took a shuttle to the asteroid belt , he was the highest ranker there they started the race , to the belt they drove at a deadly pace no-one knows what happened that star date but we always knew poor Wes would have to wait as they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 6 | As they pulled Will from the smoking wreck they heard him say in a terrible state bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I love him bom bom bom bom tell Wesley I need him , tell Wesley not to my love for him is never weak . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm just asking you to think about it , ’ I heard him say in a calm voice . |
| 8 | ‘ Not last night ; I heard him come in a long time after I went to bed . |
| 9 | And even now , after Dr Neil 's healing influence , daily exerted , for although he could not make direct love to her he was able to let her know in a thousand different ways how much he loved her , and how precious she was to him , she still felt the odd shudder of shame and fear . |
| 10 | Newman waited , heard her take in a deep breath . |
| 11 | She could hear Mrs Lorimer shouting for her favourite lodger , then she heard her say in a loud voice , ‘ It 's a woman . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Outdoor play is particularly important because it helps them develop in a whole variety of ways . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most obvious one is to do with dress , like how do you dress at a at a job interview , how do you dress in a particular sort of er function at work . |
| 15 | Do you live in a big house or what kind of house |
| 16 | Only by sharing anxiety do we participate in a meaningful existence . |
| 17 | Do they come in a wide range to suit all your needs ? |
| 18 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 19 | Is it ethical for man to interfere with the genetic constitution and physiological functions of living organisms , especially of man and the higher animals , in order to make them perform in a different way ? |
| 20 | Love makes you act in a certain way even — and this is the crunch — when you are not feeling very loving . |
| 21 | The more usual alternative however is to explain our discovery as being due to a certain causal process , something within us that makes us behave in a certain way . |
| 22 | The fascination Or sociology lies in the fact that its perspective makes us see in a new light the very world in which we have lived all our lives … . |