Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life . |
| 2 | But the handful of abilities involved in our areas of common interest are like a postage stamp on a bed sheet compared to all that goes into making us the unique individuals we are . |
| 3 | I have another seven days before Jens 's cousin arrives from the States and finds his would-be protégé has been seduced into giving him the cold shoulder . ’ |
| 4 | I was go , thinking about doing it the other way to see what you 'd say , but then I thought , no ! |
| 5 | Jim joked : ‘ I 'm thinking of renaming it the royal loony burger . ’ |