Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it goes and when it goes off you have ten seconds to get up at night then |
| 2 | Henry Ratter had arranged for me to attend several training courses , including the two-day ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 3 | The fear of a ‘ few stern five minutes ’ with his father , who wanted him to leave Battersea Grammar School for the neighbouring public school St. Paul 's , and had arranged for him to have special lessons in Latin verse and in Greek , kept him steadily at school work , although he knew he ‘ could do better at lessons if I wished ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 5 | As it was , however , no suitable opportunity arose for me to gain such information . |
| 6 | The cost per head will be £5.00 ( which allows for a contribution to NCT funds if enough of us go ) and its obviously sensible to arrange for us to share 4–5 cars . |
| 7 | The Liberals ' strategists , after panicking about Campbellmania , are now praying for her to become Tory leader . |
| 8 | Patrick does n't know for you know one log from another . |
| 9 | To one who had waited so long , this letter would scarcely have indicated that the time had come for him to take vigorous action on his own . |
| 10 | It seems as if the time has come for you to bring this side of life to the fore , and even without your co-operation other people will persuade you that being independent does not mean being alone . |
| 11 | His description of how he watched helplessly as one of the deadly missiles thundered towards him makes chilling reading . |
| 12 | Instead his hands were eagerly outstretched , and she moved towards him knowing that life could hold no greater happiness than this . |
| 13 | Frame looks like you have white glazing on a |
| 14 | She bent with him to examine troubled roots , spotted leaves , patchy bark . |
| 15 | Her teeth caught in her trembling lower lip for a moment . |
| 16 | Nathan 's look as he towered over her sent cold shivers rippling down her spine . |
| 17 | I just want to you know modern days was just confusing me and er , all this sort of thing . |
| 18 | Children are special — and problems relating to them need specialised care . |
| 19 | While our sports leaders recognise the contribution they can make to providing a ‘ healthy outlet ’ , they are concerned that , although government looks to them to play this role , it is often not prepared to assist them . |
| 20 | But the secular mind looked to them a starved mind , desolate of passion because robbed of faith , and it never occurred to them to doubt that religion possesses and monopolises the spiritual life . |
| 21 | It never occurred to us to criticize these conditions , which we accepted as a part of Eton life , like the tailcoats and top hats we wore . |
| 22 | I just think it 's important that say at they have one reference point |
| 23 | Cos I think he 's sort of realized now that nobody 's particularly impressed by him taking six grammes and twelve Es at once and going oh I took six grammes of and twelve Es at once and I was really fucked . |
| 24 | It 's it 's not about being able to get rid of them totally and we agree that we need some sort of level of arousal it 's being able to perform despite them to use that arousal to put into an effective presentation , and that 's what this two days is about is getting those butterflies for you to fly in formation . |
| 25 | The great pressure of the overlying sediments and the mineral-rich solutions that circulate through them cause chemical changes in the calcium phosphate of the bones . |
| 26 | Of all the things the Welsh MPs have got to talk about they decided public toilets are the most important . |
| 27 | Sir Alf Ramsey was n't popular with many ( it is n't a manager 's job to be popular ) but every player who played for him had enormous respect and liking for him . |
| 28 | It was this loco that regularly worked the 17.09 two coach local from Chesterfield to Sheffield in 1962 , and after school it was customary to go down to the station and wait for it to arrive light engine . |
| 29 | I advised the Camerons to ensure that both dogs always moved towards them to receive any affection , and preferably sat on command before receiving it . |
| 30 | Any significant criticisms made of you deserve careful attention . |