Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And just six hours after Chris and Heather met for the first time they had decided to get married . |
| 2 | Even more , she had been quite ready to apologize for the public exhibition she had made of herself , and to ask his forgiveness . |
| 3 | However , most people who join the industry feel that the interesting nature of the work and career opportunities more than compensate for the unusual hours they are expected to work . |
| 4 | In the meantime , let recycled papers be conserved for the many purposes they are more fit for . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh no , not again , ’ remarks an attractive blonde whose car is stopped for the second ti me in a day . |
| 6 | You must be punished for the wicked thing you did ’ ( The Times , 15 September 1991 ) . |
| 7 | Though he admitted for the first time he was the author of his own downfall , he spent much of his speech attacking the press . |
| 8 | He is at present living in Belgrade , threatened and insulted for the public stand he is taking , his phone tapped . |
| 9 | But I mean for the other people it 's just , it 's just rejection in n it , you 're not good enough |
| 10 | But I mean for the first year she wo n't be in , if she goes into student , she 'll be in college |
| 11 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 12 | A Man Utd fan dies and goes to heaven but before he goes through the pearly gates he has to pass a test . |
| 13 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 14 | Greece is not , on the evidence of the past , the sort of place to carry through the democratic reconstruction it now needs . |
| 15 | It was like interviewing someone who had answered one of her frequent advertisements for a daily maid , trying to create a spurious atmosphere of equality and friendship that would compensate for the low pay she had to offer . |
| 16 | She fought for the working class she fought for education she fought for everything to benefit the community she was a wonderful person ! |
| 17 | he 's he 's er , she 's goes for the rich guys you see . |
| 18 | Their own consensual efforts to deny and suppress them would then be exposed for the deceitful sham they have always been . |
| 19 | Touching : We all know when something is so hot that it burns our fingers or so sharp that it hurts to touch it — but how much do we think about the other things we touch ? |
| 20 | I do n't want to even think about the two mistakes I made at Wembley the last time against Spurs . ’ |
| 21 | that 's right , that 's right and now that he 's shaken off the Scottish Office I invited him to come along to it as well so we may find |
| 22 | A member of the Women 's Cooperative Guild remembered working as a nursemaid to a doctor 's family at the age of nine in 1867 , and being unable to read or write , could not let her parents know about the unkind treatment she received . |
| 23 | Junior scrabble for Sarah and er I do n't know about the two boys I do n't what we 've got sorted out for the boys . |
| 24 | ‘ That philosopher , ’ said Scarlet , who seemed to have forgotten about going home , ‘ the one I was telling you about , he used to go galloping after women all over the place when his hair and his teeth were all falling out , and he used to write about the terrific compassion he felt for the human race , and his breath was foul . |
| 25 | I 'm going to write about the first time I met G.P. |
| 26 | She hesitated , torn between the unaccountable shyness she always felt in Louise 's presence and the overwhelming desire to be in on whatever it was they were giggling about , even if she was only a barely tolerated spectator . |
| 27 | The birth of William and the consequent psychological reaction triggered off the black feelings she harboured about her husband 's friendship with Camilla Parker-Bowles . |
| 28 | I said that unless I was picked for the final leg I would n't run . |
| 29 | Obviously there is not a club atmosphere at Harlequins , and in most other sports they would be fined or disciplined for the unfair competition they are setting up in the league , both from the top and bottom sides . |
| 30 | Squirrels are not treated literally as ‘ things ’ in the outer world but as , firstly , parts of sets defined by such criteria as ‘ those that live in trees ’ and , secondly , ‘ available for symbolic manipulation ’ since they can be taken to stand for the very trees they live in . |