Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open . |
| 2 | Finally , now that you have achieved control over your weight , how has this changed you as a person ? |
| 3 | Far from being unimportant , the study of administration and institutions has much to tell us about the increasing effectiveness of the state and central government in an aspect of government growing more important with every passing year . |
| 4 | The shroud thrown over the subordination of women in the mining communities has much to tell us about the myth of the " archetypical proletarians ' . |
| 5 | It is because these qualities are so abundantly visible in photography today that the medium has some claim on our attention : photography still has much to tell us about the way the world looks and the experience of living in it . |
| 6 | Nor can I feel that the far finer E flat Symphony has much to commend it as a performance , beyond its solid assurance and resilient rhythm . |
| 7 | The Wentwood experience as described in this monograph has much to commend it as a means of enabling people with quite severe learning disabilities to take their part in ‘ normal ’ middle class life ; but as the authors themselves say , ‘ We will not succeed in this ( developing potential for growing as a person ) by concentrating on making people better functioning conglomerates of various skills only ’ ( p. 28 ) . |
| 8 | For the non-obese patient over 65 years who needs a sulphonylurea , a short-acting drug like tolbutamide has much to commend it as the elderly are more prone to hypoglycaemia . |
| 9 | Digital telecommunication has much to recommend it over the analogue alternative , and the move away from analogue systems is n't restricted to the mobile networks . |
| 10 | Its positioning accuracy alone ( + or -1mm ) has much to recommend it over the human alternative . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions . |
| 12 | It is important , at the time when they leave home , that she has enough to occupy her of a useful , creative and absorbing kind ( see chapter 16 ) . |
| 13 | I stopped him , I said do n't do that leave them in the envelopes and mark them as they are , so what |
| 14 | What can I do that makes me into an acceptable human being ? |
| 15 | If Protestantism was more Conducive than Catholicism to the expansion of science , one would expect this to manifest itself in a greater receptivity toward new and controversial ideas . |
| 16 | These are all experiences we have had that tell us about the body 's state at the time , and we do not have difficulty in interpreting them . |
| 17 | And he 'll use that to keep us at a distance . |
| 18 | Dampt disgrace that couple that done it in the Golden Divans . |
| 19 | So we have four , five six , seven , eight , nine we have n't even got enough to see us through the next twelve months . |
| 20 | It takes little to get me on the right lines . |
| 21 | The prosecution alleges this links them with the 3 lorry attacks . |
| 22 | What he is asserting is that ‘ I have toothache ’ has meaning in virtue of pain-language taking the place of moaning ; and what he is denying is that saying this commits him to an experiential explanation of the meaning of pain-language . |
| 23 | As a general approach , this presents a very attractive picture of human beings , but we must not , on the other hand , allow this to distract us from the pressing reality of society as an institutionalised , patterned , constraining system . |
| 24 | Y you know it 's it does n't take much to push someone into the situation where they 're prepared to take a big loan from a money lender , to try and clear all their other debts . |
| 25 | Erm so we ou and carrier bags , we may have enough to carry us through the show , I do n't know . |
| 26 | For their part , trade unions showed little or no interest in the new community-based movements that emerged from the late 1960s , and saw little to interest them in the educational work that developed around community struggles . |
| 27 | Did that push you towards an 'alternative ’ kind of sport like skating , rather then the more common football or darts or snooker ? |
| 28 | Humpage had been chosen as wicketkeeper and started the game behind the stumps , but with Gloucestershire finding little to worry them in the efforts of Warwickshire 's regular bowlers , Humpage removed his pads and gloves , with Chris Maynard , playing as a batsman , taking over as wicketkeeper . |
| 29 | And not only the tabloids : with the exception of Lord Whitelaw , Tory leaders did little to distance themselves from the racist comments of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn and instead came back with very similar language — from ‘ swamping ’ to ‘ Mongol hordes ’ . |
| 30 | ( ‘ lt is normal to feel self-conscious and conspicuous on your first few times in the field ; do not let this distract you from the Subject . ’ ) |