Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that I was fearful of describing the girls I 'd met , because I did n't want to fall into the same traps and judgements we had been talking about ; on the other hand , I was not being totally honest in leaving out their descriptions , because in fact how they looked interested me very much . |
| 2 | ‘ Because everyone who comes along to interview me has , as you have Paul , read all the clippings , then they all want to talk about the same things , and I become this kind of caricature . |
| 3 | Do you know I ca n't remember the date , early part of March , early part of March , erm what she says at the moment is that er someone else from the college is going to Leicester next Wednesday when Helen 's going to Cardiff and this girl is then going to Cardiff when Helen should be going to Leicester , so Helen says , and she wants to look at the same subjects as what Helen does so Helen says that they 're gon na sort of go to the different colleges and compare notes when they come back from it so she might need n't want to go to Leicester |
| 4 | THE Director of Public Prosecutions , Mr Allan Green , QC , is expected to decide within a few weeks whether to press corporate manslaughter charges against British Rail , the Crown Prosecution Service said yesterday . |
| 5 | And now that Lucy had resolved to stay for a few days , she decided to tell her aunt to expect her when she saw her . |
| 6 | Neil Anderson from Ireland wants to get into the few rooms that the bunch of keys and big iron key wo n't open . |
| 7 | We live in a ‘ market economy ’ and many one time ‘ command economies ’ are endeavouring to change to the same arrangements . |
| 8 | He promised to return within a few weeks , bearing a bonnet of fashionable design . |
| 9 | The difficulty appears to me to be that there are too many people in the business seeking to compete in the same areas of demand , without any very great clarity about the sources of their own competitive advantages . |
| 10 | It was difficult to raise the vein as the filly staggered around , but she came to rest for a few seconds and I dug my thumb into the jugular furrow . |
| 11 | That would be her neighbour wanting to chat for a few minutes . |
| 12 | A few days before Michael came home , our daughter-in-law Pippa came to stay for a few days , bringing Emily , who was to go to a boarding-school in Yorkshire . |
| 13 | They only will stand for the same , I do n't think they 're going to stand for the same conditions |
| 14 | You may have experienced something similar with shampoo : use the same one for too long and the remarkable results you may have seen at first begin to diminish after a few washes . |
| 15 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 16 | I was n't going to rush around buying horribly expensive things like smoke salmon that I could n't afford , I was going to do a big family feast and I was going to get in a few games like the monopoly or lotto or you know , I just , I have n't worked it out but I thought oh what fun |
| 17 | For example , they seem to survive on a few hours ' sleep ; they will report waking and getting up early ( often to the annoyance of their families ) ; sporting activities include frenetic games ( squash ) and/or strenuous single person sports ( running , swimming ) . |
| 18 | The rental sector meanwhile provides — along with all the box-office successes which nowadays transfer to tape within a few months and probably need no further introduction — the chance to catch up on a variety of ( often more deserving ) movies which have been less widely seen in cinemas here . |
| 19 | Sadly , even their combined efforts can not hope to compensate for the many jobs lost . |
| 20 | He is an experienced manager and he knows that if a player is sitting on the treatment table for two or three weeks they are bound to put on a few pounds . ’ |
| 21 | Similarly some women ca n't or do n't want to ride in the latter stages of pregnancy but would like their horse kept in work . |
| 22 | Given the party 's pledges on pensions , defence , law and order , and other statutory commitments , particularly on social security , this meant that spending cuts would have to fall in a few areas , notably housing . |
| 23 | But often we would n't get that straight away ; we 'd have to go through a few guitars before we found the combination of guitar and amp and EQ on the desk . |
| 24 | But from what little I do know of it , my understanding is that it basically dramatises the same power relationships , and so seems to appeal to the same inequalities . |
| 25 | Detective Sergeant Burgess went off to report to his Superintendent , and Redpath , who 'd been on duty since midnight , decided to try for a few hours ' sleep . |
| 26 | Remove the meat from the pan and allow to stand for a few minutes before slicing . |
| 27 | Turn off the heat and allow to set for a few minutes . |
| 28 | We may have to look at a few options but there are not many . |
| 29 | Allow to rest for a few minutes then roll , on a lightly floured board , into rounds 5–6ins/12–15cm in diameter . |
| 30 | Finally the th county picked up its responsibility again but the damage had been done and er grass cutting never seems to have recovered in some areas on the that I 'll just try to describe in a few words . |