Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would probably need to pitch your voice a certain amount , but without shouting , and slow down . |
| 2 | If so , he will often need to know what action the local authority has taken before the matter came to court and whether this complied with the requirements of the Act . |
| 3 | Every parent wants to offer their children a positive vision of the future . |
| 4 | For example , in order for Ukraine to get hold of Scythian gold , the republic not only has to declare its citizens the direct descendents of the Scythians , but also to prove that the remarkable Scythian objects at present held in the Hermitage were made by natives and not by itinerant ancient Greek craftsmen . |
| 5 | He phoned to tell his bosses the bad news . |
| 6 | Hari knew it was mostly done to help Craig and yet Edward Morris seemed to like her work a great deal . |
| 7 | Arrangements were carefully made so that Lunia would not be compromised and Modigliani came to paint her portrait the following day in the Sunny Hotel on the Boulevard de Port-Royal , the little lodging house where Zborowski was living with his handsome and somewhat forbidding common-law wife , Anna ( Hanka ) Zborowska . |
| 8 | When the Queen came to visit her grandchild the following day her comment was typical . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose you think that your father and I have scrimped and saved to give you children a good education so that you can waste your time and money at the pictures , ’ said Mrs Mallory , pressing down fiercely on a handkerchief . |
| 10 | In this issue you can read about Auvers-sur-l'Oise where many of the Impressionists lived and painted , which has decided to give its tourists the hyperreal experience of walking through ‘ Dejeuner sur l'herbe ’ and travelling in the padded compartments of a nineteenth-century train with Monet landscapes outside . |
| 11 | Having decided to make your home a safe place , where do you go for the right products and service ? |
| 12 | The Bell Hotel Small family-run Hotel with homely atmosphere where you are assured of the comfort and good food needed to make your holiday a memorable one . |
| 13 | Every year I try to give our decorations a rich look . |
| 14 | ‘ Each year I try to give our decorations a rich look — both at home and in the shop . |
| 15 | I did manage to give my hands a quick rinse beforehand and nobody has mentioned food poisoning so it must have been ok . |
| 16 | She passed Mr Bumble the tea-cup , and as he took it , he managed to give her hand a little stroke . |
| 17 | This sketch may serve to show what obstacles the prosecuting authorities have experienced in bringing the B.M.F.L. case to trial , and how hard it is to predict when the trial will eventually occur , and what form it will then take . |
| 18 | Whether a conference delegate or a visitor to our city — we try to make your stay an enjoyable and successful one . |
| 19 | " I fail to see what use a miserable little blind mole can be ! " |
| 20 | Therefore if the hirer sells the goods , section 25 of the Sale of Goods Act and section 9 of the Factors Act will not operate to give his purchaser a good title . |
| 21 | The key to a healthy , nourishing diet for children is variety — aim to give your child a good range of foods over the course of a week or so and you can be pretty certain she 'll get the nutrients she needs . |
| 22 | As he noted at the time , new houses intended for single families were subdivided into tenements on their first letting , for the very poor simply could not afford to pay their landlords a realistic return on their investment . |
| 23 | Bolivians prefer to choose their governments the democratic way , but this is not to say that they admire the means at present available for doing it . |
| 24 | He longed to give his monastery a wonderful gift , to fulfil his visions and be valued and praised . |
| 25 | A Word Child ( 1975 ) , indeed , is so specific in its references to places , and especially to places on the London Underground , that the narrator remarks he was once tempted to call his story the Inner Circle ; and Martin Amis 's London Fields ( 1989 ) is almost as detailed about Notting Hill as if it were a guide-book . |
| 26 | But most of all , I am determined to get my family a decent place to live . ’ |
| 27 | The organisation having the contract is able to man up more successfully since it has its own , independent and higher salary levels and , by having a number of such contracts and also being involved in other ( development ) work for other clients , it can continue to offer its staff a sufficient variety of tasks . |
| 28 | Yet before he made the astonishing leap from Paupers ' Alley with Cambridge United to Millionaires ' Row with Manchester City Dublin , 23 , had to learn his lessons the hard way . |
| 29 | — I caught her trying to brush her hair the other day . |
| 30 | Mr McRoberts omits to tell your readers the following interesting facts : |