Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] [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 the BBC wants to secure its future the first thing it should do is cut down on the huge fees it pays to presenters . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Hari knew it was mostly done to help Craig and yet Edward Morris seemed to like her work a great deal . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When the Queen came to visit her grandchild the following day her comment was typical . |
| 7 | When Carco 's concierge came to clean his room the next day , she almost fainted at the sight of the nude picture hanging over his bed . |
| 8 | Having decided to make your home a safe place , where do you go for the right products and service ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Mr McWhirter 's methods meant that some — any — excuse had to be found to interrupt his recital every ten minutes or so . |
| 11 | I go to see his wife the next day . |
| 12 | She passed Mr Bumble the tea-cup , and as he took it , he managed to give her hand a little stroke . |
| 13 | When these are delivered , it will sell most of the 43 aircraft it now owns to keep its fleet the youngest — and hence cheapest to maintain — in the world . |
| 14 | Whether a conference delegate or a visitor to our city — we try to make your stay an enjoyable and successful one . |
| 15 | " I fail to see what use a miserable little blind mole can be ! " |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He 'll be fighting to keep his lead the next day , for this first full stage , a circuit through the Basque country , will be fast , tricky , and an especial challenge for the Spanish riders . |
| 19 | It seems a bit unfair to people who can not afford to update their computer every 12 months . |
| 20 | He longed to give his monastery a wonderful gift , to fulfil his visions and be valued and praised . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | But most of all , I am determined to get my family a decent place to live . ’ |
| 23 | The man of the house told us that he had to repaint his boat every few weeks as the chemicals stripped it back to bare wood.And his wife complained of burns all up one arm from washing her clothes in contaminated water . |
| 24 | — I caught her trying to brush her hair the other day . |
| 25 | The agency man owes his knowledge of a particular publication , say newspaper profiles " , not only to the National Readership Survey , but to the sales literature from the media itself which have plied him with relevant data about readership and special opportunities and offers to make their publication the best of all possible buys . |
| 26 | At the Kelvin we offer you a very warm welcome and will endeavour to make your stay an enjoyable one . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could deign to spare my proposition a full thirty seconds of considered thought . ’ |
| 28 | After moving to England , he fought for over two years without being defeated and reckoned : ‘ Ninety per cent of the public wanted to see me win the British title . |
| 29 | A slightly different procedure is required if you need to give your dog a liquid medicine using a syringe , and , again , you can practise this slightly different grip . |
| 30 | The best I can do as a manager is a combination of threatening , cajoling and being nice to everyone who can help to give my act the best possible shot . |