Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school . |
| 2 | If she tried to evict him an undignified struggle would only ensue and she would n't give him the satisfaction . |
| 3 | Someone came to the shop and tried to sell him an old cross with paste stones in it . |
| 4 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 5 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 6 | The arts minister , Jordi Sole Tura , wants to give it the ornate edifice that currently houses the ministry of agriculture . |
| 7 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 8 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
| 9 | It is designed to give you a good return on your money over the longer term . |
| 10 | However , if you now have the determination to become a bigger fish in a bigger pool , then you will take what occurred around the lunar eclipse on August 6th as a signal to put the past behind you and devote all your energy to plants designed to give you a greater degree of freedom . |
| 11 | It 's a short course , developed on scientific principles , designed to give you a basic grounding in the vocabulary , usage and pronunciation of Japlish . |
| 12 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
| 13 | Until we remove the present government from Westminster , then Europe is going to struggle to do us a great deal of good . |
| 14 | I tried to give him a withering look . |
| 15 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 16 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 17 | He shifted uncomfortably and tried to give her a reassuring grin . |
| 18 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 19 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 20 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 21 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 22 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 23 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 24 | He promised to send me a fucking picture postcard . |
| 25 | We 'll need to get you a larger garden . ’ |
| 26 | Tried to get you a better bargain . |
| 27 | It is designed to offer them a net return higher than that available direct from any building society deposit account . |
| 28 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 29 | Just guess who 's come to pay you a little visit ! ’ |
| 30 | What happens if he says well I want to alter it a little bit ? |