Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that they were the owners of Rafferty 's , they adjusted the rules sufficiently to allow themselves a drink after hours . |
| 2 | He was kind enough to give me a lift home . ’ |
| 3 | P.S. Dr Jane was kind enough to give me a time early in the day . |
| 4 | Aim for a list that give the widest possible choice and price range ; whilst there will be friends and colleagues who will club together to buy you a present , others will want to buy something on their own . |
| 5 | A number of councillors are asking for a judicial review of an RUC decision not to give them the go-ahead to get personal protection weapons . |
| 6 | We went to see a dead man laid out , and it would be a pity not to give you an account of his state . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's going to have a short stay in a Home soon to give me a break . |
| 8 | I 'll ask Michael Colgan now to take us a bit further down a look at the costs . |
| 9 | His host had darted across the room presumably to bring him a drink and as he looked around he saw other doors , other lights — so this spectacle which did not shock him nor dismay him but which he did not wish to be a part of , might not be the only play . |
| 10 | CHESHIRE won their first National Cricket Association County Championship match when they beat Lancashire by 42 runs at Milnrow yesterday to give themselves a chance of winning the North West group . |
| 11 | After sending Bacci off to get himself a coffee from the Brigadier who was losing his patience with a recruit in the kitchen , the Captain shut out the noise and sat down to wait , glancing now and then at his watch . |
| 12 | It revoked the decision taken two weeks earlier to grant him a visa , on the grounds that he had refused to postpone until after the May 20 elections his planned departure from Switzerland with his wife Queen Anne and eldest daughters Princess Margerita and Princess Anne . |
| 13 | Living with the Keraing and his wife was a very public affair ; and , although they barked a good deal at the constant throng which invaded their household while we were there , they were traditionally in no position to deny them entrance , and each resident of Bira got his chance lengthily to observe our every blink and mannerism . |
| 14 | Turning her head round to see what the pain could be , Pepita had seen the spider scuttle back into the crate from which she had been thrown with the bananas . |
| 15 | It is not enough to have a political policy , and it is not enough to have a defence policy just to give it a name . |
| 16 | Having had a small suitcase packed weeks ago , she alerted the maternity wing of the clinic in which she was booked , asked the receptionist downstairs to get her a taxi and took herself off there as if the early arrival of babies was an everyday occurrence in her life . |
| 17 | As well as the obvious , known tastes of food and drink , stick your tongue out to discover what the air tastes like . |
| 18 | We 've had enough of fair-haired people here to last us a lifetime ! |
| 19 | He had seen enough terror there to last him the rest of his days . |
| 20 | Mary of Guise had the sense not to make him a cause célèbre . |
| 21 | and he run up the road just to buy me a bunch of flowers . |
| 22 | John McFall , MP for Dumbarton and Labour Scottish affairs spokesman on crime , presented a private member 's bill yesterday to make it an offence to carry an article with a blade or point in a public place . |
| 23 | ‘ I have informed the editors of each of my magazines accordingly to give you a mention . ’ |
| 24 | We relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea and Otley switched the magic box on to see what the world was up to . |
| 25 | South Shields found themselves having to rely on a mix-up in the defence late in the first half to let Gary Davies in to give them the lead at the interval . |
| 26 | On the one hand , Parliament did not trust the police enough to give them the power they wanted and then let them get on with it . |
| 27 | So she said , ‘ I have n't had a chance to make up my mind yet , but I have no reason not to give her the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 28 | When the woman put her hand up to protect herself the man grabbed two rings off her fingers but they were later recovered in the car . |
| 29 | Have you got a close friend or relative who could spend some time just talking with you , or who might be able to take the children out to give you a break ? |
| 30 | She got up later than he did because she went to sleep later , tossing and sometimes weeping , and in the end usually fumbling her way downstairs to get herself a drink . |