Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In both of the novels a heroine is involved for committing herself to do something important enough only as itself for example , Elizabeth Bennet walks three fatiguing miles to Netherfield to pay a visit to her ill sister ; Fanny Price opposes her cousins ' attempts to include her in amateur theatricals . |
| 2 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 3 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 4 | Her lack of caution led the trackers to sting her with rubber bullets , and since the summer , she has been much more shy . |
| 5 | ‘ I used to worry about Darth Vader , ’ Prentice confessed , putting his arm round Rory 's waist and lifting his foot to massage it with one hand . |
| 6 | Such indemnities , transferring liabilities incurred to third parties , will be particularly useful in cases where a contracting party may incur liability to a person not party to the contract , which therefore can not be excluded by contract : for instance , a manufacturer might require a distributor or retailer to indemnify it against tortious product liability claims by consumers injured by the product . |
| 7 | WG is alleging that Alan Carr , who remained as Alkar 's chairman , overstated Alkar 's profits by anticipating payments and inflating stock , causing WG to overpay him in subsequent acquisition instalments . |
| 8 | Thereafter he quickly became its most renowned liberal member , leading some opponents to accuse him of judicial activism . |
| 9 | While Helen 's day was filled by the demands of her young charges and the vain attempts of Mrs Webb to train her in some orderliness in domestic affairs , Edward continued to tend her father 's grave . |
| 10 | But a more historic example has recently emerged from a conservation programme to preserve it in first class static display condition for many years to come , this is Mk 1 Z2033/G–ASTL of the Skyfame Collection owned by the Imperial War Museum ( IWM ) and part of the collection of the historic aircraft at Duxford . |
| 11 | IBM is hoping that the popularity of workflow computing models will drive uptake , but it acknowledges that message queuing is not a new concept ; what is new it says , is the attempt to implement it across multiple manufacturer 's machines . |
| 12 | The name Tourmalet means literally ‘ bad way round ’ , but that was a billing which the col earned in more demanding times than the present , when there was no proper road over the pass but when you could hire porters to carry you from one valley to the next by chair . |
| 13 | And yet he took no steps to reintroduce it in later editions . |
| 14 | My heart , to love him ; my will , to do his will , my mind , to glorify him ; my tongue , to speak to him and of him ; my eyes to see him in all things ; my hands to bring whatever they touch to him ; my all only to be a real ‘ all ’ : because it is joined to him . |
| 15 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 16 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 17 | The teacher 's function is to decide what these chains are to be and to take steps to establish them as permanent ways of responding . |
| 18 | Harold Wilson probably underwent the most disagreeable experience of any Prime Minister in that it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him on any grounds other than political . |
| 19 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 20 | It is in these circumstances that there occurs , according to Merton , a situation of anomie , with people striving for goals of material success , but not having the opportunities to reach them through legitimate means . |
| 21 | While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself . |
| 22 | They had to walk right past the tramp to enter the church and they made absolutely no attempt to help him in any way . |
| 23 | I can not promise a debate on it next week , but perhaps he will find his own opportunities to discuss it in greater detail . |
| 24 | If there is any attempt to bypass me in this matter , you shall all know of it ! ’ |
| 25 | This year we are asking a selected sample of readers to help us with this process . |
| 26 | Jezrael wondered whose memory was being replayed inside her mind to guide her through this metal rat-run . |
| 27 | I 'd like to wish you well , Hazel , but there 's no good to wish you in this place . |
| 28 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 29 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 30 | ‘ New ’ animals may be subject to ‘ new ’ disorders , and ‘ better ’ , more disease-resistant animals may tempt AgriBusiness to keep them in worse conditions . |