Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all . |
| 2 | Why do people think that inserting a candle into something they have no further use for renders it an indispensable household utensil instead of litter they should be taking home in their rucksacks ? |
| 3 | But what , precisely , is the theoretical basis for denying it the honorific title of " democracy " ? |
| 4 | In order to do this , you may find that first you need to look at your feelings of anger and resentment at your partner for denying you the ordinary experience of conception and pregnancy . |
| 5 | so what we 've got ta do is we got ta buy her desk and we 've got ta buy her a little chest of drawers |
| 6 | FURTHER intelligence about the amazing Mr Humphrey Berkeley , who left the Conservative Party after bequeathing it an elective system for choosing its leaders , joined Labour , then moved on to the SDP , only to resign from it , too . |
| 7 | We did n't want to pop in else your father would be saying that we 're after selling you a new hat again , knowing your weakness for hats . ’ |
| 8 | Severn Trent which held the record for disconnections last year , the chief executive , Roderick sold one hundred and thirty seven thousand shares at four hundred and eighty eight P under a share options scheme , and that was after buying them the same day , for two hundred and sixty two P . |
| 9 | Trustingly she slipped a small hand into one of his , and she would have gone with him anywhere , but he detached her fingers after giving them a reassuring squeeze . |
| 10 | In spring mulch the soil around it well after giving it a good soaking , this will encourage the soil to stay moist . |
| 11 | He first became a player-manager at 28 and in his time the 41-year-old Buckley has won three promotions , the Bob Lord trophy with Kettering — and been sacked by Walsall after making them the highest scoring team in the four Divisions . |
| 12 | ‘ Got ta do what the big man says . ’ |
| 13 | And he 's got ta do it a few times , so then the cost becomes and , and you like let's be fair , we 've had summers where it 's the weeds er the weeds have n't grown , but you get a wet summer and the weather warms and the wet and the weeds go peooow up like that . |
| 14 | So I got ta give you the hundred back , you got ta give me five back . |
| 15 | I never tried to copy those guitar players , but I tried to steal it and kind of change it a little bit . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm still sort of puzzling what the best thing , best thing to do for that hedge down there . |
| 17 | For my benefit would you just like to sort of give me a quick rattle through as as as to what you intend to do . |
| 18 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 19 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 20 | erm so er tt I think the other thing that 'll be nice if erm er given , if the first years are filling it in er in about a week and a half 's time , if we could if you could try and bash some of the data in fairly rapidly so that , you know kind of before the end of term we can , you know , kind of give them a brief digest of how , what , what the results were |
| 21 | You know , sort of give it a good chance . |
| 22 | I did think of paying them a non-means-tested benefit in exchange for abstention , but I 'm sure I 'd never get the figures past Margaret Beckett . |
| 23 | Instead of paying everybody the same state pension , the state should protect those in need adequately , and leave the rest to look after themselves . |
| 24 | Strategic planning is the business of deciding what the main goals of the organization are and what policies should be adopted in pursuing them . |
| 25 | On the outbreak of World War I Herbert joined the Irish Guards , despite his near-blindness , by the simple method of buying himself a second lieutenant 's uniform and falling in as the regiment boarded ship for France in August 1914 . |
| 26 | This distinction between the effort of the CBHPs and the effort of communities is a useful one in that CBHPs can not take upon themselves the role of providing what a national government can not or will not provide . |
| 27 | No , I 'd have to sort of wash it a little bit so I |
| 28 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 29 | The thought of facing her the next day was quite terrifying , but not an obligation Meryl intended to shirk . |
| 30 | I must take the opportunity of saying what a marvellous job I thought both Captains did . |