Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind looked around nervously for a tall figure in black ( wizards , even failed wizards , have in addition to rods and cones in their eyeballs the tiny octagons that enable them to see into the far octarine , the basic colour of which all other colours are merely pale shadows impinging on normal four-dimensional space . |
| 2 | In many cases , the parents of the brighter children wished them to go to the secondary school in Jarrow , an overcrowded building housing about 400 pupils in which good scholarship results were achieved , but there were serious difficulties facing their children : |
| 3 | The headmaster would not allow them to go into the sixth form here . |
| 4 | Fleischmann then showed a proposal that he and Pons had submitted to the Department of Energy ( DOE ) in Washington requesting financial support for them to carry through a definitive series of experiments over a period of three years . |
| 5 | This level of provision represents a very substantial commitment of resources to the enterprise bodies and it should be sufficient to enable them to carry through the wide range of tasks expected of them and to build on their excellent first year of operation . |
| 6 | I have heard from Prudential Property Services with details of your proposed purchase of the above property for £52,000 subject to Contract and I expect that I shall be receiving the draft Contract from the vendor 's solicitors in the course of the next post but perhaps you will kindly telephone me and let me know whether you wish me to proceed with the Preliminary Enquiries arising thereon and the Local search with the East Herts District Council . |
| 7 | This mixture of sizes did nothing to detract from the overall beauty of the place ; rather they gave interest , drawing the eye to different shapes and heights . |
| 8 | The fact that this stack is merely structured from stone , the result of a well understood physical sequence , does nothing to detract from the Old Man 's personal aura . |
| 9 | In many households it is conventional for everyone to retire at the same time , and to re-emerge simultaneously in the morning , with scant toleration being shown to individuals who do not conform . |
| 10 | And in the fourth year I tend to do them an evaluation sheet , where I write down lots of questions about the project they have just done , and maybe get them to sit for a double lesson and write about the things they experienced and found out … |
| 11 | Christian Democrats voted by 66 to 28 to accept the Tories as ‘ allied members ’ , allowing them to sit in the same group as the Christian Democrats in the Strasbourg Euro-parliament from May 1 . |
| 12 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 13 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 14 | The Prince wants me to go to a bloody ball . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They want me to go to a mental hospital , Mum . ’ |
| 16 | And she would like me to go to the well women 's clinic every Wednesday it 's run . |
| 17 | He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ? |
| 18 | But for the sheer number of performances , there has been nothing to compare with the serial trials of white collar criminals . |
| 19 | Indeed , they demonstrate little interest in or carry any vim into their academic work ; certainly nothing to compare with the avid desire for technique and expertise many take to the sports field . |
| 20 | The first important modern paintings sale of the year held by Guy Loudmer on 16 February contained nothing to compare with the outstanding works featured in his sales during the height of the speculative boom two or three years ago . |
| 21 | Dressing-up crazes and the appearance of huge inflatables suggest the stirrings of a new culture of spectatorship but there is nothing to compare with the Italian spectacle . |
| 22 | ‘ It was a psychological tonic which helped me to cope with a silent Parliament . |
| 23 | I do n't think he was quite so committed to your sister as she wanted us to believe , and , talking of that lady , how dare you leave me to cope with an hysterical female on my own ? ’ |
| 24 | But even if we did have some such reason — even if we thought it slightly more natural for right-handed people , who form the majority , to drive on the right — our reasons for wanting everyone to drive on the same side would still be much stronger . |
| 25 | Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms . |
| 26 | There was a great yearning among lay people to understand in terms of their own vernacular this inner experience of the faith , which , through the institutional influence of the Church , formally governed the structure of their lives , although their education may not have been such as to enable them to cope with the official language of the Church or highly intellectual theological exposition . |
| 27 | All four species live in the surf zone of the lake and have a reduced swim-bladder which enables them to cope with the rapid water movement . |
| 28 | But if the child is a paraplegic spina-bifida victim , for example , the receiving teacher should surely expect to receive additional training to equip him/her to cope with the physical implications of the condition . |
| 29 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 30 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |