Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 'll actually sit down and work that out for people and encourage them to go for a job and give them all the forms they need to claim Family Credit or whatever . |
| 2 | They invited them to sit at a table and were joined by an unusually tall , thin man who was extraordinarily blonde for his age which was thirty to thirtyfive . |
| 3 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 4 | You want me to go in a garage and ask for , have you got a flick on band ! |
| 5 | Leaving me to cope with a situation that is way beyond me ! ’ |
| 6 | But when we ask children to write , we often ask them to work in an atmosphere where all sorts of noises compete for attention . |
| 7 | I no longer vociferously challenge those who insult ; instead , I may casually invite them to come for a coffee and see/meet some students . |
| 8 | ‘ People would expect me to come into a room and crack them up , ’ Rowan , 36 , told Cosmopolitan magazine . |
| 9 | You may be able to get someone to talk on a topic that also features in the textbook so that the video recording would introduce listening comprehension work that linked to a reading task . |
| 10 | Closer to home , in their statement of educational principles , for example , a group of teachers from Wigan included the following : ‘ Education has the responsibility of operating within a democratic system ; of respecting and nurturing democratic principles ; of being open to change by democratic process ; and , perhaps , most importantly , of encouraging within the young those qualities and skills which enable them to participate in a democracy and ultimately to develop or change it ’ ( Department of Education and Science , 1983 , p. 27 ) . |
| 11 | So for example if you 're normally aggressive , we 'd actually like you to go with a syndicate that 's passive and work passive . |
| 12 | Then they frisk you and give you a dressing-gown and tell you to go into a cubicle and strip off and wait . |
| 13 | If you 're normally passive , we 'd like you to work in a syndicate that will be aggressive . |
| 14 | I do n't want you to imagine for a moment that I do n't believe every word of what you tell me . |
| 15 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 16 | They trust you to get into a panic and err wildly on the side of generosity . ’ |
| 17 | Voice writers allow you to speak into a machine and the text will then appear on the screen . |
| 18 | The Clocksin-Moore approach to problem solving and learning has nothing to do with a robot or visual images . |
| 19 | ONE of the great advantages of villages over cities for chronic insomniacs , such as I am , is that late at night there is nothing to do in a village except read . |
| 20 | Never one to sit behind a desk if he could help it , he tried to see the battle front for himself , and was severely wounded . |
| 21 | This is a tricky one to diagnose at a distance but I 'd put money on some kind of video configuration problem within Symphony . |
| 22 | It 's also ironic that the whole discussion could have taken place on radio , which would have enabled one to look for a dictionary or just take a walk round the room . |
| 23 | ‘ Boggers ’ ( no , I do n't know why , though I suspect it may have something to do with a haircut that bears a passing resemblance to a bogbrush ) may have a couple of incisive seasons left in him at best , but opponents will rarely get a moment 's peace when he combines with Bicknell and Waqar Younis next year . |
| 24 | Despite these problems , natural law and rights-based theories undoubtedly have something to contribute to an understanding and development of law in a broader social perspective . |
| 25 | I hope to find a new challenge , not just something to add to a list but a challenge with a greater cause behind it . |
| 26 | I try and make women 's history clearer , because obviously they 've done history A level so they 've probably learnt about wars and all the male sort of things , so what women were doing and thinking and the way in which that has been suppressed ; as much as possible I like to teach by not putting very much of what I think across but trying to get other people to produce it … also encouraging them to share as an experience and personal responses and talking about things one would n't normally talk about in the department , the emotional side of things , in quotes ‘ irrational ’ , ‘ intuitive ’ and all of that , and valuing that … try and make it a space where people can say whatever they want to say ; I suppose value things that would not be valued elsewhere . |
| 27 | Occasionally she was able to force herself to go in a lift if it was one of those with a window at the front so that she could see the passing floors . |
| 28 | When he had finished his chores he sat down at the table and copied out ‘ I am William Beech ’ over and over again until Tom , after much effort , finally persuaded him to go for a run and exercise Sammy . |
| 29 | And then you will tell him to come to a place that I will tell you of and at a time that I will tell you . |
| 30 | The only permissible course is to issue a subpoena for him to come as a witness or to produce the documents to the court ’ . |