Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're well-disposed enough , all the Percy tribe , because their own holdings are in the north , and they have nothing to lose here on the Welsh border . |
| 2 | Such persistence is not easy because there is nothing to go on except the general hunch that there ought to be an opportunity somewhere about . |
| 3 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 4 | My conclusion makes it unnecessary for me to proceed further upon the natural justice argument . |
| 5 | My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek .. |
| 6 | We had a grand doctor from London once , who told me to go out in the fresh air and try to get well . |
| 7 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
| 8 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 9 | He waited for them to pass through into the central chamber . |
| 10 | On the ground floor he walked a few feet ahead , leaving me to trundle behind like a meek Arab wife . |
| 11 | It was they who inspired me to struggle incessantly for a better world . |
| 12 | ‘ Michael asked me to come up with a funny line for him to say on leaving the house , ’ recalled scriptwriter Raymond Allen . |
| 13 | ‘ In fact , I could swear your image-maker wants me to come across as a free spirit , someone who does n't need the convention of a male escort — and I do n't . |
| 14 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 15 | While subjects were actually driving around they were required to give risk ratings , this may have caused them to concentrate unusually on the risky situations and think about them to a much greater degree than they would have normally . |
| 16 | But I quite see that you need someone to come in on a practical issue like what to do about his tenants . |
| 17 | We allow ourselves to tune in to the personal life and love of God , not to an abstract principle or an impersonal deity . |
| 18 | So a Beta Hi Fi recorder allows someone to scan quickly through a boring interview ( or a soap opera ) . |
| 19 | But if more deaths among the female goats resulted from the aberrant male breeding behaviour in this population , what caused them to behave so in the first place ? |
| 20 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 21 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 22 | There 's plenty to do here with a large pool and a terraced surround , pool table , indoor mini bowling alley , tennis court ( with floodlights ) and a lounge where snacks are available . |
| 23 | Before she undressed , Nicandra pulled back the window curtains , cold as glass in her hands , and stood between them to look out at the changed world . |
| 24 | It 's just I like to know where I stand and which bit of me to tense up before the rubber truncheon lands . |
| 25 | You do n't want them to grow up in a sterile environment . |
| 26 | Team 1 is concentrating on the basement and ground floor , so I want you to go up to the 4th level as team 2 will be putting out the flames on floors 2 + 3 . |
| 27 | ‘ Grimm , ’ he said , ‘ I want you to go deep into the ruptured entrails of Vasilariov to search for another hydra . |
| 28 | Nevertheless you also feel pressure on you to go back to the old ways . |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here . |
| 30 | I mean you may want to er for example , you know in some ways some of the responses may fit in quite nicely as a point on a scale or something like that , you may have some , you know , be able to in fact I advise you to come up with a fair number of quantitative type questions |