Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , one desires to suppress the personal element so far as possible , but if one has an opinion to express there is nothing to offend anybody in a straightforward ‘ in my opinion . ’ |
| 2 | Again Jacob thought he must bring himself to do something about the increasing hold this man had on Katherine 's life . |
| 3 | Neither Mr Bush nor James Baker , his secretary of state ( who talks about Lithuania and Latvia with the visible enthusiasm of someone who has just sucked a lemon ) , can yet bring himself to think anything but the best of Mr Gorbachev , so helpful last year in Europe , so kind this year in the Gulf . |
| 4 | The grid size can easily be increased or decreased at any stage during the design process , thus allowing you to create anything from a tiny motif to a large electronic or intarsia design that would cover a complete garment piece . |
| 5 | What gives you this impression ? 6 The teacher set them to do something in a short time . |
| 6 | Every time I 've asked him to do anything in the last three days , I ca n't , working out the quiz . |
| 7 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 8 | In this journey , in which we are all engaged , it is photography which has allowed him to achieve something for the first time without struggling — given him a means of craft and communication which feels right and matches his natural capacities as well as being able to respond to his intuition . |
| 9 | Be sensible in your plans , though ; there is no point in forcing yourself to do something after a hard day 's work , for example . |
| 10 | On 4 June , the day the Dunkirk evacuation ended , he wrote to the Chiefs of Staff : ‘ if it is so easy for the Germans to invade us … why should it be … impossible for us to do anything of the same kind to him ? ’ |
| 11 | This is an important qualification ( that doubt is normal only in our abnormal situation ) , but it allows us to appreciate something of the positive side of doubt . |