Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also argues that , if an agency does not exercise detailed control , it nevertheless exercises the ultimate control of the worker , since it can withdraw him or refuse to offer him another assignment should his performance fail to meet required standards . |
| 2 | The survival of the Iraqi dictator is not just a blemish on the landscape : it is a long-term danger to all the regimes that dared to oppose him two years ago . |
| 3 | Edward retreated to Brussels , but in the winter of 1339–40 he achieved an important diplomatic success in Flanders when he persuaded James van Artevelde to enter into an alliance with him under which Artevelde recognized his title to the French throne and agreed to give him military aid . |
| 4 | He commiserated with Blair over his failure with certain seeds and promised to send him rare plants . |
| 5 | Charlton boss Lennie Lawrence made a mental note of the raw youngster and tried to sign him two seasons later . |
| 6 | At Beechgrove we have a well-established standard fuchsia , ‘ Dollar Princess ’ , with cerise sepals and a deep purple corolla , but Bill has done well in training a few new standards this summer and intends to give them early protection this year . |
| 7 | The twins also began to see towards the end of the book that Piggy was very clever and started to show him some respect . |
| 8 | In the coils adjacent to his wrists he located the python 's cloaca and managed to give it one hell of a goosing . |
| 9 | And then later on , oh and then she was going to see room bookings and try to find me another dining hall cos I said it 's pretty late notice , and she said oh no , it 's a week and I thought well I had booked it two months ago . |
| 10 | All the same , Connor suggested to him privately that it might not be a bad idea for him to learn something about the art of self-defence , and offered to give him some lessons . |
| 11 | Prime Minister Chung announced on Dec. 11 that all US atomic weapons had been removed from South Korean soil , and offered to open US military bases to inspection by the North on condition that the North permitted simultaneous inspection of its own nuclear facilities . |
| 12 | To perform the tremolo picking part correctly you should use alternate picking , and aim to keep you right-hand wrist as relaxed as possible . |
| 13 | She 's somebody who comes to the door and tries to sell you some make-up and perfume and toys and things . |
| 14 | In battle they believe so strongly in the power of the Orc gods Gork and Mork to protect them that enemy arrows and swords blows really can be deflected by the Orcs ' aura of self-generated arcane power . |
| 15 | So it seems to me that you can not do analysis in a group because by definition the ego of a person in a group is , is detracted from , whereas in individual psychoanalysis and ideally the ego of the person is added to and enlarged to give them more competence by being made to face up to its repressions . |
| 16 | At last , out of the silence , Moran noticed McQuaid 's glass was empty and attempted to pour him more whiskey . |
| 17 | There 's still some who want the shrieking , whirling dervish of the old Associates days and refuse to give him any credit for growing up and wanting to just get on with it . |
| 18 | In effect , he defines the climatic range of vegetation zones and proceeds to call them climatic zones . |
| 19 | Nigel had never seen the film and , as it was shown rather late , we had recorded it and intended to watch it that afternoon . |
| 20 | ‘ So , while trying to contact you this morning , I made arrangements for us to fly to New York later on this afternoon . |