Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that as you use it through the year , it will serve to remind you of the life-saving work you are helping to make possible for children throughout the world . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , if I do , I 've chosen a pretty safe place to do it in , I think , ’ she responded tenderly , exploring the commanding contours of his face with fingers that had been aching to do this for months . |
| 3 | They are expected to raise hundreds of pounds in sponsorship for the special care baby unit at the Friarage Hospital , Northallerton . |
| 4 | She had grown up amongst beautiful clothes , been dressed from childhood in designer fashion , been made to stand still for fittings for her graduation dress and her first ball gown , and hated every moment of it . |
| 5 | Many of those women who choose to stay at home and bring up their children are made to feel guilty by outsiders ( often in the media ) implying that they ‘ should ’ be working . |
| 6 | But the signs are that they are going to get tough with clubs that offer idle excuses for not getting their cup-ties out of the way . |
| 7 | Employees may be given time off for house hunting or may be expected to do this at weekends . |
| 8 | Indeed , these stereotypes can be used to render obvious to outsiders the motivation and blame for particular incidents . |
| 9 | I 'm interested about your comments erm that it could be used to do more in terms of families . |
| 10 | Can my right hon. Friend arrange a debate on local government finance in London , so that we may discuss the growing evidence that Labour councils , far from struggling to provide services , can not even be bothered to collect millions of pounds of rates and of community charge still owing to them ? |
| 11 | I 'm going to give this to Rojas now . |
| 12 | Multiple nets may be extended to become hundreds of yards long for a single operation . |
| 13 | Every Thursday during the summer ‘ specials ’ are run conveying thousands of children to and from the country . |
| 14 | Peter Yeo was obviously delighted to do any service , however modest , for her and bustled her away , returning belatedly to ask McLeish if he would like a similar facility , which he accepted , obedient to the unwritten CID rule that you looked after your physical needs at any moment that opportunity offered , because you never knew when you were going to get stuck for hours without help . |
| 15 | Webster 's resignation came only a month after a fire in the US embassy in Moscow , which apparently led to the loss of computer disks and other sensitive material when Soviet firefighters , possibly including State Security ( KGB ) agents , were allowed to move unescorted through parts of the building . |
| 16 | A van , loaded with explosives , blew up outside the Northern Bank in the busy High Street area as police were trying to evacuate hundreds of shoppers . |
| 17 | Magistrates are being urged to get tough on landlords who harass and intimidate their tenants . |
| 18 | Organisers are hoping to raise millions of pounds to turn the centre into a living museum . |
| 19 | Through this mini trespass the RA are hoping to encourage hundreds of members to stage a mass trespass on the moor on September 29 , as part of Forbidden Britain Day — an annual event with nationwide protest walks calling for greater access to the countryside . |
| 20 | However , the plates move very slowly , so the continental collisions we are discussing happened millions of years before Homo sapiens came on the scene . |
| 21 | I am trying to keep abreast of developments associated with this complex but very important issue . |
| 22 | FOR THE LAST three weeks , officials of the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control ( UNFDAC ) have been trying to sell thousands of tons of onions . |
| 23 | The building and operating of the new telecommunications infrastructure is expected to create hundreds of jobs for the area . |
| 24 | Mr Brownhut said he had no idea why anyone should want to upset the show , which is expected to attract thousands of spectators from all over the province . |
| 25 | The first Quaker Rally and Road Run will take place on Sunday , May 17 , and is expected to attract thousands of spectators and enthusiasts . |
| 26 | But despite this , Telethon is expected to raise millions of pounds for thousands of people who are in some way in need . |
| 27 | The review , detailed by the chief secretary to the Treasury , Michael Portillo , last week , is designed to chop billions of pounds off public spending , particularly from the social security , education and health budgets . |
| 28 | The decision not to ring-fence DSS money for drug and alcohol services is said to threaten hundreds of projects . |
| 29 | I bet the whole thing is going to cost millions of pounds . |
| 30 | It 's set in an Afrikaaner village and is the true story of a widow who is inspired to sculpt hundreds of animals and people following the death of her husband . |