Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband managed to crash into another car on the Ring Road down near Botley . ’ |
| 2 | I delayed switching the computer off while I racked my brain trying to think of some way of saving them , but there was none . |
| 3 | Are you telling me I 'm wasting my time trying to get through this mental barrier of yours ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And I do n't intend to waste my time having to listen to any more pathetic , whining nonsense from my wife . ’ |
| 5 | The Burnage Report is the first document of its kind to attempt to deal with some of these complexities . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's not my Sebastian , ’ she protested wildly as her mind strove to deal with this new complication . |
| 7 | Remarkably , its arguments began to sound like those of the Central Electricity Generating Board , as it sought to cast doubt on the very existence of an acid rain problem . |
| 8 | But if Marxists believe that liberal democratic input politics can open state organizations to accommodating class struggle , then their arguments threaten to blur into those of pluralists or democratic elite theorists . |
| 9 | Singapore 's trouble is that as soon as its economy starts to grow by more than 6–7% , the labour market tends to get tight . |
| 10 | How the fuck could she know anything with Jesus and Donald Duck taped to the side of her fridge and her brain blended to mush by all that TV ? |
| 11 | That would be fine , if their interest happened to coincide with that of the economy . |
| 12 | His attitude seems to seep into all comers of the company . |
| 13 | His body ached to leap upon this travesty and wring the life out of it . |
| 14 | We sense the alienation of the man who experiences his surroundings without participation : even his observations seem to come from some extrinsic impulse . |
| 15 | But Jim says his firm had to settle for less than they expected over work on the Minister 's home in Putney , south-west London . |
| 16 | What did your parents have to say about all this ? |
| 17 | Some of the early big events of the year for us were the various treats run by the Working Men 's Clubs , and if your father happened to belong to both clubs you were lucky . |
| 18 | Underlying this simplistic approach is sound reasoning , namely that your audience needs to know at all times where they are during your presentation . |
| 19 | ‘ What — what would Your Highness like to know about this gown ? |
| 20 | No , you 've got Bovril , you 've got , erm , Oxo's. some garlic and pepper and some cornflour and then your mother had to lob in some , something else . |