Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [indef pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the next few days Stevie was to find himself something of a cult figure . |
| 2 | ‘ He chose to favour us one at a time and the others were left out in the cold . |
| 3 | He is a combination detective , father-confessor , erm psychologist , and the books , although they are somewhat repetitive if you were to read them one after the other , through quite a number , they nonetheless deal I think with very profound erm and difficult themes in American culture . |
| 4 | A standard way to intervene with one or more pupils is to ask them something along the lines of ‘ tell me what you 're doing ’ . |
| 5 | The best way to learn these modes is to take them one at a time and examine the construction of each one . |
| 6 | So , in the end , I never used to tell them anything about the athletics . |
| 7 | And do n't try to tell me everybody in the class can spell that word . |
| 8 | look your sisters trying to tell me something about the television , well the televisions not switched on though |
| 9 | In order to supply a comprehensive background to our experience with a Computerised Personnel Information System ( CPIS ) it is important to tell you something of the Personnel and Data Processing functions at Parker . |
| 10 | We should be able to tell you something of the nature of the fastenings used but I doubt if we can say whether a body was involved . |
| 11 | To tell you something about the work of other college staff . |
| 12 | Before looking at some of the erm details of those practical programmes I would like to tell you something about the principles upon which his mind worked in approaching practical affairs . |
| 13 | It may have been presented to the Queen in order to show her something of the impact that Protestantism had made in Italy . |
| 14 | He knew they were trying to tell him something in the sign language used by the deaf and dumb . |
| 15 | We had to tell him everything about the Stapletons , and he was deeply hurt when he heard the truth about the woman he loved . |
| 16 | It conceals , both in Adrian Bromley himself and the enterprize he controls , a powerful dynamic which , in a relatively short period of time , appears to have created the potential to make it something of a jewel in the crown of the C&P operations . |
| 17 | During this time it grew dark , the darkness seeming to rise from the river to make it one with the sky . |
| 18 | Was the V. & A. 's Chairman trying to tell us something about the government 's degree of responsibility for the staff restructuring plans announced by the V. & A. 's Director and rashly endorsed by himself in 1989 ? |
| 19 | But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future . |
| 20 | But here at Sophia Gardens , a nap hand of British girls have in their different ways been doing their best to tell us something about the game they play … and offering a few hints of hope for the future . |
| 21 | We 're keen to trace him because he might be able to tell us something like a piece of a jigsaw really that may help to put the case together |