Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She began to mince them into a fragrant green hill on the board in front of her . |
| 2 | If workers are to supply more labour they may require a reward in the form of a higher real wage rate in order to compensate them for the higher marginal disutility of employment . |
| 3 | She felt a pang of gratitude , remembering his generous offer to provide them with a month-long Sardinian holiday , not only on their anniversary this year , but every single year to come . |
| 4 | The EC defines people in poverty as those whose ‘ resources are so small as to exclude them from the minimum acceptable way of life of the member state in which they live ’ . |
| 5 | The opportunity to serve you and to meet you over the next twelve months I look forward to enormously and while I 'm not conceited enough to think that I can move mountains in the year ahead , or naive enough to think that I can please everybody fully , fellow Tablers I promise you I will not let you down . |
| 6 | We have done our utmost to provide you with the best possible product but if you have any complaints or suggestions as to how it could be improved do n't hesitate to let us know . |
| 7 | They threatened that , if he did not co-operate , the Northern Ireland emergency powers of detention would be used to intern her as a dangerous subversive . |
| 8 | The fact that the Prime Minister of Great Britain had twice flown to Germany to intercede with him , and on the third occasion had hurried across Europe with the heads of the French and Italian Governments to meet him at the shortest possible notice , constituted a personal triumph for Hitler . |
| 9 | Gently , he began to massage her with a greasy perfumed oil . |
| 10 | A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules . |
| 11 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 12 | Kankoila was one of the founder members of FLING , helping to establish it in the early 1950s . |
| 13 | This is perhaps understandable , but it is stretching credulity to expect us to bless it as the highest human freedom . |
| 14 | Wrangham 's work goes far to provide us with the essential spatial structuring that underlies this flexibility . |
| 15 | I turned to my nearest fellow browser , intending to ask her politely but firmly to lead me to the nearest padded cell , but it came out wrong . |
| 16 | ‘ You have already received some of the precious germ-plasm of our blessed Patriarch to kindle you as a true Imperial Fist … ’ |
| 17 | If he wants anybody to lead him to the so-called English plotters , it 's the very best possible way to go about it . |
| 18 | His 60-year-old wife called in police , claiming he had punched her during the early hours after the ceremony to install him as the 18th civic leader at Stockton . |
| 19 | Another good lesson came in the shape of a small bent old lady , with moth-eaten woollen gloves , who always singled me out to serve her with a dozen cracked eggs that were extremely cheap . |
| 20 | A principal sea-side town had become a large and squalid town by the sea ; not only did fashion begin to desert it by the later 1820s , but medical opinion could no longer treat it with the blind enthusiasm of earlier decades . |
| 21 | Whilst it is necessary to commence with an idea or concept , it is important to evaluate it at the earliest possible time , and thus the procedure is to commence testing by moving briefly into both the analysis and scheming phases . |
| 22 | TOKYO ( Reuter ) — The Liberal Democratic Party , struggling to win back voters alienated by scandals and a sales tax , yesterday chose the Prime Minister , Toshiki Kaifu , to lead it into the next general election . |
| 23 | Mr Joseph Bronson ( HMS Milne ) , of Helmington Terrace , Hunwick , is still waiting for his medal but is expected to receive it within the next few weeks . |
| 24 | You 'd be well advised not to overdo it on the old liquid refreshment , however , as the return leg beside the river involves crossing an awful lot of stiles . |
| 25 | Its death had been postponed , which had enabled the Hunt Ball Committee to hire it for the triumphant last appearance of a house that had outlived its glamour , and all kind importances . |
| 26 | And the recreation committee yesterday agreed to replace it with a new wooden one costing £9,500 . |
| 27 | The plan , agreed in 1989 , was to replace it with a purpose-built dental hospital and postgraduate institute . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 29 | It is difficult to combine them in a valid mathematical relationship . |
| 30 | As more people choose to enjoy the horse for leisure and sporting activities , the Event will bring together everyone with a serious interest and involvement in horses , and those with the land and resources who may wish to utilise them for a new equine business . |