Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the law to grant him a defence in these circumstances would be to grant a licence for sexual exploitation . |
| 2 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 3 | Eleven minutes to six is the time , and if you 'd like to give me a ring on any of the subjects I 've mentioned , then it 's . |
| 4 | You want to give me a hand with this ? ’ |
| 5 | In the same year , 1741 , Christie was also pressing Lord Milton to exert his influence with the colonel of the Highland Regiment ‘ to give me the Cloathing of that Regiment for the incouradgement of our Scots manufactorys … this jobb wou 'd employ many poor familys in the country … ’ |
| 6 | I 'd like to wish you every success in this venture . |
| 7 | We hope that in this Lenten Appeal we 've been able to give you a sense of that . |
| 8 | This outline specification is included to give you a summary of this new award . |
| 9 | I did n't mean to give you a fright like that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm going to give you the score on that once and for all . |
| 11 | But er I hope to give you an idea for that . |
| 12 | ‘ All it tells us is he must 've had a foreign accent for them to give him a name like that . |
| 13 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 14 | Would you like to , to give us an update on that please ? |
| 15 | On top of all that , he is rushing everything through to deny us the report on that survey . |
| 16 | Yes , I have at last , and the I 'm sure that they lied in their teeth , they they assured me they had written to me after my second letter in March , er in fact , and they said they were going to send me a photocopy of that , in fact er she wrote me a letter in June , so I do n't believe the other one existed , |
| 17 | When she had gone away he said to Ianthe , ‘ You wo n't forget to send me a postcard of that fountain , will you . |
| 18 | ‘ No one would want to send me a letter like that ! ’ |
| 19 | His knowledge of classical music was very comprehensive — you only had to sing him a snatch of any symphony or concerto and he would be able to identify it immediately , but this is n't sufficient to get you up there in front of a hundred or more qualified musicians and be able to lead them into the opening bars of Beethoven 's 5th , or even the Warsaw Concerto . |
| 20 | Whatever political differences exist on policy , I am sure that hon. Members on both sides of the House will wish to offer them every support in that endeavour . |
| 21 | The whole plane was full and Nick had done well to get him a seat at all . |
| 22 | If we can put all this point-scoring to one side , I should like to ask him a question concerning several thousand of my constituents . |
| 23 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |
| 24 | One other letter , while we 're mentioning receipts of things , the report does say that er Environmental Services Committee will be considering this and I have er yesterday received a letter from and I just want to tell you the outcome of that before the actual vote occurs , if there is one . |
| 25 | ‘ But actually , being in that situation really helped to develop my ear , because a guy would come for a lesson and ask me to show him a lick from some song or other , which kind of put me on the spot ! |
| 26 | ‘ My husband is n't well , ’ I said , having no mind to hand him the truth at that moment . |
| 27 | Of no mean magnetism himself — Lawrence thought highly enough of him to make him the recipient of some of his most excruciating introspections — Curtis was the inspirational force of that curious organization , the Round Table , in whose journal of the same name Lawrence published his article on the new imperialism in the Middle East . |
| 28 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |
| 29 | But the site team is determined to make it a winner in another way — as one of the safest sites in operation . |
| 30 | One solution to this , of course , is to make it a coat of some non-allergic material . |