Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have not successfully rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain , only to see them reimposed at a European level , with a European superstate exercising a new dominance from Brussels . |
| 2 | At erm that 's that big lighting is there on the basis that if the switch goes down we should have a number of telephones that still have to be available erm and we need to identify them suggested by a red telephone , or using a red telephone situated somewhere . |
| 3 | Was it Stainless Stephen , the popular comedian of the Thirties , who used to keep us informed about a certain impecunious Lord who had a horse named Final Demand by Every Post out of Somerset House ? |
| 4 | We did what we could but , ideally , I 'd like to see him moved to a proper unit , specialising in orthopaedics . |
| 5 | There are a few places in the States , but there 's no federal policy to get them organised on a big-money basis and all the little local pressure groups keep them harassed and staying small . |
| 6 | One way of preventing piglets picking things up is to have them born into a sterile bubble , and reared in squeaky-clean rooms . |
| 7 | ‘ There is no rift between Liam Brady and myself , ’ said Grant , the youngest member of Celtic 's seven-man board , who last season survived an attempt by fellow directors to have him removed at a special general meeting . |
| 8 | ‘ I have felt for a long time that the only way this issue was going to be resolved was to have it fixed on a political level — that it would n't just fade away . |
| 9 | An MP who 's been campaigning for years to have the road improved said tonight that he 'll be pressing the government yet again to have it upgraded to a dual carriageway . |
| 10 | I do n't see a need to have it repeated on a separate bit of paper anywhere else . |