Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the snow comes , this will insulate them from the cold air and allow them to tease out woodlice , spiders and other invertebrates from leaf-litter or plant roots . |
| 2 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
| 3 | It 's better to take them with you in the car rather than consign them to the chilly furniture van . |
| 4 | You 'll want them on a long-line sweater or jacket , or else on a kind of Jolly Roger jumpsuit . |
| 5 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 6 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 7 | You do n't want them in the next group with us do you ? |
| 8 | If a potential investor should assume that ‘ preference ’ means that he should prefer them to the ordinary shares he would be sorely in need of professional advice . |
| 9 | ‘ Let's go and have a drink , then you can treat me to a celebratory dinner ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
| 11 | But please , Mama , Lucinda pleaded silently , do n't treat me like a complete idiot . |
| 12 | ‘ You need not treat me like a half-witted child ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why ca n't he treat me like a good-time girl , ’ wailed Babs . |
| 14 | Do n't treat me like a naughty schoolgirl . |
| 15 | Well you would treat them as a separate entity . |
| 16 | They have subsequently been developed by other thinkers , but for clarity 's sake we shall treat them as a single body of thought . |
| 17 | We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective . |
| 18 | Ladies and gentlemen , I 'm very grateful to Professor Eppell for his characteristically kind and generous remarks , and erm I accept them all the more readily because I know you will treat them with a healthy degree of scepticism . |
| 19 | It should out-point them on the rough stuff , too , for the Range Rover is still king of the wild frontiers . |
| 20 | In exploring such environments pupils will experience the type of argument and logical analysis that will prepare them for the real-life problems they will tackle outside . |
| 21 | The courts recognise these limitations , which are inherent in any system of taking evidence abroad ahead of the trial , but can not regard them as a sufficient objection to the making of the order . |
| 22 | Mr. Wall argued that the exercise of the discretion which arises as a result of the finding of ‘ acquiescence ’ made by the Court of Appeal , is limited to considering the nature and quality of the acquiescence itself and would not entitle the court to take into account ‘ welfare ’ considerations relating specifically to the children unless the court were able to find that there had been established a grave risk that the return of the children would expose them to an intolerable situation under article 13 ( b ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Ah , Gina … how could you compare me with an insensitive brute like that ? ’ |
| 24 | I looked at what all those other glamour pusses produced and I thought , Edna , you can knock them into a cocked hat . |
| 25 | Several different views have been put forward ; we shall consider them in the next chapter under three headings : |
| 26 | They were left feeling drained , insulted and angry at a man who suggested he should bill them for the five hours he spent at their home . |
| 27 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 28 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 29 | Yeah , but you can only buy them for a little while in the year |
| 30 | Went to the Royal Academy when I was doing my 'O' Levels , it was a Jackson follow up it was about , ambulance was about twelve foot by twelve foot , it was literally splodges of paint all over the fucking place , it was horrible , you can actually buy them at the Royal Academy , you ca n't buy them at , but he was asking a hundred thousand pounds for it , I could n't believe it , a trained monkey could of fucking painted that |