Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pray take my arm m'lady and I shall convey thee hence in the twinkling of an eye . ’ |
| 2 | If your timing is right , Positive ideas of this kind may well give her hope and encouragement , but they should not be introduced too early in the grieving process , or she may regard them almost as an insult to the depth of her sorrow at a time when she is not yet ready to look to the future . |
| 3 | Mercer would know me everywhere on the tram , I thought , but none of the other three would . |
| 4 | And that 's the kind who would bore me stiff within the week . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll not catch me anywhere near the fighting , ma'am . |
| 6 | Many have a dread of something happening that will plunge them suddenly into a situation of near-poverty , and a few also unconsciously use their financial problems as pegs on which to hang their much deeper fears concerning their health and their future , which they may find hard to face . |
| 7 | I would hang them all round the school and you 'd all get stuck to them and that would be the end of it . |
| 8 | we 'll have to let them catch you right at the right , where the music tells you too , dum , oh |
| 9 | He even uses words which come from the Old Testament Book of Daniel and they recognised that and here they 've got this pathetic looking individual in front of them threatening to destroy the temple , threatening to this , that and the other and here you 've got this power Sanhedrin who ca n't recognise him really as the Messiah and yet there 's a ring of truth about some of things that he 's talking about . |
| 10 | This is so even if she did not buy it direct from the manufacturer ( or , indeed , even if she did not buy it . ) |
| 11 | There is something in you that loves the wild , the primitive ; you will pursue it even at the cost of what you cherish . |
| 12 | Hunters would pursue it relentlessly during the snow season , for its winter pelt was especially prized in coat and hat making . |
| 13 | You may fill and seal this capsule , and we will bury it deep within the bridge structure . |
| 14 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 15 | ‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’ |
| 16 | She said — or rather I did , to her solicitors — that she would consider it again in a year or so when everyone was calmer . ’ |
| 17 | A strike would plunge us deep into the red . |
| 18 | Exploring ideas of motherhood can plunge us right into the heart of mystical philosophy as well as into the practical world of child rearing . |
| 19 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |
| 20 | If we sign an act without a record contract , we develop their music and their image so we can present them favourably to a record company . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It 's a good thing you do n't know any secrets — you 'd give them away to the milkman ! ’ ’ |
| 22 | ah I did ask you to put those dresses away , will you do them please in the morning ? |
| 23 | Yeah , oh do n't tip them all over the table sweetheart |
| 24 | For me , there is an immediacy about them , an intimacy , that can bring me closer to the writer than anything else . |
| 25 | ‘ You will land me right in the shit if you do n't fill this up . |
| 26 | They hope the investigation will bring them closer to a re-trial . |
| 27 | Naturally enough , this called forth the response , ‘ Why speak ye so of the mirth that is in Heaven ? |
| 28 | A Rose Hill bus will bring you almost to the door . |
| 29 | Strong tides will carry you quickly in a direction you may not want to go . |
| 30 | ‘ And when you and your royal half-brother have been sucked dry of every drop of accursed wolfseed by the Frost Giantess ; when you have been deprived of every drop that might bear fruit in some unknown womb and create another wolfcreatury , I shall give you both to the Soul Eaters . |