Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . |
| 2 | CCW wants to manage it as a National Nature Reserve , but this is being blocked by the IDO claim . |
| 3 | Nobody in particular , and I s I use the word him , nobody particularly wants to question him , nobody particularly wants to get him in a bad mood . |
| 4 | — JON Gittens , a key figure in Middlesbrough clinching a place in the new Premier League next season , wants to join them on a permanent basis from Southampton . |
| 5 | 3 ) In the instruction manual for the BOSS ME-5 it says to take it to a recognised dealer to get the back-up memory battery replaced . |
| 6 | ‘ In addition I 'll give you whatever it costs to equip you with a suitable outfit to attend inter-views . |
| 7 | The colour of his face always reddens just as it does when fat Margot , the launderess , who keeps me supplied with cups of sack , bends and dips to provide me with a generous view of the most famous cleavage in all of Surrey . ) |
| 8 | The drop of a hat , or anything else , is all it takes to turn you into a passion-packed romantic day . |
| 9 | The ‘ Dust in the air suspended ’ seems to present us with a barren desert of death . |
| 10 | Usually the word is applied at the immature stage before the eye swells with rising sap , often changing colour a little — which helps to identify it on a leafless stem . |
| 11 | The vessels ' hulls are completely intact , and the team hopes to raise them within a few years . |
| 12 | Likewise , sending British or Eurocheques can cause problems , delay and heavy charges for the recipient when he or she tries to cash them at a foreign bank . |
| 13 | Likewise , sending British or Eurocheques can cause problems , delay and heavy charges for the recipient when he or she tries to cash them at a foreign bank . |
| 14 | Likewise , sending British or Eurocheques can cause problems , delay and heavy charges for the recipient when he or she tries to cash them at a foreign bank . |
| 15 | Similarly , an element which has been mentioned before may be presented as new because it is unexpected or because the speaker wishes to present it in a contrastive light . |
| 16 | Unless the EC decides to treat them as a special case , it seems the only way out for them will be to give the toys away . |
| 17 | Eurowoman may have a baggy bottom , but she always manages to salvage it with a sensational pair of legs . |
| 18 | The county Health Authority proposes to turn it into a mere residential home , removing hospital facilities . |
| 19 | ( II.iv.42 ) — but proceeds to proposition her with a debased contract , that she should exchange her chastity for her brother 's life . |
| 20 | Kinnock fails to meet them by a huge margin . |
| 21 | 11.1.1 either party commits any material breach of this Agreement and fails to remedy it within a reasonable period ( which , where the breach consists of non-payment of sums due under clause 5 , shall be construed as a period of one ( 1 ) calendar month ) after receiving written notice from the other party , |