Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last Friday night Sir Hector Monro , Scottish minister of agriculture , let it be known he was not happy about board proposals to transfer its every nut , bolt , fixture and fitting from statutory monopoly to voluntary co-op from April 1994 . |
| 2 | Now we 've got a buyer for that one at home well two for pound help to buy you a bed . |
| 3 | Another more immediate solution would be to combine an outing with others who live near you so that you could get into town on a bus and then share a taxi back ; or ask a car owner to give you a lift , in exchange for petrol money and perhaps some skill that you can offer . |
| 4 | It will not be possible subsequently to replace the VAT accounting procedures to reflect what the state of affairs was intended to be . |
| 5 | Leaving me to continue cleaning up , my husband climbed the ladder into the roof space to see what the situation was there . |
| 6 | He was , he told Greta Burkill , intent on persuading the Cambridge University recruiting board to offer him a place on an officer training course . |
| 7 | The only reference point to give us a sense of our height was the tiny boat on the beach beneath us , with the two fishermen , who had not only declined to follow us up the crater , but also expressed an urgent desire to avoid even setting foot on shore . |
| 8 | As a quick reference guide to give you an indication of how many glasses of a lower alcohol product you can drink for every glass of a standard alcohol product below is a table which shows drinks which have the same alcohol content . |
| 9 | ALEX FERGUSON revealed yesterday how he tried to sign Mick Harford just before the transfer deadline to win him the title last season . |
| 10 | you were n't in and I could n't , I could n't find telephone number to give him a ring , I 've just got , I 've just got through to Directory Enquiries , got the number , just gon na dial it and gran says Annette 's home . |
| 11 | Their views should be sought on the issues to be raised prior to a case conference to afford them the opportunity to seek advice and prepare their representations . |
| 12 | I asked the security guard to order me a taxi . ’ |
| 13 | Er and the first gentleman I 'd like to call on er is Mister Anthony who is our Marketing Director to give us a market overview and assessment of the product opportunity . |
| 14 | ‘ What 's more , I intend to hire a live-in nanny to give me a hand and to be there when I ca n't . |
| 15 | I 'll get your sentry room to call me a taxi . ’ |
| 16 | No nonsense loans to meet your every need . |
| 17 | John also began building up a collection of gramophone records ; Herbert gave him pocket money to buy one a week . |
| 18 | Ask your parish priest to show you the scale of charges and to explain the fees to you . |
| 19 | As a result of recent changes in the copyright laws , if you can not see the application at the council 's offices then you can ask the planning department to send you a copy of the application and the drawings . |
| 20 | In November 1990 the DPP had formed a Taiwan Sovereignty Independent Movement Committee to advocate what the party asserted was Taiwan 's " independent sovereignty " which excluded mainland China . |
| 21 | Why should a thousand people be given licence by the district council to do what an individual would be arrested for doing , and why should the police who would arrest you or I for doing it , be paid overtime out of the public purse to stand and watch this organised chaos wend its way across the city ? |
| 22 | Another woman , after all , would no more hire a beauty queen to present a current affairs programme than she would hire a motor mechanic to give her a facelift . |
| 23 | Being by Sharpen Up , a proven ‘ sire of sires ’ , Sure Sharp would only need a bit more Pattern success to earn himself a place at stud . |
| 24 | Xanthe shivered slightly , as Miranda dabbed and ran on , ‘ Will you or your ma promise to read her the letter if I write her one ? |
| 25 | The dustbag itself forms part of the filtration system , so if high filtration is important to you , be sure to look out for cleaners that have dust indicators to tell you the amount the bag contains . |
| 26 | Generally speaking , it is better for farm animals to give them a lot more space and a lot more variety in their environment . |
| 27 | And the dam is turf Ed on the land ward side to give it the appearance of a gently sloping field . |
| 28 | Even Hun Sen , the Prime Minister , has asked the province committee to find him a village in Kep , according to Mr Sok Hay . |
| 29 | Erm I ca n't see sir , how the districts would be in a better position that the council and the County Council to decide what the conversion element would be . |
| 30 | I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything ! |