Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before I talk in more detail about how we hope to raise this money let me spend a little time explaining why I feel that this appeal is so vital to children everywhere . |
| 2 | Before raising Biggles we had a few failures with baby owls the shocking Barnys had abused . |
| 3 | Last year for the first time we were charged £10.58 for an audit certificate — something District Audit assure me takes a few minutes to complete and is provided free of charge by most banks . |
| 4 | If you want to go sailing , play volleyball or have a round of mini golf it wo n't cost you a penny and the kids can be left in the Pirates Club while you spend the afternoon doing things you want to do … but you may have a job persuading them to leave a few hours later . |
| 5 | Few of us would be surprised to find an interviewer on our doorstep asking us to give a few moments of our time " to answer one or two questions " on our voting habits , which TV programmes we watch or which washing powder we use . |
| 6 | With its varnished mahogany and gleaming brasswork fuselage it managed a few erratic hops but never got off the ground ! |
| 7 | Once more the three men buried themselves in the mud and waited until another passing cloud allowed them to advance a few more yards . |
| 8 | In 1958 we had managed , largely through contact at the village pub , to persuade the tenant of the field to the east to allow us to do a little work . |
| 9 | WHATEVER our image of a truant may be — layabout , glue-sniffer , petty criminal — a recent report from the Scottish Office urges us to dispel a few misunderstandings about truancy . |