Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On my third day of freedom I managed to steal some coins and sent a note to my master in Ipswich . |
| 2 | I felt very sorry for her by now and for want of knowing how to express my sympathy I offered to make another pot of tea . |
| 3 | And of course I had to get another lens , a piece of glass about the same size , in order to grind it , because you grind the glass with another piece of glass with a grit in between . |
| 4 | He said that if in future I needed to sell oriental porcelain I should go to M. Bourget , in the rue de Berri , and mention Helmut 's name . |
| 5 | If that is the case , and bearing in mind I intend to ignore such advice , then surely all moments are of equal suitability . ’ |
| 6 | As a result of this programme I wish to ask two questions ; |
| 7 | Mr Bailes ' little place was situated about half way along Highburn village and to get into the farmyard you had to walk twenty yards or so between five-foot walls . |
| 8 | Whatever kind of mix you use to facilitate rapid dispersing when it sinks , thrown bait will not spread anywhere near as efficiently as a loose feed which can be spread accurately from a boat . |
| 9 | In a fit of crazy violence she began to run one arm backwards and forwards on the rusty metal until it began to bleed . |
| 10 | And all the while we monitor to keep tabs on what is happening and to get the feedback we need to make in-flight adjustments . |
| 11 | ‘ We can , of course , come up with a quotation the same day if it 's required urgently , and in the not too distant future we aim to give on-the-spot quotations . ’ |
| 12 | In order to further develop our services to the Agrochemical Industry we wish to create two appointments at Section Manager level . |
| 13 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |
| 14 | Suggesting the need for a fourth E , equity or distributive justice , as a policy criterion they proceed to discuss current child care policies with their tendency to polarize choices , e.g. residential versus foster care , based on the belief that preferred child welfare grounds coincide ‘ by happy coincidence ’ with cheapness of fostering . |
| 15 | Pinochet , who was still C.-in-C. of the army , was told by President Patricio Alywin Azócar on April 15 that in future he had to give prior notice to the government of any trips abroad . |
| 16 | Logocentrism is the term he uses to describe all forms of thought which base themselves on some external point of reference , such as the notion of truth . |
| 17 | After his ‘ over by Christmas ’ offensive into North Korea had ended in a rout he began to drop dark hints about Red China 's inability to wage ‘ modern war ’ . |
| 18 | A murmur which seemed to contain both relief and triumph went around the table , but this time M. Dupont raised his voice slightly and pronounced over it : ‘ I am happy to assure you all here that I will bring what modest influence I have to encourage certain changes of emphasis in French policy in accordance with much of what has been said here . |
| 19 | With his help I arranged to invest some money in a shipping company called Clarrikers . |
| 20 | My multiple personality required multiple scripts , and from my study of graphology I tried to create individual scripts that conformed to the analyses of heavy down-strokes , ‘ pasty ’ loops and uncrossed ‘ ts ’ : I was especially interested in ‘ pasty ’ strokes , which are supposed to indicate a rich sexuality , and disconnected letters , indicative of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 21 | With a little juggling I managed to get each section of the garment starting with lilac , shading to blue then to a yellowish pink . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ When you score three goals away from home you expect to take three points . |
| 23 | So , to test their intelligence we decided to show each horse a plate of oats , and while it was still watching to place the food inside the ring of the tire with the empty feed bucket on top . |
| 24 | ‘ Langdale Head from Wallend , ’ is an impressive little print : as well as aquatint it appears to have soft-ground etching on the fell and rocks . |
| 25 | Though 1660 marked the end of feudalism in its political aspect , in the sphere of private law it continued to cause many difficulties , which were not removed until 1925 . |
| 26 | So of course I hope that Iran will use what influence it has to get those hostages released . ’ |
| 27 | It 's a pity it had to happen that way . |
| 28 | If that is the case you need to take bigger bites or steps . |
| 29 | It got phased out so that the Ministry did n't pay anything at all but to get this grant you had to keep tremendous records copies of invoices and you had to get er and the bus grant and the , the permission from them . |
| 30 | And of course you had to have great dustsheets to keep the dust . |