Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's an awful thing to say , but the revenue to pull us out of this recession has to come from somewhere , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's an awful thing to say , but the revenue to pull us out of this recession has to come from somewhere , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Well it seems like that 's hoping for pie in the sky , though , because there 's first of all not enough money , and I do n't think that teachers are that good at well talking about their own emotions , and I asked the Oxfordshire County Council Education Department to send someone along to this programme , and they said ‘ I 'm sorry , there 's no-one to send ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ She has some scheme in mind to marry you off to this man Quatt . ’ |
| 5 | The North of England has the capacity to pull itself out of such a mire , and surely wants the chance to exert its muscle to do so . |
| 6 | He was hauled back to New York and given that column to keep him out of any more mischief . ’ |
| 7 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 8 | Barry might well be back any second to get me out of this . ’ |
| 9 | He had laid by his sword , but he had a dagger still upon him , and managed to draw it and slash through the folds that smothered him ; and Norbury and Erpyngham and half a dozen others of his own people came plunging and splashing through the storm to help him out of these ominous grave-clothes . |
| 10 | From there he was handed on to Bloomsbury House , where Elaine Blond agreed a one-off payment to fit him out for another job . |
| 11 | No business to lead her on like that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It 's the most tremendous imposition , I know , and I have absolutely no right to call you up like this or anything , but I just — I just … ’ |
| 13 | His stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food , but he knew he must not miss this golden opportunity to put something by for another day . |
| 14 | ‘ Goddess of poetry , healing and smithcraft , if she takes you that way ; and if not , enough saints of the name to see you out of any small predicament . |
| 15 | We had studied some navigation but now had the chance to try it out in more detail . |
| 16 | It had taken so long … it had taken two young ensigns , a native pensioner and a Eurasian clerk to lift him up to this platform , and now he would have to get himself down again ! |
| 17 | But do n't expect the unassuming islander to back you up on that view . |
| 18 | Having defined interest groups in this way , it was customary for early students of the interest group world to sort it out into those groups that were promoting a " cause " or an issue , and those groups that were active in trying to advance the immediate material and " sectional " interests of their own members . |
| 19 | His voice grated , but he spoke out clearly , perhaps even a little louder than was natural because it cost him such an effort to get it out at all . |
| 20 | It has no right to be there and if you will take my advice you will tell Frank Coven to take it out of that window and back to the bank as fast as he can . ’ |
| 21 | It does n't bear thinking about , but I only hope I shall have learnt something from you in order to carry it on in some way or another . ’ |
| 22 | Denis , great Atlanticist , a man with a vivid war experience , former defence secretary , it 's an unlikely position to find you in over this war , is n't it ? |
| 23 | I want you and the company to find some way to get me out of this mess I 've been landed in . |
| 24 | Also , the goons will hardly have had time to make anything out of those bits of wood by then . |