Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Masai were elusive , even when constantly told they had nothing to fear , and consequently the British administration found itself engaged for fifty years in a ceaseless struggle to impose on them some measure of control .
2 Crime — Computer misuse — Unauthorised access — Person using one computer to obtain from it unauthorised benefit — Whether unauthorised use of single computer within statute — ‘ Access to any program or data held in any computer ’ — Computer Misuse Act 1990 ( c. 18 ) , ss. 1(1) , 2(1)
3 He was the only father you 've ever known , so it is n't a crime to refer to him that way !
4 Rose Hilaire had a waking dream , one which followed her into sleep and came out again the other side to stay with her all day , going with her into Belmodes side by side like a fellow worker .
5 What gives you the right to talk to me this way ?
6 He had no right to look at her that way .
7 So , here are my tips : if you 're buying a notebook computer to use as you sole system , make sure that there 's a docking station available for it and that either the machine or the docking station accepts a real keyboard .
8 ‘ I had to sell my share in Moffat Engineering , which lost me my chance to drive for them that year … ’
9 The result is of that is not fortunate that they 've been delayed but that in fact we have as much money to spend on them next year from the capital receipts as we will have spent this year , so in a sense we , we 're not going backwards there either .
10 But I did not have time to talk to them all day ; I had my work to do .
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