Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 2 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 3 | ‘ I used to worry about Darth Vader , ’ Prentice confessed , putting his arm round Rory 's waist and lifting his foot to massage it with one hand . |
| 4 | Such indemnities , transferring liabilities incurred to third parties , will be particularly useful in cases where a contracting party may incur liability to a person not party to the contract , which therefore can not be excluded by contract : for instance , a manufacturer might require a distributor or retailer to indemnify it against tortious product liability claims by consumers injured by the product . |
| 5 | But a more historic example has recently emerged from a conservation programme to preserve it in first class static display condition for many years to come , this is Mk 1 Z2033/G–ASTL of the Skyfame Collection owned by the Imperial War Museum ( IWM ) and part of the collection of the historic aircraft at Duxford . |
| 6 | IBM is hoping that the popularity of workflow computing models will drive uptake , but it acknowledges that message queuing is not a new concept ; what is new it says , is the attempt to implement it across multiple manufacturer 's machines . |
| 7 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 8 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 9 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 10 | While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself . |
| 11 | They had to walk right past the tramp to enter the church and they made absolutely no attempt to help him in any way . |
| 12 | If there is any attempt to bypass me in this matter , you shall all know of it ! ’ |
| 13 | Jezrael wondered whose memory was being replayed inside her mind to guide her through this metal rat-run . |
| 14 | I 'd like to wish you well , Hazel , but there 's no good to wish you in this place . |
| 15 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 16 | In some cases , again , his links with the local gentry can be inferred only from his readiness to use them on sensitive business after 1483 . |
| 17 | ‘ New ’ animals may be subject to ‘ new ’ disorders , and ‘ better ’ , more disease-resistant animals may tempt AgriBusiness to keep them in worse conditions . |
| 18 | Council staff and independent advocates had interviewed all the rest , if possible with their relatives , in an attempt to match them with other accommodation . |
| 19 | Council staff and others had interviewed all the rest , if possible with their relatives , in an attempt to match them with other accommodation . |
| 20 | In a bid to protect them from possible attack by Oswald and Eadbald , acting in collusion , Aethelburh sent the Deiran princes for greater protection to the Frankish king , Dagobert I , for fear specifically of Oswald and Eadbald ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 21 | He had the impertinence to berate me for knee-jerk reactions on behalf of the Government when he opposes absolutely everything that the Government do , however sensible it obviously is . |
| 22 | Before him lies a dark , trackless , formless , chaotic field , which he probes with the antennae of his techniques and ideas , seeking by his action to transform it into pure presence . |
| 23 | There should be no attempt to shorten it to newspaper-headline form . |
| 24 | This may lead those who would otherwise oppose the practice to defend it on cultural grounds . |
| 25 | In his speeches to the multitudes , Franco 's enthusiasm for the Falange put monarchists and military on notice that any attempt to push him into early retirement would have to contend with the mass opposition of his " popular support " . |
| 26 | Suppose , however , that we resisted Wittgenstein 's attempt to push us from weak-kneed scepticism to solipsism ; we find the relevant argument ( see 5.4 ) unconvincing , perhaps . |
| 27 | Nurses claimed she had waited most of that time for an ambulance to take her to another hospital . |
| 28 | Apart from injuries manager Jack Charlton insists he wo n't leave key players out of the side to safeguard them from possible suspension . |
| 29 | They made no attempt to molest me in any way , and after having hugged the post for about five minutes they went over to see if any of the Museums were open . |
| 30 | As for the Chancellor himself , Mr Parkinson said : ‘ I think he has both the backbone and the brains and the determination to see us through this difficulty . ’ |