Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ We would also like to appeal for funds to help us finance this event . |
| 2 | What sort of boat do you think this is ? ’ |
| 3 | Yes , we are gon na see if we can get you a pair of shoes Do you want some shoes . |
| 4 | The non-assertive quality is of course obvious in all the uses of blend dare which parallel those of the full modal : ( 48 ) And when I saw he was attracted by someone else , the fear and the jealousy that seized me ! |
| 5 | The experience of war made him question both the metaphysical assumption of an impassible God , and the hortatory patriotic moralism of many contemporary churchmen and political leaders . |
| 6 | She would have written to the man to protest , but there had been no address , and only when she had power of attorney did she find any link with Venice — the Banco D'Oro . |
| 7 | ‘ I would n't let an eagle of Wrath hear you claim that ! ’ she said . |
| 8 | Fromentin and Gerome see the soil of the South as colourless , and a lot of people see it like that . |
| 9 | I said , ‘ What kind of gun do you call that ? ’ |
| 10 | Only after his father 's return to England in July do we possess any report of activity on his part . |
| 11 | ‘ No , Rose , not even in joke do you say that . ’ |
| 12 | okay bung it in Gungadin Do we need any more cereal ? |
| 13 | They hate monkeys in Hartlepool did you know that ? |
| 14 | In order to help you structure this teaching session , which need not last more than 20 minutes , give each of the trainees a copy of the next two handouts as they appear . |
| 15 | We have recently completed an audit of provision at the college and in the four schools in our consortium , in order to help us plan these further developments . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you don , then all I ask is that you show your appreciation of your teacher by supporting her and joining the society in order to help us provide more teachers . ’ |
| 17 | The they 're never sort of given feeble excuses , we are erm very truthful with them , i in order to make them understand that , you know , there are limitations erm within our jobs as well , cos a lot of people expect things , and erm you may promise them , well other people may promise them , and it 's not delivered then of course it 's sort of them and us , and we , we try to dispel that idea , it 's not them |
| 18 | Or rather , about how to try to tell it : since whether any such action of yours succeeds in doing what you want ( giving your tellee a true belief ) will depend as we 've seen on the truth of the beliefs which you also need in order to make you undertake that action . |
| 19 | TrueEffects for Windows lets you create some deliciously hideous fonts , using a variety of patterns and backgrounds |
| 20 | Yes and he , he said to Norman do you want these , he bought them for somewhere for the house |
| 21 | I said to Jay did you do any work yesterday ? |
| 22 | What on earth made him use this appalling Americanism , he wondered . |
| 23 | ‘ What on earth makes you say that ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ What on earth makes you ask that ? ’ |
| 25 | Well just corsets like that , and they 're fastened on the front with things that clicked in and then sometimes they would have a What they called a Oh what on earth did they call that ? |
| 26 | " But where on earth did he get that idea ? " |
| 27 | Now how on earth did he say such a thing ? |
| 28 | ‘ What on earth did you do that for ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why on earth did you do that , Christina ? |
| 30 | high fall What on earth did you do that for , Peter ? rise fall I quite agree with you , my dear chap . |