Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If , however , the Chancellor was hoping for a variety of opinions to give him maximum freedom of manoeuvre in next month 's Budget , he will be only too happy with the report . |
| 2 | Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways . |
| 3 | A foal requires about one pint of colostrum to give it sufficient antibiotics to help fight neonatal infections . |
| 4 | Night Goblin shamans are allowed to gobble pieces of mushroom to give them extra power , while Forest Goblin shamans are immune to ‘ Eadbangin ’ thanks to the spider venom flowing through their veins . |
| 5 | I have made it a point of honour to spare you moral blackmail of the ‘ Do you honestly suppose for a single moment that I would be capable of stooping to such beastliness ? ’ variety , and I shall not waver even at this supreme moment . |
| 6 | The archers have a lighter corselets of scale mail and powerful bows constructed of alternating layers of wood to give them great power and range . |
| 7 | The first is , where is Lincoln going , Lincolnshire going to left after the local erm , government commission put their proposals forward and the government have a look at them , and then secondly , what our , as we note from Item Eleven , a fuller report will be brought to this sub-committee when the local government staff commission or the Secretary of State to give us definitive advice . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage , then I 'll join you . |
| 9 | Those whose interests were prejudiced by the events of 787 are likely to have joined the ranks of Offa 's enemies , and it was later believed that Archbishop Jaenberht even plotted with Charlemagne against Offa to guarantee him free entry into Kent if he should invade . |
| 10 | Lineker and Paul Gascoigne have both been in touch with Spurs to wish them good luck for the new season . |
| 11 | Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt . |
| 12 | Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt . |
| 13 | Love reveals that Yorkshire have already been in Cape Town for a week and that their England A captain , Martyn Moxon , will be flying in from Australia to join them this weekend . |
| 14 | The Countryside Commission were to sign a deal with the Duke of Devonshire in September to grant him Capital Transfer Tax exemption ( estimated to be worth £12,000,000 ) in turn for large parts of this 130km 2 in the Dales becoming a public heritage centre under the Heritage Estate arrangement introduced by Leeds MP Denis Healey in 1975 to prevent the breakup of large estates ( the MP himself having just become President of the National Trust 's Yorkshire Moors & Dales Appeal ) . |
| 15 | Suppose a seller , S , has contracted with A in Aylesbury to sell him 60 cwt. of potatoes and with B in Bristol to sell him 25 cwt. and with C in Cardiff to sell him 15 cwt . |
| 16 | But , but , he did win four tournaments , he did finish second to Norman on the money list , and he did end his season with a startlingly brilliant final round , an 8-under par 63 at the Champions course in Houston to give him third place in the rich Nabisco Championships . |
| 17 | In order to ease it many diversions are tried . |
| 18 | Sometimes this may feel like a military strategy and it is quite in order to treat it this way : to plot and plan to take the fortress which is your imaginary castle , your silent , fertile abode , despite the background of your everyday tasks and obligations . |
| 19 | Boudiaf had met the leaders of eight opposition parties on Feb. 9 in order to give them prior notice of the measures . |
| 20 | They begged him to desist , in order to give them some words of edification , and for two consecutive hours he proceeded to give them excellent exhortations , while at the same time never ceasing his writing — and all the while what he was writing was not the same as what he was speaking . |
| 21 | In order to give you some idea of the boundaries of the propositions these are numbered in the extract given above . |
| 22 | It took until the California primary in June to assure him enough party convention delegates to assure his nomination . |
| 23 | ‘ Now ring the bell , ma chère , for Ernestine to bring us some tea , then you may leave us . |
| 24 | Before splicing a dozen lagers , I was on the blower to Reg to tell him that hencewith and foreforth he was no longer an employee of Athletico Whaddon . |
| 25 | From the script it tells you that after this nuclear war the creatures are supposed to have decayed into these horrible shapes , almost armless and legless , dependent on machines to give them any mobility . |
| 26 | At the end of the meeting Mr Hanley agreed to meet a Chester delegation , which will go to Westminster to see him next Wednesday . |
| 27 | It may have been a traditional marriage , gift , given to couples to bring them good luck . |
| 28 | Clare , walking with a stick now , though still in braces , had come to London to lend me moral support — Father , of course , could n't just leave his job at will . |
| 29 | The Goldsmiths confirmed the appointment in writing in October , but in December John Warren , Lord of the Manor , travelled to London to inform them that Leech was simply not competent . |
| 30 | A highly intelligent and beautiful French television journalist , Christine Ockrent , came to Baghdad to interview him some months before the United Nations deadline for withdrawal from Kuwait . |