Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved on after that , with Jessica dropping in bits about Parr as they occurred to her — although not that she was due to meet him the next day . |
| 2 | Again , the Germans did better , 22% being prepared to trust them a great deal . |
| 3 | He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved . |
| 4 | ‘ You can ask , but I might not be free to give you a truthful answer . ’ |
| 5 | While I am pleased to report that this particular source has not been replaced with high-quality material , suppliers of this and other ‘ green ’ materials should be warned that I am quite prepared to give them the widest publicity they 've ever had if they try fobbing gardeners off with sub-standard goods . |
| 6 | It was , alas , only too derivative , but given its auteur 's antecedents everyone was prepared to give him a second chance . |
| 7 | There can be little doubt as to what in the way of topics and register the Host expects in the Monk 's Tale ; he concludes his observations on Melibee with : and continues with a description of the Monk that matches with the impression " Chaucer " claims to have of the Monk in the General Prologue , of a " " manly man " " , straining at the bounds of what is allowed to a monk ( and not dissimilar to the monk of the Shipman 's Tale ) : After nearly a hundred stanzas of the Monk 's tragedies , the Host is prepared to give him a second chance , as " Chaucer " had , but feels this time he has to be more specific as to what is wanted : But as soon as the Monk speaks we have the opportunity to see , firstly , that his reaction does not suggest he is flattered or pleased by the Host 's appraisal of him , and secondly that he sounds quite different from the bold and thrusting " man 's man " that " Chaucer " and the Host would make of him : Note how the Monk 's desire to offer literature that " " sowneth into honestee " " anticipates Chaucer the prosist 's retraction of the tales " " that sownen into synne " " . |
| 8 | Will they be prepared to give you a regular budget ? eg £100 per library per year |
| 9 | Here again your reader , wanting to read the sort of book you are writing , will be prepared to give you a certain amount of latitude . |
| 10 | ‘ I am certainly willing to give you a free hand … and to express whatever conclusions you come to as to guilt or innocence . |
| 11 | Major 's reply suggested that , as an interested visitor from another solar system , he had heard about human personality but regretfully had no first-hand experience of this rare bird , though he was prepared to extend it every reasonable courtesy . |
| 12 | When piling the buttercream on to the teddy 's body , try to mound it up quite high to give him a tubby appearance . |
| 13 | EVER since I saw David Bellamy disappearing down a crack in a garden path to demonstrate that we all had our own ‘ personal schooool of evolution ’ close at hand , I have been prepared to concede him an eternal place among the inexorably tenacious . |
| 14 | So , by dint of various enquiries , we managed to locate a house in a more salubrious area , Cardington Road , where the landlady was prepared to offer us a small sitting-room in addition , for an extra guinea a week . |
| 15 | One would even be delighted to give him a helping hand . |
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| 17 | In case you forget and would like the staff at Frank Glennon Limited to give you a free quotation before your next renewal date please complete and return the coupon below . |
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| 19 | She was used enough to being left behind while Gloria went off , but it seemed more dangerous to do it the other way around , for her to leave Gloria behind . |
| 20 | Oh very good , good , watch that it 's very easy to get it the wrong way round . |
| 21 | Researchers in this area are likely to find it a useful entry to the literature , and a source of ideas on research needs . |
| 22 | Indeed , they are likely to win him a new reputation as a man for whom the boom never ended . |
| 23 | Spend your time in the way that is likely to give you the maximum return in marks . |
| 24 | Yesterday the 86-year-old writer of more than 80 books said from her home in Jesmond , Newcastle : ‘ I am amazed and humbled that the Queen has seen fit to give me a second honour . ’ |
| 25 | We are some way from the context of the debate , but if the Minister really wants evidence of how appallingly badly the service is being delivered , I shall be extremely glad to send him the 20-page Tower Watch survey of Archway Tower social security office . |
| 26 | Only Swansea looked likely to offer them a serious test . |
| 27 | It is unprepared to offer them the skilled attention that they need . |
| 28 | A peek through the window showed that the taxi had arrived , brief farewells were made to the men , and Karl left , promising to ring them the next day and making mock threats to Erika and Paul should they forget to meet him the following Sunday . |
| 29 | Even they know that the way they 've been running the club is hardly likely to gain them a good press . |
| 30 | ‘ Actually , they were never supposed to make it a commercial thing , but they did so anyway … |