Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Social workers ' tendency to co-opt her into the professional team will be difficult for her to handle . |
| 2 | You need a sound night 's sleep to prepare you for the taxing journey tomorrow . |
| 3 | But he often said that he owed as much to Oscar Browning [ q.v. ] , who had to get his Baptist parents ' permission to take him to the theatre . |
| 4 | There is a purpose in the negative force 's attempt to use you as a pawn . |
| 5 | He added : ‘ Short term relief or a good night 's sleep to help you recover is the best you can expect . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My poor wife 's attempt to scare her into flight must have been the final straw . |
| 7 | DR Robert Jones , who was repeatedly quizzed after the murder of his wife Diane in 1983 , yesterday began an appeal against the General Medical Council 's decision to suspend him over an alleged improper examination of a patient in Coggeshall , Essex . |
| 8 | GORDON TAYLOR , the players ' union secretary , yesterday confirmed that he is still prepared to take up the post of chief executive of the Football League -despite a cold-shoulder from the League 's management committee and the reluctance of the Professional Footballers ' Association to release him . |
| 9 | It called for the appointment of a science adviser at cabinet level and early enough in the new president 's term to help him fill other scientific posts , an expanded Office of Science and Technology Policy ( OSTP ) and access to expert outside advice . |
| 10 | ‘ Although ostensibly about sex , ’ says Renate Olins , ‘ affairs are often more about the other person 's ability to make you feel clever , witty and desirable . |
| 11 | The mine was a product of the Soviet Union 's race to match US nuclear capability after Hiroshima in 1945 . |
| 12 | At last , a sensible coupe with terrific looks and a main car-maker 's badge to make it acceptable to the company accountant and accessible to the ordinary man or woman . |
| 13 | A good example of this is provided by the reaction provoked by the influx of the Palatines , fleeing religious persecution in Germany , and the Whig ministry 's decision to allow them the benefit of naturalisation in 1709 . |
| 14 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 15 | We were told that she set to work ‘ editing ’ the crazed philosopher 's work to make it more Nazi , and that Elisabeth had a strong and malign influence on the growth of National Socialism . |
| 16 | If they spend more and increase the local authority 's contribution to demand they have to take more from local taxpayers , thus reducing their demand for goods and services . |
| 17 | Ocean Environmental Management has applied for a 30,000-tonne plant at Seal Sands , Teesside , and is appealing against the local authority 's refusal to allow it . |
| 18 | Stealing from the camp one night with only his rifle and iron rations , wading the river at the border , finding a sympathetic ship 's captain to take him to Sweden , working there for a while and then making his way down through Poland and Germany and the rest of Europe , village by village , shtetl by shtetl , always moving west , America the ultimate goal , until he reached Cork . |