Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the profits from their books they made enough finally to buy Old Vicarage Farm , with four others , as an organic co-operative , in 1987 . |
| 2 | The activities which seem most obviously to have their point in themselves are what we regard as typically leisure activities — art , playing games , joking . |
| 3 | Worth an incredible £1000 million a year , the trade brings substantial rewards to dealers who are permanently trying to weaken CITES controls , and anguish to wildlife conservationists who try equally fervently to add species to the protected lists . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to speak of things I wished so often to forget — of my guilt , of my shame . ’ |
| 5 | Because of this , we surrender to God our self-knowledge and our self-significance , all the things we struggle so desperately to hold on to in our egoism . |
| 6 | Several times he swung round suddenly to see if people were turning to stare at him from behind . |
| 7 | The hon. Gentleman might reflect on the fact that those Scotsmen who come down here to represent English constituencies are the best of the Scotsmen , who choose to come down here to represent one of the 523 constituencies in this country . |
| 8 | I arrived there during the last day of it , and heard Dr. Bernardo pleading eloquently on behalf of the children he labours so unweariedly to rescue from the streets of our great cities , and also saw a gathering of the colporteurs gathered from the north and west , to get a word of encouragement in their laborious work of carrying pure literature into the homes of those who in numbers of instances live beyond the reach of the minister and the bookseller . |
| 9 | Why , after all , should public bodies be specially protected from the grievances of citizens who feel strongly enough to litigate ? |
| 10 | And others who ring up just to talk , and they feel much better , and they cry and they get distressed . |
| 11 | It was women they wanted up there to spread some common sense among them . |
| 12 | We need to admit that for many older churches it takes much longer to change and also that a more traditional style can be helpful to many in finding Christ personally and following him radically . |