Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb base] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The activities which seem most obviously to have their point in themselves are what we regard as typically leisure activities — art , playing games , joking . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Why , after all , should public bodies be specially protected from the grievances of citizens who feel strongly enough to litigate ? |
| 6 | And others who ring up just to talk , and they feel much better , and they cry and they get distressed . |