Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , many of them are attempting to raise the level of employment in the small business sector through the provision of financial assistance . |
| 2 | The smaller one 's units of analysis the more of them are needed to cover the spectrum of interest . |
| 3 | Reverse osmosis units for freshwater fish are all very well , but many fishkeepers who use them are forced to mix the water obtained with raw tapwater before adding it to the tank , simply because they can not afford the expense of a separate carbon filter . |
| 4 | I can honestly say now I do not feel I have subsequently ever lost a race I would have won had I been allowed to use the whip . ’ |
| 5 | Anyway , Bill and I are going to test the bike tonight . ’ |
| 6 | I am tempted to accept the Minister 's explanation of his motivation , but those in my constituency , one of the poorest in the country , who made claims at the time of the reforms found it more difficult to obtain any decent benefits from the system . |
| 7 | ‘ Every purse has its limits , ’ he wrote , ‘ and I am beginning to see the bottom of my own . ’ |
| 8 | I am beginning to count the days since the landing and to reflect on all that has happened . |
| 9 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements for filming inside the Big Ben Clock Tower next Wednesday , June 7th . |
| 10 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of scripts for the components for the Central News I and II videos . |
| 11 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of the script for the video of — . |
| 12 | I am writing to echo the thoughts of Mrs Surridge ( Readers ' Letters April ‘ 92 issue ) . |
| 13 | I am writing to support the proposals , by Central Regional Council , for a shift in transport policy towards public transport , traffic calming , and better facilities for cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 14 | I am trying to save the people , doing my best to cross over into Canada before the soldiers find us . |
| 15 | ‘ I am trying to reach the city of Gallimaufry . |
| 16 | ‘ I am trying to take the Lord Mayoralty out to the people , reach out to as many as I can . |
| 17 | But suppose I am trying to use the machine , and I try coin after coin unsuccessfully , and I utter ( 23 ) ; I might then very well communicate : ( 24 ) Some , and perhaps all , ten cent pieces are rejected by this vending machine and indeed I could say this without contradiction . |
| 18 | I am trying to lay the building blocks at 3–4 years old , or even earlier . |
| 19 | I am trying to get the Minister to remove his blinkers and do something in favour of the small person . |
| 20 | I AM trying to trace the birthplace of Henry Purcell ( father , Thomas ) , born in 1872/3 and married from 116 Towson Street . |
| 21 | I AM trying to trace the family of Patrick Gordon , who lived in the St Johns Road/Brasnose Road area of Liverpool . |
| 22 | A song like I am singing calms the nerves like Valium |
| 23 | The antiracism I am criticizing trivializes the struggle against racism and isolates it from other political antagonisms — from the contradiction between capital and labour , from the battle between men and women . |
| 24 | I am driven to seek the man who sired that dear child . |
| 25 | In each case , if I am to claim that this revelation or experience is of ‘ God ’ , and is not simply an expression of some form of mental delusion which should be referred to a psychoanalyst , then I am forced to debate the interpretation that I am giving . |
| 26 | However , I am expected to maintain the image of an angling guru , and all too frequently this uncomfortable mask slips ; generally leaving me red-faced with embarrassment , furiously attempting to devise some semi-acceptable excuse for rampant stupidity or lack of skill . |
| 27 | For nobody , back at base , can now argue that I am failing to complete the contract with panache and style . |
| 28 | I am minded to bring the child , Mary back to England with me . |
| 29 | I am proposing to ponder the question of Letterman 's script up in the higher altitudes . |
| 30 | ‘ Right , ’ he said , threateningly , ‘ I am going to call the register . ’ |