Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 FERDINAND … . my imagination will carry me To see her in the shameful act of sin … .
2 As I do not , as a rule , take alcohol , the one glass of sherry I had with lunch enabled me to enjoy myself with the other guests .
3 What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time .
4 I am grateful for that because it enables me to provide him with a fuller response on those points than I might otherwise have been able to do .
5 How do you expect me to conceive myself as no longer existent ? ’
6 A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules .
7 ‘ My brother paid me to help him in an unofficial capacity . ’
8 It had taken two of them to free me from the current and I was so relieved .
9 What that exhibition in fact is doing is that it 's not saying here 's a new spirit in painting , it 's saying that we the organizers , having not bothered to show you these things in the sixties and seventies , will now allow you to see them in the eighties , and we will pretend there 's a new spirit because we think it 's good for the art world to have new fashions , new movements , or at least something new going on that will produce some kind of emotional pressure .
10 Mr Makwetu told the chanting PAC youths at Sharpeville : ‘ I appeal to you to brace yourselves for a bitter struggle .
11 Specially commissioned by The Tea Council , Teapot 2000 has a unique design that allows you to brew it to the exact strength you like , from the first cup to the last .
12 The grid size can easily be increased or decreased at any stage during the design process , thus allowing you to create anything from a tiny motif to a large electronic or intarsia design that would cover a complete garment piece .
13 ‘ She also told me she is going to ask you to help her in a little project , ’ he said , grinning mischievously .
14 Now you 'll then have to look and see if they tell you to give it to the nearest metre or the nearest maybe the nearest maybe the nearest point one of a metre or three significant figures or three decimal places .
15 No matter , because we 're asking you to project yourself into the very heart of the Swinging Sixties myth — into the lives of the
16 ‘ I want you to phone me on the usual number at eleven , old chum , and do n't fail . ’
17 I just want you to judge her with a fuller picture at your disposal .
18 So these channels sh show significant although not er sig al although not extensive sequence homology with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor which enables you to place them in the same class of being er a ligand er binding channel .
19 I 'd like you to tell me about the first time you were really aware of these symptoms , then the worst episode you can remember , and then the last … .
20 Having made a sequence of images , ask them to put them into a different running order .
21 What gives you this impression ? 6 The teacher set them to do something in a short time .
22 It was difficult for me to put myself in the Guérigny frame of mind , to accommodate both the knowledge of a beloved 's death and the sense of her imminent return .
23 You told me to put it in the safe place .
24 ‘ In European countries , it took the working class years and years before they fully realized the fact that they formed a distinct and , under existing conditions , a permanent class of modern society ; and it took years again until this class-consciousness led them to form themselves into a distinct political party , independent of , and opposed to , all the old political parties formed by the various sections of the ruling classes .
25 He was asking me to respect him for an astute and informed observer , an impartial and honest man .
26 Are we to protect them from the social effects of spreading industry about the countryside ?
27 It seems to be looking straight at me , its knuckled legs poised , tense , waiting I know for one false move from me to trigger it into an electrifying spring … straight at me .
28 ‘ Older than you , married , female : it was up to me to keep us on the straight and narrow .
29 It would be professionally improper for them to interest themselves in the social or leisure activities of their pupils ; and it would be unsuitable to their professionalism if they were involved in purely supervisory or ancillary duties , which are carried out , where necessary , by unqualified assistants .
30 If he is in a bargaining mood , he might like to ask them to furnish him with a new typewriter .
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