Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [det] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 You know I , I , I mean I have n't written this one and it makes it quite difficult for me to see some of the questions , but I actually write I think that 's the most important thing in training is asking questions er and I 'll perhaps bring down some examples to show you .
2 They were both Londoners so this cheered me up no end , and we were soon making our way to the Mess for supper and then up to the office for me to meet some of the others .
3 The illness did , however , convince me to accept another of the points Mrs Hill had made and I decided to apply for social security money .
4 I ask them to visit some of the communities that I represent , from which industry has disappeared and in which it is not only the person approaching pensionable age who is unemployed and in receipt of social security benefit , but the caring young people in the family who want to do the best for their relatives .
5 An image is given here of maturity and knowledge : the boys ' education is enabling them to identify many of the trees and plants , and they are described for their usefulness ; the boys seem to recognize them as things to be used or admired , and no thought of destruction is introduced .
6 If you really feel that there is no opportunity in your life for you to do any of the things mentioned ( or anything else which appeals to you ) , try using your imagination .
7 I am inviting you to consider some of the steps which have been developed to promote the level and quantity of language skills which are needed to sustain and develop the social infrastructure in relation to the public services in a multi-lingual Britain .
8 And now let us proceed with the next business of the day , it gives me great pleasure your Royal Highness to er invite you to present several Save The Children awards this morning .
9 I also hope it will prove helpful to you , as employees , by enabling you to correct some of the misapprehensions commonly expressed about our industry and its products .
10 Would n't you expect me to do that in the circumstances ? ’ he said .
11 Several leading Democrats reacted to this by claiming that , were Thornburgh to remain in office , it would raise the appearance of a conflict of interest and would allow him to circumvent some of the restrictions on the raising of electoral funds .
12 Counselling also helped him to uncover some of the fears of loss which underlay his extreme jealousy .
13 He was perpetually in the grip of some obscure , niggling , unexplained bitterness , which led him to repudiate most of the overtures which Clara would from time to time make towards him ; she made these attempts because she was less frightened of him than she was of her mother , and she did on one or two occasions — the purchase of a bicycle , permission to go to the cinema — manage to enlist his sympathies .
14 Nigel advised her to tell that to the Russians .
15 Most intelligent people who have not accepted Freudian indoctrination will ask him to tell that to the Marines .
16 With nothing else to read , it seemed to have the edge on the income tax manuals ( though non-believers would say only just ) , so you can imagine how bad I felt when I opened it to find most of the pages had been razored to provide a nest for a small brown envelope .
17 The astonishing image manipulation routines will have you drawing until the early hours , we have already used it to manipulate some of the pictures shown in this section .
18 These researchers soon went beyond this narrow brief , and their study of the Bible and various other historical sources led them to formulate many of the theories which were later embodied in the royal supremacy .
19 Lacan offers us a new conception both of science and of truth , and asks us to abandon many of the procedures for verification or falsification on which the credibility of scientific enquiry traditionally rests .
20 The difficulty readers experience with this novel is partly a result of Golding 's strategic use of concept metaphors which forces us to consider some of the ways in which language structures our perceptions of the world .
21 Doctors and nutritionists always seem to be telling us to eat less of the foods we enjoy .
22 This being so , I would like us to examine some of the implications of a Christianity without the Evil One as opponent .
23 This often makes it very hard for us to confront some of the feelings we have about HIV and AIDS — sex , drugs use , illness and sexuality .
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