Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I jerk a reluctant Rainbow to her feet , cause her to blurt appropriate remarks about the lateness of the hour , and steer her out of this snakes ' nest of baby ben Issachars . |
| 2 | Cos it 'd be , I mean a big disadvantage to a lot of particular schools around this area is the number of erm Asian and |
| 3 | I think I probably wasted a lot of time not feeling good about myself , and I would n't want Deb to feel like that , so I make a deliberate effort to be supportive , to say she looks nice and notice what she 's wearing , that kind of thing . |
| 4 | Resident in the area , I provide a personal service to discerning clients who seek the best apartments , villas and country properties in and around Cannes . |
| 5 | I put a cautious hand to the kettle . |
| 6 | I give a general welcome to the Bill . |
| 7 | I give a blank agenda to the supervisor and say ‘ Have a team meeting with your own team , and see what problems you 've had or experienced . ’ |
| 8 | But while Lyall will want Ipswich to take the points off Spurs in tomorrow 's live televised game , he admitted : ‘ I owe a great debt to Spurs , and to Terry in particular . ’ |
| 9 | Indeed , I suppose I owe a great deal to his novel , Caleb Williams , which I have read several times with a daughter 's care . |
| 10 | Indeed , I owe a great deal to Leo Amery for his wisdom , advice and the views that he expressed . |
| 11 | I owe a great deal to my education many years ago , as I come from the background of a Welsh mining village , where a high proportion of us ended up with university degrees — a far higher rate than in many posher , salubrious , suburban areas . |
| 12 | In presenting this second book on the GC , I owe a considerable debt to a number of individuals who , where known have been individually credited — other views come from my own collection . |
| 13 | I remember a recent visit to India where I hardly ate meat at all and never saw a chip . |
| 14 | In particular , I feel a particular debt to those at the Edinburgh Academy who taught me how to write precis . |
| 15 | I pay a great tribute to my dad , who as a trade unionist on the railway would have been so proud to see me receive this very great honour . |
| 16 | The Act was implemented with an unprecedented level of co-operation and collaboration between central and local government and I pay a warm tribute to all those who helped with the delivery of guidance and the legislation 's careful framing . |
| 17 | I pay a special tribute to my right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development . |
| 18 | I ask a simple question to which I know that there is a simple answer , but I still think that it is worth a little time to discover it : why are the Government in such a desperate hurry to get the Bill back to the House on 26 February ? |
| 19 | Luv to all down there in the Eternal City and be assured I turn a deaf ear to the rumours that it is a cesspit . |
| 20 | I am , I am told , a post-feminist merely because I prefer a constructive approach to the achievement of equality rather than one that is essentially negative . |
| 21 | I prefer a bad agreement to a prolonged disagreement . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |
| 23 | I 've a perfect right to my feelings . |
| 24 | THE next leg of my journey takes me the short drive to Regensburg and from there I follow a minor road to Cham , last stop before the German-Czech border post . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ They think I just sit back if I have a good start to the season . |
| 26 | On the other hand , my own feeling would be very much that schools have to prepare children for taking their life in the community and the community is mixed sex , it 's not single sex , so I have a slight aversion to single sex institutions . |
| 27 | As a prospective candidate for the Scottish National Party , and , indeed , Home Affairs member of the SNP 's Scottish Cabinet , I have a strong commitment to the project of Scottish independence in Europe . |
| 28 | ‘ The truth is , ’ he admitted to Alan Griffiths , ‘ I have a constant temptation to over asperity … even when there is no subjective anger to prompt me : it comes , I think , from the pleasure of using the English language forcibly — i.e. it is not a species of Ira but of Superbia . |
| 29 | I have a sensible solution to this argument . |
| 30 | Then , thanking him , I beat a hasty retreat to the sacristy door and knocked . |