Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear young woman , ’ he drawled , ‘ must you shy away like a startled horse every time I get within yards of you ? |
| 2 | Rather , Poulantzas says , ‘ What makes them function concretely as a distinct class , as a social force , is in fact the historical phenomenon of Bonapartism ’ , thus seeming to imply that the two are interconnected in such a way that each can only exist in conjunction with the other . |
| 3 | As it is now all the more important that Europe should prove that it can walk before it tries to run , may we look forward to a rigid application by our European partners of all those directives that they have so far chosen to ignore ? |
| 4 | If a high paddle action implies speed and power and a low action steering and control then should we paddle backwards with a high or low paddle action ? |
| 5 | It made him look more like a ruthless pirate than ever . |
| 6 | Do they go on to buy other stock , or do they sell quickly for a swift profit ? |
| 7 | Our lawyer took the idea to the court , and the judge altered the terms of Rickie 's bail to let him come here for a therapeutic cruise . |
| 8 | Having decided for themselves that the problem lay in the lack of will and determination on the part of the Indo-Chinese to join whole-heartedly with the French in resisting communism , the US had to obtain assurances from the French that a programme of French government will be developed ; national armies will be organized ; France will despatch sufficient additional armed forces to Indo-China to insure that the restoration of peace and internal security will be accomplished in accordance with the timetable of the overall military plan for Indo-China ( which made it sound more like a military parade than a war and that the French will eliminate their policy of colonialism . |
| 9 | I saw it happen once to a dear old woman who went around a group of people , gently offering her book , and everyone signed except one . |
| 10 | Let us begin then with a brief review of what we know about the ego 's past in order all the better to be able to understand something about its present and future . |