Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , so are the kind of reasons why Moscavisi calls them the black books . |
| 2 | More recent theories suggest the crossing place further down river at Rochester or Chatham , but Dunkin tells us the Roman Army ( the seventh and tenth legions ) then turned along through what is now Snodland and Halling burning and wasting the country as they advanced through the villages . |
| 3 | ALASTAIR McIVER BRINGS YOU THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TENNIS FOOTWEAR FOR 1992 |
| 4 | Yet when Cornwall pronounces him the new Earl of Gloucester , and orders him to seek his father out , Edmund has yet another layer of pretence at hand : Edmund 's perversion of such words as ‘ nature ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ , and ‘ blood ’ is grimly evident to us , but not to Cornwall — who may not understand those terms , in any case — and who now puts himself into the position of an adopted father to Edmund : ‘ I will lay trust upon thee ; and thou shalt find a dearer father in my love ’ ( 24f . ) . |
| 5 | Enid Blyton offers us the independent girl as something of a freak : ‘ George ’ , the independent girl as ‘ problem ’ , even if she is more interesting and more individual than the other characters . |
| 6 | In the first of a series of four reports this week , Mike Rowbottom brings us the Inside Story . |
| 7 | The supply curve SS tells us the marginal value of the leisure being sacrificed in order to work another hour , the marginal social cost of extra work . |
| 8 | The demand curve DD tells us the marginal value product of labour , the extra benefit society could have from extra goods produced . |