Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kid comes out hard , apparently wanting to make it a real fight . |
| 2 | Our parents live some distance away , she only gets to see them every few weeks , but I 'm close to hand , I 'm here to listen . |
| 3 | When Izzy Kleiber was punished for his treachery , they only meant to give him a cruel ducking and a bad fright ; no one had taken into account the heavy rains . |
| 4 | A Separate staffs , households , budgets and agendas are what the princess has long wanted to make her a royal in her own right . |
| 5 | Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians . |
| 6 | Fortunately there was enough left to make it a good movie . |
| 7 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 8 | An upward blow to the nose , driving it towards the forehead could seriously injure your attacker when you only intended to give him a bloody nose . |
| 9 | ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look . |
| 10 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 11 | He has just offered to give me a good rogering . |
| 12 | You 've just got to keep him a wee bit down . |
| 13 | We do n't just aim to offer you the lowest possible prices ; we also take great pride in the high standard of service you are given from when you make your booking right through until you arrive home again . |
| 14 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 15 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 17 | I yes , I 've just had my massive little row with The Savoy about the prices and they just wanted to charge us the normal price ! |
| 18 | We just wanted to give it a few years to see what would happen , concentrating on what we hoped would come together some day . |
| 19 | I said well you just have to give him the deaf ear I said otherwise you 'll become , I said and he 'll get caught out eventually |
| 20 | Pye eventually agreed to lease me a small factory in Watford , in which I set up my new company . |
| 21 | odd fifty P here , and pound here and I always try to give them a little bit . |
| 22 | After such discussion one of the men would usually offer to show us a wild cocoa tree in the forest beyond his planted clearings . |
| 23 | He could also afford to offer her a great deal of money for her share in this house , enough to tempt anyone . |
| 24 | Your COSMOS FUNBREAK holiday is carefully planned to give you the maximum time spent at the EURO DISNEYLAND Theme Park , whilst your travel and accommodation arrangements have been sensibly selected to combine comfort and convenience at truly low prices . |
| 25 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 26 | We 'd really like to give you a good day . |
| 27 | And they are , they are interested in cyclists but from what I could make out reading this they 're not really going to help us a great deal . |
| 28 | I 'm now going to teach you a long-overdue lesson , my dear . |
| 29 | Glasgow was a unique case and a powerful argument now existed to make it a special case . |
| 30 | Insurers who used to assess their premiums every year , are now having to reassess them every six months and in some cases every four . |