Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At home we have an impressive library of books , carefully selected to give our children the widest possible view of life : black families , single fathers , working mothers , girls rescuing the western world single-handed and boys moping in corners because they long for a doll . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose you think that your father and I have scrimped and saved to give you children a good education so that you can waste your time and money at the pictures , ’ said Mrs Mallory , pressing down fiercely on a handkerchief . |
| 3 | In this issue you can read about Auvers-sur-l'Oise where many of the Impressionists lived and painted , which has decided to give its tourists the hyperreal experience of walking through ‘ Dejeuner sur l'herbe ’ and travelling in the padded compartments of a nineteenth-century train with Monet landscapes outside . |
| 4 | Having decided to make your home a safe place , where do you go for the right products and service ? |
| 5 | Mr McWhirter 's methods meant that some — any — excuse had to be found to interrupt his recital every ten minutes or so . |
| 6 | A Word Child ( 1975 ) , indeed , is so specific in its references to places , and especially to places on the London Underground , that the narrator remarks he was once tempted to call his story the Inner Circle ; and Martin Amis 's London Fields ( 1989 ) is almost as detailed about Notting Hill as if it were a guide-book . |
| 7 | But most of all , I am determined to get my family a decent place to live . ’ |
| 8 | The bird rolled over , but on righting itself managed to give its attacker a sharp peck on its wing tip as it tried to escape . |