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Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The SNP , if it maintains its principles , need change nothing to collect the electoral windfall left by Labour 's rush to the right .
2	Then my father swung me up out of the sledge high above his head and down again , trying to distract me , to make light of what had happened and make me see the funny side of it .
3	I recall that during my last six months service I had the magnificent sum of £6/5/ ( £6.25 now ) to spend on myself .
4	You want me to throw the bloody thing , do you ?
5	I want nothing to stop The New Hope from making its maiden flight three months from now . ’
6	In fact it is just as misleading to ignore the packaging and expect someone to assess the new situation without any help .
7	D' ya remember the little rat in
8	If you wish to discuss any of the new programmes further , we suggest you ring the appropriate enquiry point .
9	If you can not resolve the matter amicably , I suggest you contact the local council — not with a view to making a direct complaint , but just to establish what the regulations are concerning open fires .
10	All our futures — although I suggest you save the main celebration for chapel , on Sunday . ’
11	I expect you remember the lovely lake at the end of our road , and the rides in the sampan , or going out with the Moothams when Maria used to say , at the end of an excursion , ‘ Rachel never stops talking ! ’
12	‘ I expect you have the wrong kind of sight . ’
13	A lot of folks drop their guard when they think they 're dealing with a man of simple mind — and if behind that kind of pose you hide the steely determination I 've been trying to drum into you , son , you 'll do just fine . "
14	Hey , Geoff , d' you think the Chinese take-away in Adrar would deliver a couple of chop-sueys ? ’
15	‘ D' you mean the old religion ? ’
16	Or d' you want the whole ward to wake up just for one milk tooth ? ’
17	‘ D' you like the new carpet ? ’
18	Her friends say she did the right thing .
19	‘ Same place you got the ferocious tiger , Miss ! ’
20	Seems they want you to address the European Commission on European industrial development .
21	When I suggest we head the other way , for Greenwich , Des shakes his head .
22	I would recommend it , though suggest one skims the rhetorical terminology ( pp. 76 – 82 ) and the analysis of This lunar beauty in the concluding chapter .
23	Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre .
24	It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina .
25	‘ I expect he timed the whole thing with a stopwatch , ’ said Greg .
26	Bloods wore red , Crips blue , and woe betide anyone wearing the wrong colour in the ‘ hood .
27	That 's what you want he said the thick stuff .
28	I want it to reflect the living area in the 1990s
29	A solicitor says that , technically , he DID act outside the law , but police say he did the right thing .
30	Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally .