Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , preserve me from a woman 's corn . |
| 2 | In order that you do n't fight this ventilator , and also that you do n't start twitching when they start carving you up , they inject you with a chemical er a muscle depolarizer that stops your muscles working . |
| 3 | Give him a mug of cocoa and a big kiss and send him on a month 's leave . |
| 4 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 5 | They put me by a table er near the wall but it for a table for two and then another lady came by herself , I remember her name was Miss and erm and she said , have you been here before ? |
| 6 | At a Panel Hearing , the three panel members selected from a pool of serving members , one acting as chairman of the session , consider everything about a child 's life . |
| 7 | And yeah another one connected to this whole lifestyle , aspirational argument the image the brochures give us of a couple si sitting on a terrace with , you know , you can almost hear the music in the background , the sun setting over the sea . |
| 8 | Agency staff sometimes question themselves about a discharger 's economic position and his capacity to comply with the parameters and limits which they would ideally like to impose . |
| 9 | All I had to bargain with was my own little bit of skill , which really , when you compare it with a carpenter 's skill , or a plumber 's skill , is intangible . |
| 10 | Sit her on a stranger 's knee and she may seem content , but compare her rigid posture with how relaxed she is on a parent 's knee . |
| 11 | The staff dress them in a suspect 's clothes so that they can match up bloodstains or slashes . " |
| 12 | To me that 's really annoying because all you do is destroy your song and you turn it into a guitarist 's track and I 've never really been interested in that . |
| 13 | I mean , I knew what was going to happen when I started the exercise , but if you contemplate it from a teacher 's point of view , if I go out and commit suicide or break down you 'll know why , wo n't you . |
| 14 | I shall be a whore , and leave you with a whore 's kiss . ’ |
| 15 | If there is if there are no er examples of er er dev individual examples of development pressure , as I say we have one apparently presented to us this morning I think one over a period er since nineteen eighty seven , it 's not a basis for a policy . |
| 16 | And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 17 | ‘ And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 18 | If they give advice , they mainly do it after a lifetime 's experience and because they are anxious to help — though I 'll not deny that some parents can be real nasties as far as their children are concerned . |
| 19 | Did they describe your ad very well but ascribe it to a competitor 's product ? |
| 20 | Take him to a dog 's home , shoot him ? |
| 21 | I used to hum a tune and strum it on a child 's dulcimer , painfully seeking out the names of the notes . |
| 22 | Well I agree with the honourable gentleman to this extent and that as he knows er we would scrap the self regulatory system and make the S I B responsible for er regulating er er the industry and in time merge it with a banking er regulatory body , er so that would answer that point er and I think that the S I B er could also be responsible for the enforcement of these matters . |
| 23 | ‘ But what will you be saying if you see yourself in a month 's time with a list on you like the Leaning Tower of Pisa ? |