Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once women have reached senior management , for instance , where they are the only woman among 20 or 50 men , some companies tend to see them as the token woman singlehandedly proving that the company is encouraging and supporting women to reach the top . |
| 2 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 3 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |
| 4 | Mummy me want to eat them in the high chair |
| 5 | And again in abbreviated form that , I just want to take you through the molecular basis for endotoxin action . |
| 6 | I just want to ask you about the actual erm methodology , which sections did you examine ? |
| 7 | The doctor looked carefully at her fingernails and neck , then said abruptly , ‘ I want to admit you to the Royal . |
| 8 | We hope to see you at the grand final in London . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’ |
| 10 | So in practical terms of helping shoppers to make sound buying choices , the value of increased familiarity with APRs is somewhat curtailed by the way that people generally seem to equate it with the add-on cost of the credit . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , you seem to have them by the wrong end , but , seeing as no amount of protestations will make you change your mind , I sha n't bother . |
| 12 | ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing . |
| 13 | As well as receiving your letters , we like to meet you at the Royal Show , reader workshops and garden visits . |
| 14 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 15 | Knowing that this particular subordinate is sensitive to criticism , you decide to reprimand him in the open-plan office where many of his colleagues at neighbouring desks will hear what is going on . |
| 16 | A crude summary of this political position would be that child care policies remove the children of the poor and attempt to absorb them into the middle class . |
| 17 | Because we try to relate it to the real world . |
| 18 | Here I am admitting that all the clichés of parenthood are so accurate it 's no wonder that the only people who try to express them in the open are Hollywood film makers . |
| 19 | Try to do it on the cheap , however , and you could get lumbered with a lot of high priced product you simply do n't know how to shift . |
| 20 | Of the reasons why females so often fail to make it to the very top , two are basic : some of the best women managers do not achieve their full potential in business because they do not know how exceptional they are , and others fail to get a boardroom seat because they lack the confidence . |
| 21 | You marked an appeal to the Court of Session in the above case on and I write to inform you of the necessary steps you should now take . |
| 22 | Complete your visit with a leisurely stroll around Cardiff Bay with a lavishly illustrated broadsheet to guide you around the remarkable historic buildings and structures which are part of this fascinating environment . |
| 23 | to it so that you prefer to use it to the other one . |
| 24 | Arctic mammals and birds have evolved pure white fur or feathers that help to camouflage them against the white expanses of the frozen north . |
| 25 | As a result they talk a lot of bullshit about how this is their generation 's answer to LSD ( It 's our final frontier ’ ) and also call up the memories of past sins and traumas — playground racism , the suicide of a Viet vet father , some modish videotape voyeurism , bullying and murder even — which then return to haunt them in the real world . |
| 26 | He was very much a social novelist and to appreciate the moral significance of his novels you have to relate it to the actual society that it reflects and often criticises . |
| 27 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 28 | We get money for doing that , but we ca n't spend it in our homes we have to use it in the private sector , so , at the end of the day , er , whether we like it or not , we did n't like these decisions but that 's the way we 've got to go . |
| 29 | We need to keep them within the national health service work force and to make better use of their additional skills . |
| 30 | All we need do is experience and acknowledge our Shadow self , so that we no longer need to project it onto the outside world . |