Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 2 | After all , when our western doctor 's diagnosis or treatment turns out to be ineffective we may regard him as a useless quack , but we do not also conclude that the entire system of medical science is erroneous . |
| 3 | I may treat you as a grown-up person , may I not ? |
| 4 | In the north and east the Curled or Lesser Octopus Eledone cirrhosa may treat you with a colourful appearance . |
| 5 | You should treat it as a straightforward job of work and get on with it . |
| 6 | She says she did the Byrd show ‘ because I found her a fascinating part of the underground scene in New York , and I felt somebody should expose her to a bigger market . |
| 7 | When she came back to him he must present her with a positive plan of action . |
| 8 | NEXT time Simon Rattle and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen 's Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum they should do it in a great cathedral . |
| 9 | Ants can be kept in large glass jars filled with soil or in a wormery ( Chapter 6 ) , but to see them best you should keep them in a special kind of housing . |
| 10 | I am very desirous to get all the species of this genus which I can , and am making observations on their flowers and fruit : for Doctor Linnaeus has joined these to his genus of Rhus [ sumach ] , with which all the species of Toxicodendron , which I have yet examined , will by no means agree ; for these are either male and female in distinct plants , or have male flowers in separate parts from the fruit on the same plant , which , according to his own system , must remove them to a great distance from the Rhus . |
| 11 | It is most important that the pupil , especially if he has difficulty with spelling , should see you as a sympathetic helper who wants him to learn , and not as an examiner who only tells him he 's wrong . |
| 12 | The Blueharts game should provide them with a confidence-building win . |
| 13 | A bottle will keep for a couple of hours once out of the fridge , but if you need to keep it for longer you should store it in an insulated cool-bag until it 's needed . |
| 14 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 15 | This should assure him of a bright future with ‘ The Stiffs ’ and , in all probability , lead to the club captaincy next season . |
| 16 | If the knots wo n't come out with that then she must take him to a professional grooming salon where the knots will be removed safely and painlessly . |
| 17 | ‘ People can either do the walk in one spell or a bit every weekend , though they should complete it in a 12-month period ’ said Bill . |
| 18 | Before we start our session , I must tell you about an excellent course I attended recently . |
| 19 | Everyone must admire it as a supreme example of the unremitting development of one basic situation , Iago 's destruction of Othello , with a claustrophilic refusal to digress or vary from its path , yet no one is known to have enjoyed it . |
| 20 | Tomorrow , he decided , he must press her to a full disclosure of the grief harboured in her heart . |
| 21 | Tea and coffee should be strictly limited , and the patient should drink them from a small cup , and should not be given several cups in succession . |
| 22 | no well you should n't put carrots in , you should put 'em in a separate pan |
| 23 | I must dart her with a long-acting anaesthetic . |
| 24 | As well as selecting the relevant information you must arrange it in a logical way . |
| 25 | If the amendment is seconded by another person who has not spoken on the original motion , the Chairman must accept it as a new motion , subject to the provisos that the amendment is not a simple negative of the motion ; is relevant ; does not cover ground that has been dealt with under a previous amendment ; and is not frivolous nor illegal . |
| 26 | You must hit it on a regular basis ! |
| 27 | ‘ Paulo 's suggested we should turn it into a small club for residents , and , from what I 've seen , it seems like a good idea . ’ |
| 28 | He should turn it to a profounder end , producing masterpieces in another man 's name . |
| 29 | For example , being born in a neighbourhood may entitle you to a higher place in the queue for housing provided by that local authority . |
| 30 | a doctor who will give advice and treatment and may refer you to a specialist drug-abuse centre for help ; |