Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will take a great deal of money to do it properly and I 'm only interested in doing it if I have the support to give me a chance of winning . |
| 2 | A chance meeting with Dr Kathy Lang at a database user group and the subsequent investigation of Ventura led Tony Gamble to make the decision to give it a try . |
| 3 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ I came to see if there was anything in the apartment to give me a lead on who killed Mahoney , ’ I said . |
| 5 | This so delighted the King that he asked the University to make him a Doctor of Divinity . |
| 6 | In a Christian country , this book would be banned altogether instead of which so-called poverty-stricken Merseysiders have the wherewithal to make it a sell-out . |
| 7 | Someone , in other words , who is likely to take silk , but likely to take it at a time sufficiently far in the future to give you a chance of stepping into part of his practice as a junior . |
| 8 | There , a former customer of the plaintiffs gave evidence that he had met the defendant in the street and mentioned to him that he had heard he had set up his own business and wanted the defendant to cut him a suit . |
| 9 | The Discovery is the first ever gas cooker to have a hotplate with ‘ Gas Powered Discs ’ a revolutionary new concept developed by Moffat that actually places a Disc above the flame to give you the controllability you expect from gas plus an unheard of level of cleanability . |
| 10 | Daisy said , ‘ He told Sister he 'd like our Charlie to stay in the Hall to give him the chance to get his nerve back in easy stages . |
| 11 | They are required by the Law Society 's Training Regulations to provide experience in articles in a number of recognised areas of the law to give you the training necessary to qualify as a solicitor . |
| 12 | For the law to grant him a defence in these circumstances would be to grant a licence for sexual exploitation . |
| 13 | Her husband had begged the Judge to spare her a jail sentence . |
| 14 | But then she remembered Tony , and how grateful she would have been to anyone who had had the courage to give her a hint of his real nature … |
| 15 | He chooses the number and the girl chosen goes outside the room to give him a kiss . |
| 16 | Duncan had been asleep when the policeman burst into the room to give him the news that Leeming had been found . |
| 17 | You 're just tired and exhausted , she told herself firmly , forcing herself to walk calmly across the room to hand him a glass . |
| 18 | Gould was torn between the need to preserve his specimens and the desire to keep them a secret . |
| 19 | He opened the lid to show me a batch of dirty , dog-eared cards inside . |
| 20 | If for any reason we are unable to send you the watches , we reserve the right to offer you an item of equivalent value . |
| 21 | Just because the guy can drop names we have all heard of and used to know Bruce McLaren does n't give him the right to bore us every week . |
| 22 | Seeing that Yet returned to the room and went behind the curtain to prepare us the meal Frankenstein had promised , he lowered his voice and continued , ‘ I bestow my gift of the secret of life upon mankind . |
| 23 | Having said that , we still made sure that our reps called on the group to give them the information . |
| 24 | Whipped Cream are Scandinavian but even the odd accent does n't drag this version far enough from the original to make it an interpretation rather than a facsimile . |
| 25 | The police spent two days trying to persuade the butcher to give them the name or names of his supplier . |
| 26 | If he gets up in the middle of the night to fetch you a glass of water , then he loves you . ’ |
| 27 | He put her suitcases down in the driveway and reached into the boot to pass her a carry-case which Belinda recognised as containing a portable monitor , something like an electrically amplified stethoscope , which meant that it was often possible for a pregnant woman to hear her baby 's heartbeat as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy . |
| 28 | ‘ Tell the landlord to give him a shirt and breeches . |
| 29 | ( Would he seize the chance to give her a message , without her mother seeing through her ruse ? |
| 30 | Stepping is the new fashion in exercise and if you have n't tried it this could be the chance to give it a go . |