Example sentences of "a [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A computer programmer would almost certainly get a computer to do it that way , but I doubt whether the brain does . |
| 2 | ‘ In fact , I 've half a mind to join you two girls tomorrow in Sherwood Forest , and perhaps we could arrange to lose Anna somewhere in the bosky glades . ’ |
| 3 | However , the future of its messy OSF/1-Ultrix-Open Desktop strategy is so unstable that even its own spokespeople were at a loss to explain it last week — ‘ it 's too early to say , ’ they conceded . |
| 4 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 5 | I was still handed a second to cause me extra hassle . |
| 6 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 7 | Well , it 's been a joy to meet you this evening , please can I have another signed photo to replace the old one ? |
| 8 | I thought when I first came here that I hated what she was trying to do to me and then I came to see that the clothes , the manners , the society , all those things were part of a process , a process to give me enough confidence to do what I liked , not to live in eternal dread of insignificance and error . |
| 9 | For instance , ‘ You are going to try to persuade a friend to lend you some money ’ places the participant in the experiential frame , as the negotiation will occur and the outcome could take different forms . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 11 | And it had all been an act , a ploy to save them both embarrassment after the mild indiscretions of the previous evening . |
| 12 | Boyd Stych , looking strangely civilized in a dark business suit and neatly clipped beard , was informed by his wife , when he came home , that the Advent was sending a photographer and a reporter to see him this evening and he was not to litter up the lounge — she 'd just tidied it . |
| 13 | She had no idea what she wanted , but it was n't a licence to have it both ways . |
| 14 | In Russia itself , parliamentary deputies hinted that they might be open to a spot of bribery when , earlier this year , they discussed a bill to guarantee them various privileges for life — a flat in Moscow , a salary , priority booking on aircraft and trains . |
| 15 | Had dinner with Eric McCormach ( ‘ an enticingly diabolical imagination ’ ) whose Inspecting the Vaults ( Bloomsbury , £4.99 ) is a book to give you sleepless nights . |
| 16 | Okay , so it cost a lot to get him half way across the world , but money does n't mean much if you ca n't use it wisely . ’ |
| 17 | Getting on to the remains of the top of the pod had been relatively straightforward , although Daak had tried to insist on being the last one out and she 'd had to threaten him with troopers ' oaths and a blaster to convince him that gallantry was inappropriate . |
| 18 | I I have only one point I would like to raise , Mrs , and this is whether or not er you are in a position to give me any comments er in relation to the er colony of Great Crested Newts in this pond . |
| 19 | If it be a duty imposed by law upon a party regularly subpoenaed to attend from time to time to give his evidence then a promise to give him any remuneration for loss of time incurred in such attendance is a promise without consideration . |
| 20 | They 've got sort of mind you they have their own training sort of regime as well , which in some ways is , means it 's quite good experience because it is structured in , in a , in a way to give you some training , whereas of course if you just go in to do a job then erm how much sort of training you get varies a bit . |
| 21 | , our Sports Council Liaison Officer , has asked us to co-operate with a survey to give her some ammunition to fight on behalf of all the Movement & Dance organisations . |
| 22 | We got a bamboo-wallah to build them two cages and hung them from hooks on the veranda . |