Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I needed a strong man to help me rule the country . |
| 2 | ( Parody : chorus to the tune of ‘ You Picked a Fine Time to Leave Me Lucille ’ ) |
| 3 | Marxist theoreticians argued that without a confident class to support it liberalism failed to complete the bourgeois revolution against feudalism ; thus they sought tactical models in Tsarist Russia that represented a stage of development comparable to that of modern Spain . |
| 4 | What a stupid thing to do you idiot James . |
| 5 | And he demands that I create for him a mate , a gigantic Eve to give him solace . ’ |
| 6 | She gave him that chill , remote look which she now knew infuriated him , and felt a fierce satisfaction to see him struggle for self-control . |
| 7 | I only ask because you may miss a rare opportunity to improve you life in April , due to misplaced prejudice . |
| 8 | Jill darted forward and pulled him aside , giving his wrist a sharp slap to teach him manners . |
| 9 | President Joaquín Balaguer Ricardo , 84 , declared on Feb. 27 that the Social Christian Reformist Party ( PRSC ) , which he had formed in 1964 , should elect a new leader to allow him time for other commitments . |
| 10 | In the ornate new council chamber , Mayor Murphy was trying to convince the city council that to be a real Edwardian Mayor he ought to wear mayoral robes , as they did in England ; the newly extended hospital was bracing itself for additional accident cases ; and Hank Stych stood in the airport at Calgary waiting for a local plane to take him north to Tollemarche . |
| 11 | ‘ We were told by the teacher it was a mortal sin to touch them P of course we all did ! |
| 12 | I mean that 's a silly place to put it Amy . |