Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 2 | The opportunity to buy two outstanding adjoining properties in that location was extremely rare and the Perots had the opportunity to acquire them both as a family compound . |
| 3 | outside people 's houses , and the amount of stuff in there , that just breaks my heart to see it all go into landfill . |
| 4 | Everyone was so kind and helpful when Copper had his accident , although they all thought I was mad , and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them all , especially Cooper 's vet . |
| 5 | ‘ May I take this opportunity to thank you all for the good work you are doing and assure you of my prayers . ’ |
| 6 | He pressured Max Radl at Abwehr headquarters to plan it all behind the Admiral 's back . |
| 7 | If you decide to go for a low-voltage set-up , work out how many lights you need and where they will be sited , so you can buy enough cable to connect them all up . |
| 8 | Although he has a large enough income to support them both , he puts most of it into a building society and also invests money in shares . |
| 9 | The jury took four hours yesterday after a nine-day trial to find him guilty of five charges of indecent assault . |
| 10 | Bishop continued , ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to inform you all that the judicial process requested by Miles Engado regarding the death of his daughter has now reached a conclusion . |
| 11 | Thank you , yes , erm thank you very much for inviting me to attend to those meetings and giving me the opportunity to meet you all . |
| 12 | She had come north , summoned by a War Office telegram to see me that first time . |
| 13 | With an anguished whimper she gave up the fight and kissed him back with a fervour born of all the long , lonely nights she 'd spent without him , her arms snaking up round his neck to pull him closer still . |
| 14 | The following Monday we met at Downing Street in an attempt to sort it all out . |
| 15 | Shareen , you 're very much part of the er , the attempt to help us all use alcohol a little bit more sensibly , what , what , what is this strategy ? |
| 16 | Next day Mary took Frankie , Liza and me to the shops to buy us some new clothes for the wedding . |
| 17 | Get Mr Harbinger to help you if- ’ |
| 18 | We must not only abide by a precise form , but also build up the right waves of emotion to give it full human significance . |
| 19 | She hardly thought — since it was plain that Naylor would not want to harm the close bond that existed within the family — that he would bluntly tell Travis to leave her alone . |
| 20 | It is not the authors ' intention to give it this gloss . |
| 21 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 22 | ‘ Was it worth so great a violation to do me such a little hurt ? ’ |
| 23 | But ‘ For A Child ’ only has a slight tempo shift , a trumpet solo and a blast of flugelhorn to give it some extra zest , and it 's simply not enough . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He handed me a toffee , climbed into his car , beckoned me to sit on the other front seat for a few minutes , and removed the celluloid sidescreen to give us more fresh air . |
| 26 | The singer was following an old tradition of adapting the ceremony to give it contemporary relevance , adding to the festival 's famous ‘ four questions ’ about the meaning of Passover a new and troubling one . |
| 27 | England then equalised with a controversial Webb penalty seven minutes before the break to leave it 3–3 at the interval . |
| 28 | And as students of the star signs will verify , the cuspate divisions help explain his ability to carve the characters he plays into different personality fragments to give them added depth . |
| 29 | I must say it 's a pleasure to give you that |
| 30 | There simply was n't enough stock in the shops to give them any real choice . |