Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking of the whip I mean we 're only allowed to hit them five times over here . |
| 2 | ‘ I hate them bloody things . ’ |
| 3 | Peggy was aware that many of her sayings were threadbare , she had heard them many times before , but as the comedian said , it was n't what as said , it was the way it was told . |
| 4 | It was an unexpected rest and it has taught me many things , like patience . ’ |
| 5 | ABOVE As time went by , more and more people started bringing me injured birds to look after . |
| 6 | You 'll be able to see them two houses from a long way away . |
| 7 | These words of wisdom remind me of a student who came to see me many years ago after the long vacation during which she had begun her undergraduate dissertation ( with another tutor who had left the university that summer , I must emphasize ) . |
| 8 | He came to see me some weeks later explaining that he had failed to get a job . |
| 9 | ‘ He came to see me several times and even brought Gordon [ Jackson ] along too . |
| 10 | Commonly held ideas restrict the social role and status of older people , structure their expectations of themselves , prevent them achieving their potential and deny them equal opportunities . |
| 11 | Could you lend me two fingers ? |
| 12 | One senior officer described policewomen as having an ‘ instinct for tidiness ’ which made them good administrators ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 33 ) ; frequently they were described as being suited to dealing with child and female offences because of their more compassionate natures compared to male colleagues . |
| 13 | Many people feared involvement in popular education because it made them immediate targets of the Contras . ’ |
| 14 | Almost all of the early wines were fortified with a good glug of grape spirit tossed into the fermenting brew , which made them mighty bruisers . |
| 15 | The majority of people that went through that service all had some recollection of things they did n't enjoy very much but they by and large thoroughly enjoyed their experience in the Army , it livened them up , it made them better men and we have got after all one of the best armies if not the best army in the world , it 's got to come from |
| 16 | An irresistible softness with an inner strength that made them million sellers . |
| 17 | But tutors were so impressed with the two girls ' work in textiles that they made them unconditional offers . |
| 18 | But the sheer range and volume of business with which the secretaries of state dealt made them important officers of government . |
| 19 | The Central Area pulled all these parts together , as it were , and made them interdependent portions of the whole . |
| 20 | It probably made them half cousins . |
| 21 | So you 're really clobbering them both ways , are n't you ? |
| 22 | Mr Symington had reached compacts with some of the tribes , allowing them 250 machines each , when the larger tribes took him to court to try to get more . |
| 23 | The Department of Trade and Industry has promised to examine whether charities may be able to get round this by using a clause , such as s 257 of the Companies Act , that contains special regulations for banks and insurance companies , allowing them different formats . |
| 24 | ‘ Could you spare me five minutes before the lectures start ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Surely you can spare me ten minutes — say a quarter of an hour ? ’ |
| 26 | As I have described , she had consulted me many years back over a libel matter which I had discouraged her — unsuccessfully — from pursuing , with calamitous financial results ; but I was able to give her a little assistance in another matter which to some small extent repaired the damage arising from the first disaster . |
| 27 | Sell them sunny meadows |
| 28 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 29 | Francescoli , Perdomo and Sosa are among the world 's most exciting players and Uruguay 's technically adroit , close-passing , possessive style will always make them awkward opponents . |
| 30 | In some , it will make them great prayers . |