Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for embellishments , the people organising naming ceremonies seemed to be outnumbered by other policymakers whose desire was to see them progressively removed . |
| 2 | He did not want to see them simply crushed , not only because he respected their opinion , but because he would have to go on working with them after the Council . |
| 3 | For the mentally handicapped especially , many hostels were welcomed by relatives who , often at great cost to their freedom and independence , had struggled to keep a close relative out of a stigmatized hospital , but were prepared to see them safely cared for in a local purpose-built home . |
| 4 | I 'd like to see them better treated . |
| 5 | One of the other the other things that we will erm be taking responsibility for is , is something called the Front Line Review which I want to come back too , because it 's something that will interest you as a group erm , but that 's basically again a Council learn initiative , where the Council 's want to look at over the next month all of the front line services we provide , the , the services that you come into contact with on a day to day erm level and look at , you know , are we providing a service as you want , are we providing them efficiently , how would you like to see them better provided . |
| 6 | The shares are worthless , and it goes against the grain to see them still quoted , written down as they are . " |
| 7 | I do n't think any prison will make me better , but it might make me not come back . |
| 8 | After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’ |
| 9 | In sum , in the contention which attended or , as some might prefer , the dialectical process which generated the structural change represented by the measures contained in the Reform Bill , the Whigs by proposing and the Tories by opposing them finally identified it as the exclusive issue on which people would stand up and be counted , for or against , yes or no . |
| 10 | The view is widespread among the senior officers we talked to , and among ordinary policemen , that policewomen , as women , have instincts and capabilities which make them better suited to specific types of police work . |
| 11 | Just hold onto the idea that certain operators will possess mathematical properties which make them perfectly suited to the role of representing physical observables . |
| 12 | We got no-one here called that … |
| 13 | He told her plainly , ‘ My reason was this : I have no wish to lose my newly appointed designer at such a crucial stage in the proceedings . |
| 14 | By then he should have fully recovered from the injured right thigh muscle that has delayed his eagerly awaited debut in Italian football . |
| 15 | In the summer of 1820 , after a visit to Russia the previous year to promote his recently translated New Testament , which eventually saw the light of day in 1847 , Vuk again approached Miloš , this time offering to teach the ruler to read and write . |
| 16 | She heaped her scorn on what became his tentatively offered ideas . |
| 17 | John Wisson was driving through Milton Keynes with his wife and an auntie to see his newly born grandson . |
| 18 | And they almost went in front on eight minutes , Michael Surgeon beating the Comrades ' off-side trap only to see his well struck 20-yard drive brilliantly tipped over by 'keeper George Cathcart . |
| 19 | I complained and although it was stopped I still got my books later . |
| 20 | The other sizeable group of offences reported on is where the case involves someone well known ( e.g. Bronski pop man fined for sex offence or more frequently there is either fame by association ( e.g. GAY-SEX SHAME OF ESTHER 'S ‘ BROTHER' , where the inverted commas in the headline indicate the rather more tenuous link with television star Esther Rantzen than the headline immediately suggests ) , or the actor who was said to make £12,000 a year from impersonating Prince Charles , or someone who sounds from the headline to be well known ( e.g. CASTRATE ME SAYS GAY OPERA SINGER : He preyed on children . |
| 21 | she 's saying she enjoys knitting I just gone and give a great big plastic bag full |
| 22 | You can buy them ready made . |
| 23 | Where the skill comes really is when you get a large number of aircraft , and it 's using your aircraft the most efficient way you can in the shortest possible time , so you have n't got people hanging around wasting good fuel , you want them ideally plugged in and taking fuel . |
| 24 | As for the zener diode D , that is described as being in series with the base of Tr3 which has me completely baffled . |
| 25 | I said , ‘ Lilya , I can not ask Semenov , because the KGB has me completely surrounded , and no-one can fight against them . |
| 26 | 2 Spoon 1cm/½in dollops of mixture on to greased baking sheets , keeping them well spaced . |
| 27 | Slowly lower the arms , still keeping them slightly bent at the elbows until the dumb-bells are level with the chest . |
| 28 | And , indeed , the need to look after the twins , keeping them busily entertained and happy during the day , had obviously helped to keep both their minds off their troubled personal relationship . |
| 29 | Like Lord Nelson ( who generally operated on wetter and bumpier pitches ) , Fender anticipated modern theories of participative management by involving his team in decisions and keeping them fully briefed on his plans . |
| 30 | While he believed that football had grown too complex to be a mere ‘ director 's hobby ’ , Chapman set out to foster harmonious relations at the very top , by acting in a spirit of co-operation with his directors , keeping them fully informed of team matters , and taking their suggestions into account . |