Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want money made that way ; he did n't want the humiliation . |
| 2 | A fully formed narrative realises all six categories , although many narratives may lack one or more components . |
| 3 | I found it incredible that he could make money doing that . |
| 4 | They should also be given permission to issue some form of fixed interest profit-related bond , be allowed to raise a proportion of their equity direct from the public and be subject to independent regulation similar to that of privatised utilities . |
| 5 | Two marvellous collections of photographs came to light — Miss Puckle 's and Mr Emmanuel Beddoes ' — I have been given permission to use these , and many others lent by individuals . |
| 6 | The Industrial Bank of Japan , the Long Term Credit Bank and the agricultural Norinchukin Bank have already been given permission to establish such subsidiaries . |
| 7 | National Power and PowerGen have been given permission to burn that fuel at their power stations at Pembroke , Richborough and Ince . |
| 8 | Only VIPs and foreign diplomatic missions are given permission to utilise such dishes . |
| 9 | A recent Gallup Poll showed that 80pc of the public oppose foxhunting with 79pc objecting so firmly that they favour Parliament banning this cruelty . |
| 10 | It is possible to borrow money using this undertaking , or promise to pay , as security . |
| 11 | At five minutes to five , Shirley , the typist who had been helping Ianthe to file some cards , covered up her typewriter , put on the black imitation leather coat she had just bought , and hurried away singing . |
| 12 | To date it is a subtle but important change of mood that , with luck , will grow stronger over the winter — allowing spring to bring those green shoots of recovery that the Treasury and the Chancellor have been banging on about for the last two years . |
| 13 | But the marginal cost of the last film equals the value of meals sacrificed , the price of meals multiplied by the quantity of meals forgone by using labour to make that last film . |
| 14 | In the light of the increasing emphasis upon persuading people to change their life-styles to protect their health , this study will explore some of the factors which influence readiness to make such changes . |
| 15 | and we either want them back or we want , or we want money to buy some new ones in addition . |
| 16 | If this is true then there may be a loophole for the theory ; a case where an individual , for some reason or another , such as being abandoned at birth , never discovers how he was born , nor has opportunity to absorb such information unconsciously while a young child . |
| 17 | Aye , that 's an error Has abus 'd many ; but we shall reform it , As many things beside ( we have a hope ) Are crept among the popular abuses . |
| 18 | The government never has money to build enough houses . |
| 19 | Accordingly , it was the duty of the solicitors who were instructing counsel to make this claim and who , in correspondence , had evinced an intention to seek an order for costs against the local authority because of the supposed failure of the local authority to discharge its duty properly , to provide for the court a detailed statement of those costs ; moreover , to prepare that statement with proper care . |
| 20 | So Naomi shepherds her elsewhere , to an earnest , ageing liberal , whose crisply greying beard speaks less of Torah scholarship than of Sitting Down against the Vietnam War in Grosvenor Square . |
| 21 | And the change now means that if a married woman , it does n't , as I say , it does n't affect single women , if a married woman now has n't earned income using all her allowances , so she does n't work has n't worked , never qualified for a pension , or does work but does n't earn more than that , and the couple have got investment income then it 's sensible to switch that into the wife 's name to give her income to use up her allowances . |
| 22 | He let Sister see this . |
| 23 | To accept change took more courage than I possessed . |
| 24 | Press coverage recognised another solid performance — sales of over £1O billion and a 17 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £735.2 million consolidated Sainsbury 's strong financial position . |
| 25 | They 'll go to any lengths to obtain money to buy this dangerous narcotic . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose you had never expected Faith to have any money of her own ? ’ she asked . |
| 27 | Some parents do not like disagreeing in front of an outsider and may need permission to do this . |
| 28 | ‘ To argue that workers displaced by machines should necessarily be able to find work building those machines makes no more sense than to expect the horses displaced by mechanical vehicles to have been employed , directly or indirectly , in various branches of the expanding automotive industry , ’ says Leontief ( 1978 ) . |
| 29 | In particular , one may need help to see that caretaking for other people , protecting them from damaging consequences and also doing everything one can to " help " , may be having the exact opposite of the desired effect . |
| 30 | Once you have some ideas of what would suit you , you will need help to take these ideas forward . |