Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the gift falls within the donor 's nil rate band — currently £71,000 ( but increased to £90,000 under the budget ) — no tax would be payable , and as no tax is paid , there is nothing to claim taper relief against . |
| 2 | 1988 ) the government agreed in principle that officers ' terms of service should be altered to allow them to attend party group meetings , subject to procedural safeguards . |
| 3 | It quotes Dr Michelle Block , director of the Women versus Smoking Campaign , who is calling for a ‘ grassroots campaign by church groups ’ , urging them to galvanise public opinion . |
| 4 | Work experience for teachers will help them to plan work experience for students as an integrated part of the curriculum rather than an add-on to provide some relief for the teacher but of little advantage to the student and an inconvenience for business . |
| 5 | ‘ When you catch me eating cottage cheese straight from the fridge at three in the morning ! |
| 6 | Now this motion does not seem to understand government housing policy so let me explain government housing policy , I do n't agree with all of it but this , this is the policy bit . |
| 7 | If the Government are serious about promoting equal opportunities , I challenge them to reintroduce contract compliance , which they outlawed and which provides genuine incentives and practical advice to firms that wish to follow equal opportunities policies . |
| 8 | We have said goodbye to two cleaners from the Cornard site during the last few months — both of whom passed retirement age many moons ago ! |
| 9 | One of them made crochet toilet-seat covers that they sold at the shop . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend the Member for Norfolk , North ( Mr. Howell ) spoke recently on the radio about his idea of paying , say , £100 a week to people joining a community task force , enabling them to obtain work experience and contribute to society , which does not simply mean filling in holes in the road but involves going in for a range of useful activities , from working on environmental improvements to caring for the vulnerable in society . |
| 11 | The more creative will experiment with less conventional architects if it will help them win planning permission . |
| 12 | ‘ Leon , to let me buy back Sleet . |
| 13 | A good English-language education was considered a necessity for their male children , some of whom entered government service or one of the professions . |
| 14 | ‘ Lord , make me to know mine end and the measure of my days what it is … |
| 15 | Meanwhile the nuns will live close by , enabling them to supervise building work the money for which has come from donations worldwide . |
| 16 | His finest things in this form date from his later years — ‘ Behold thou has made my days ’ can be dated 1618 and ‘ Glorious and powerful God ’ was probably nearly contemporary and the great ‘ O Lord , let me know mine end ’ of the long-lived though generally conservative Tomkins may be later still . |
| 17 | We doubled resources in 1989 , and as soon as I became Home Secretary , I realised that that was one of the most important issues that I would have to deal with . |
| 18 | Sergeant was made Inspector , was made Detective Sergeant and of course I became Detective Constable . |
| 19 | You see , when I became yard inspector , the staff soon got to know that they could n't kid me , they could n't kid me you see . |
| 20 | Well I asked Comet fridge ! |
| 21 | I commend amendment No. 7 to the House . |
| 22 | ‘ When I made Midnight Express I had to play a man who was in a permanent messed-up state . |
| 23 | And when species differ in colour pattern , for example , it not at all infrequently turns out that it 's just one gene , or perhaps a couple erm I mean trituris marmaratis , which is rather a nice green newt , christatus , which is rather a nice black and yellow spotted newt , you can hybridize them and the difference is due to a single gene as far as the colour is concerned gene . |
| 24 | Yes they have , very special gear in , in breathing apparatus and protective clothing , er which I did n't have in my early days , I mean breathing apparatus was just beginning to be used . |
| 25 | I mean West Egg . ’ |
| 26 | I mean lunch time we were hearing how , because they stood up for what was right , it was over the killing of soldiers and that , this man job and actually he more or less said that he was something wrong with his head did n't he ? |
| 27 | Well er I mean Christmas trade starts as of |
| 28 | ‘ We need a significant raising of the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . ’ |
| 29 | That means very significantly raising the barriers to entry — brave publishing ( or even better , brave exploitation of the backlist ) across a very narrow range of titles , powerfully marketed ( and by that I mean television advertising ) to create real volume . |
| 30 | I mean community charge was a factor in the nineteen ninety London borough elections , but in nineteen ninety the Conservative Party was doing very badly in opinion polls . |