Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in . |
| 2 | Of course we had no right to expect the life of the household , let alone the street , to be hushed because of us , but in the absence of quiet it took me hours to drift off . |
| 3 | Hutton gave them permission to poke around . |
| 4 | Dancers flocked to him ; he in return developed their abilities wonderfully and gave them roles to show off their gifts . |
| 5 | After gaining the necessary permissions to enter classrooms my freedom to follow up themes and issues discussed in interviews was very great . |
| 6 | So I can colour my hair to fill in the gap . |
| 7 | I 'd like my hair to grow back |
| 8 | And it ble sun bleaches my hair to start off with . |
| 9 | Severe wind turbulence caused my canopy to go down a lot faster than normal . |
| 10 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 11 | Now that may sound arrogant and patronising on my part to say so . |
| 12 | I spent all the next seven months waiting for my case to come up and fighting to keep my daughter . |
| 13 | ‘ I used my shirt to put out the flames . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't think the problem is limited to Tin Pan Alley by any means , but since I went there recently let's examine my experience to see where the answer is to be found . |
| 16 | Before that stage is reached , however , there will invariably have been at least one case conference with social workers , paediatricians , child psychologists and others and as Senior Solicitor it is my responsibility to ensure all important case conferences receive legal advice on the evidence available and the prospects of success . ’ |
| 17 | My full interview seemed to go reasonably smoothly so at the end of it I asked how long would it take for my money to come through . |
| 18 | In my hesitation to step forth lay this question : supposing that this encounter revealed my unreality rather than his … ? |
| 19 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 20 | I could smell the citronella that I put on my skin to ward off the mosquitoes and feel the breeze beginning to rise from the river . |
| 21 | ‘ He is a strong runner who is very quick and very direct , and the fact that he and Chris Waddle are both Wednesday players was a big factor in my decision to move here . |
| 22 | She later embellished it with a few words about my inability to dance again — which I 'd never indulged in — and proposed that the girls would be driven even further away . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not pan of my function to vote here , unless the meeting is deadlocked . |
| 24 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 25 | We went in and we paid seven pounds for me and my mum to get in , we did n't pay for the kids cos if they know they 're gon na sit on your lap , they get in there for nothing , but once we get in there we give them their own chair anyway , providing you go in like it 's not in the first week , the following week when the show is quieter and not so many people going |
| 26 | I laid the sturdy Ministry of Defence plastic mug on the sand and then hopped round to the front of my tent to bring out my dirty washing . |
| 27 | ’ Well , you have my permission to go ahead and distribute it this morning . |
| 28 | A reformed chocoholic and one who turned her back on butter only a few months ago , I was interested to see if my attempts to live more healthily had borne fruit . |
| 29 | I do not speak for the Philippine health movement , rather these are my attempts to understand how both small-scale local initiatives and a national effort can alter the historical process which to date has left the majority of the 60 million Filipino people living in dire poverty in a land of plenty . |
| 30 | Normally I only Listened for the first couple of minutes at a reading ; either I am preoccupied by having to read later myself , or some image causes my mind to drift away ; but N'dosi had a powerful , hypnotic voice and his poetry sparkled with fresh , delightful metaphors . |