Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | Garden staff are often approached by visitors with requests for information , and we would wish to encourage them to continue to provide such a service , provided that this assistance does not interfere with their normal work . |
| 2 | I am sure you would be amused if you could see me struggling to do such a basic ‘ computer thing ’ as merely use it as a word processor ! |
| 3 | They relate to a brief two-year crisis period in her forty-four year life ; and although they are by no means irrelevant to her political role , the approach to them has had such a predominantly personal — one might almost say tabloid — quality that the historiographical Mary is immediately marked out from all other historical monarchs , Scottish or otherwise . |
| 4 | No-one has enjoyed such popularity over such a wide range of colleagues from the very junior to the very senior . |
| 5 | There are few places on the globe unmapped , but there are millions of people in the world who have never seen the sea , or mountains , or a desert , or a snow-covered landscape , and many of them want to experience such places because the unknown is one of the great pleasures of travel . |
| 6 | If that is the case , and bearing in mind I intend to ignore such advice , then surely all moments are of equal suitability . ’ |
| 7 | I pretended to despise such modern aids , but that was really a defensive reaction because I knew I could never afford such frills for Masquerade . |
| 8 | I hesitate to write such a critical letter , but frankly I am at a loss to see how your new design can in any way be seen as an improvement . |
| 9 | I want to encourage such customers to complain and I want us to resolve those complaints quickly . |
| 10 | But I say , the , I 'd heard such a lot of the Guild and the Guild 's influence was in Walsall Wood I think primarily , as I 'm always telling the women today , because they were so interested in the village and you got , they were local councillors , magistrates people you went to for advice . |
| 11 | And there was a question in her voice ; it was asking me why I 'd asked such a thing . |
| 12 | I decided I would carry the six-pound loss myself rather than admit to him I 'd made such a fool of myself |
| 13 | And , you know , we all lost a good friend ; I 'd had such a great time over those last two days working with him and with Eric , and I think about that time quite a bit . |
| 14 | The two girls were quiet for a long time after the door closed ; then suddenly , unaccountably , they started to push one another , boisterously mimicking Moran : ‘ God , O God , what did I do to deserve such a crowd ? |
| 15 | If I happen to remember such details when there 's a beautiful doll on the paying end , Hinkle is right in there rooting for the firm . |
| 16 | Striped shirt tapped a gold pencil thoughtfully against his teeth and said that of course one had every respect for someone wishing to take such a stand and that in that case we must see what could be done with the portfolio as it was . |
| 17 | Such is the case , for instance , in ( 69 ) below , where the phrase the notion that suggests surprise at someone having done such a thing as was done , thereby implying that the speaker would not have thought such audacity possible if the occurrence of the event referred to had not come to his knowledge : ( 69 ) … one of those heroes , the air ace Billy Bishop , was recently the focus of a bitter wrangle between the National Film Board and the Senate . |
| 18 | There is a question here which I believe makes such a move as Schüssler Fiorenza wishes to make highly problematical . |
| 19 | ‘ I believe to have such a major international festival of song on our doorsteps would do wonders for our city and in particular for our tourist industry . ’ |
| 20 | Take Ian Woosnam , who , if I turn my notebook back a week , I find saying such things as : ‘ I am not in the groove at all . |
| 21 | I never asked her for total commitment ( after all , if I were into monogamy would I have done such a good job of dangling that little Limnititzker tsatskeleh in front of her nose ? ) , but I would have hoped the woman would stand by me in a crisis . |
| 22 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 23 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 24 | But I found him very stimulating to be with , full of ideas , I needed to meet such people . |
| 25 | I know nothing of such matters ; I thought arranging such a consignment would take less time . |
| 26 | Darlington councillor Peter Jones , Tory spokesman on the transport committee , said : ‘ Obviously it 's a waste of space and I do hope such an excellent facility can be brought into service as soon as possible . |
| 27 | And I do have such doubts but , being a modest person as you know |
| 28 | But there was still a problem about the label Education , and also that I did have such a very large chunk of air-time , 15 per cent of the Channel . |
| 29 | However , I had seen such sights before , in my days at primary school , and despite the use of Patriots , Jubilees and even Royal Scots on the more prestigious sets of wagons , it was the early afternoon express traffic which was the focal point of my attention . |
| 30 | I also need a formal letter in original from as owner of the vehicle that I am the permitted registered keeper and user — in the same way as I had to have such a letter from . |