Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why I 've been , it will be ten months that 's all Rita , ten month it took me to lose six stone , you do n't want to lose that much do you ? |
| 32 | ‘ Clever of me to acquire such information , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 33 | As late as the eighteenth century some of the most renowned painters of France , Boucher , Lancret and Watteau among them , found it no more beneath them to paint gallant scenes on the artificial eggs presented by the king to members of his court at Easter than Cellini did to be called on to unpick the precious stones from Clement VII 's tiara as the Imperial troops advanced to sack Rome in 1527 . |
| 34 | ‘ Nerina 's always on at me to wear western clothes , ’ confided Mrs Khalid , ‘ but I like to be comfortable . |
| 35 | They wanted me to wear this wig , a gross , thick , nylon thing like something out of the Nolan sisters . |
| 36 | Granted to LIFESPAN users to enable them to perform various functions . |
| 37 | Reuter says that with the help of General Media International Inc , the Penthouse magazine empire has just launched a dial-up service in the US where for a monthly fee plus usage , lechers can view their favourite Pets from their personal computer , ask them to perform various acts — and play photographer , taking shots with the mouse while the model performs … |
| 38 | Sometimes an Orc or Goblin will capture a few Snotlings and train them to perform entertaining tricks , or to perform simple tasks . |
| 39 | He urged them to compare any sum they had in mind with damages that might be awarded for physical injuries that lasted a lifetime . |
| 40 | These accounts are also used to settle banks ' foreign exchange transactions and to enable them to conduct normal correspondent banking relationships ( see Chapter 3 , Foreign Exchange Market : Correspondent Banks ) . |
| 41 | The pity is that we do not sufficiently encourage them to conduct those explorations . |
| 42 | ‘ Allow me to weave coloured strands into a ribbon to bind your hair . ’ |
| 43 | In any case , there was not enough time left for me to go that way to look for him . |
| 44 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
| 45 | ‘ To allow me to see that woman in the land . |
| 46 | The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free . |
| 47 | OPENING up your excellent Have a Rattle page , it continually sickens me to see so-called Glentoran supporters giving their manager the verbals in the press . |
| 48 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 49 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 50 | ‘ You want me to see this guy , sir ? ’ |
| 51 | She has woven her spell and allowed me to see another world , another life , a life of the spirit . |
| 52 | I was surprised it had both a sunroof and air conditioning as they seem to me to cancel each other out . |
| 53 | Professional television crews , in fact , bring their own power generators with them to enable them to light large areas . |
| 54 | Hoffmann J. declared that in each case the beneficial interest in the property was owned by the bankrupt and his wife in equal shares and he made orders for possession and sale but , after considering the circumstances of the two wives and their children and , in particular , that the half shares to which they would be entitled would be insufficient for them to acquire other accommodation in the area and the educational problems of the children , imposed a provision for postponement until the youngest child in each case attained the age of sixteen . |
| 55 | However , the standing of their occupations — the fact that a programmer or analyst is regarded as a " professional " in a way in which a typist or word processor operator is not , also makes it easier for them to acquire self-employed status . |
| 56 | At first neither Ceauşescu 's guards and officials nor the older professional participants in the display wanted to let the young woman take part , but she did nothing to banish any assumption that her surname indicated a relationship with the First Lady . |
| 57 | He wanted them to gather last Friday and be absented from their weekend round of Championship matches , but even Albert Ferrasse , the autocratic French Federation president , would not stand for that . |
| 58 | Putting your name on their housing list also enables them to plan new buildings suitable for disabled people . |
| 59 | The success of their handhelds has not yet encouraged them to plan further developments . |
| 60 | He urged everyone to report suspicious behaviour . |