Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To-day , the world 's great athletes in almost every sport have the opportunity to earn large sums of money as a result of their skill and dedication , and no-one begrudges them that , but the Olympians compete in the Olympic Games solely for the glory and the chance of winning a gold , silver , or bronze medal . |
| 2 | ‘ Can they be so hideous in appearance the mere sight of them drives you mad ? ’ |
| 3 | And he so when it started he said sometimes my drives me mad . |
| 4 | Er I 'm not sure er er I 'm sure there 's a place for them you know and someone wants them that 's lovely but we 're not hearing enough really of the Beautiful Dreamers would n't you agree ? |
| 5 | I says I sure of that and er I left and went and got into a row over it . |
| 6 | As he bobs off to get ready for his DJing stint , someone hands me another packet of the smart drink . |
| 7 | When he 's finished someone takes him some water and he drinks it , spilling it over his face and down his chest and bare legs and feet . |
| 8 | I hope someone finds it useful ! |
| 9 | Er someone tells him that , a policeman tells him the best way to look at it is if you were locked out your house |
| 10 | I can just about get down here of a morning and then I 'm stuck until someone gives me a' and up , which they do n't want to be doing too often , do they dear ? " |
| 11 | I notice if someone gives me full cream like in cereal and I just think , I wo n't eat . |
| 12 | When someone gives you some information , try to repeat it to yourself in the same way it was given to you . |
| 13 | As soon as someone gives you ten to the minus eight , you can say , Well if I want to convert that into real money , |
| 14 | I likes thee wonderful ! ’ replied Dickon , a big smile on his round face . |
| 15 | I likes them all nice . |
| 16 | The paramount mistake has been that the intelligence of the individual has been permitted to be clouded by childhood teaching to such an extent that he has been persuaded that the religious writings came from some other source which renders them inviolate . |
| 17 | For example , the Trabant 's bodywork is a combination of cotton and plastic , which renders it rustproof . |
| 18 | And it is precisely its predictability which renders it impotent . |
| 19 | The conservative critique thus argues that the type of order which liberalism envisages ‘ tends to produce a sort of mindless hedonism which renders it defenceless against more vital tyrannies ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ If A delivers goods to B on sale or return and B having received them immediately delivers them to C on sale or return , the reasonable time in the one case must , I think , be co-extensive with that in the other case and if that reasonable time elapses and C brings back the goods to B and B takes them back to A , everybody is acting within his rights , and it appears to me that property never passes … if under like circumstances A delivers goods to B and B delivers them to C in each case on sale or return and the reasonable time be , let us say , 14 days , and C after four days sells the goods or elects to buy the goods , I think property will have passed , because C will have done an act which renders it impossible for B to return the goods to A. ’ |
| 21 | Whether or not the act is criminal is immaterial , since it is the explicitness of depiction which renders it obscene . |
| 22 | Crib-biting is typical of a vice , by definition a bad habit which renders it liable to decline in health . |
| 23 | The reality of what was happening to John either played on people 's own experience of terrible loss and final separation , or the fear of it , which haunts us all . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't think Longfield has a problem this is something which confronts us all . |
| 25 | By looking at these developing years and investigating the transformations which take place you are entering new territories which begin to examine in earnest the role of the media and the effects stereotyping which influences us all . |
| 26 | However , where such measures are adopted by a qualified majority , Article 100A(4) provides that ‘ a Member State which deems it necessary to apply national provisions on grounds of major needs referred to in art . |
| 27 | The newest discovery , 3C 324 , comes top with a red-shift of 1.206 , which places it 10 000 million light years from earth . |
| 28 | The Crush purchase boosted Cadbury Schweppes ' soft drinks volumes by 30 per cent to over four billion litres a year , which places it third equal with Dr Pepper-Seven Up behind Coca-Cola 's 46.5 billion litres and Pepsi 's 21.5 billion litres . |
| 29 | We even have a tiny yellowhammer which visits us each morning . |
| 30 | There may be a notice board which has them all written down , so that residents and staff can see at a glance what 's on today . |