Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are also indebted to the Minister and the Whips for allowing us adequate time in which to adduce our arguments . |
| 2 | I could see no reason for keeping me alive . |
| 3 | Kate Taylor has lots of ideas for keeping him amused — and they wo n't cost you a single penny ! |
| 4 | ‘ The nice thing about keeping it small and knowing each other well is that it 's very flexible ; if one of us has an emergency it does n't create problems or ill-feeling . ’ |
| 5 | Thanks to improved fragrance technology , perfumers are now able to offer us subtly differing strengths of the same scent for different moments during the day : eau de parfum ( freshest of all ) eau de toilette , parfum de toilette , esprit de parfum , parfum — or even , for some famous names , parfum extra , ideal for knocking 'em dead at several paces . |
| 6 | It was from something on a thin silver chain around her neck , and after snapping it free he stood up to inspect his find in the available light . |
| 7 | South Korean President Roh Tae Woo dismissed two members of his Cabinet and the governor of North Chungchong province on Sept. 19 , after holding them responsible for the massive damage which resulted from severe flooding earlier in the month in Seoul and the central region of the country . |
| 8 | Generally in relation to the mortgage of movables , it recommended a simpler scheme , together ‘ with power to the lender to sell off the security in the event of the borrower failing to repay , after giving him due notice ’ . |
| 9 | What if , like my poor neighbour , I was to be so riddled with cancer , that after cutting me open , they just sewed me up and sent me home ? |
| 10 | On April 30 a Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court judge sentenced a police station commander , Brian Mitchell , to death after finding him guilty of murdering 11 black mourners at a funeral in December 1988 . |
| 11 | The court heard that it was a nursing auxiliary who had spoken to her about Liam after finding him alone in his room and looking pale in his incubator . |
| 12 | The babysitter , 14 at the time of Stephen 's death in November last year , told police she found the little boy dead after leaving him alone to go to a disco . |
| 13 | And she was subjected to the same technique Courtney used to ensnare women he assaulted after offering them drugged wine . |
| 14 | We may even feel , as certainly I do , that some of the later cantos are of such a nature that it 's hard to conceive in any age of a way of encountering them other than the way we 're here embarked upon . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid you wo n't have the pleasure of seeing me onstage . |
| 16 | Gould was charmed by these little parrots whose ‘ extreme cheerfulness of disposition and sprightliness of manner ’ he said ‘ render it an especial favourite with all who have had an opportunity of seeing it alive ’ . |
| 17 | " It 's the old story of catching them young , " he said . |
| 18 | Sort of make them restless ? ’ |
| 19 | If somebody says you do n't wan na be rushed , right , that 's what you 've got ta say to them that 's just what that old dear was saying the other day , right you certainly understand that , right , you agree with them , first thing you do you always agree with them , right and then you 've just got the same sequence as I want to think about it , but just sort of make it clear , I mean what is it they actually , you know , frightened of being rushed into ? |
| 20 | Erm , so it 's a way of bringing it alive . |
| 21 | Four years and two months ago or a few months but the gas man sort of found it dangerous . |
| 22 | It will be a complete change to report these facts instead of keeping them secret . |
| 23 | On cold days it does have the advantage of keeping him warm , but on hot days it can be unbearably uncomfortable . |
| 24 | Of the residents who voted 53.4 per cent were for closure and 46.6 per cent in favour of keeping it open . |
| 25 | After dinner , the hotel cabaret and band take over the easy task of keeping you happy . |
| 26 | After all , the content and potential benefits of such a product will be irrelevant if its users do not find the means of accessing it easy-to-use , powerful and compelling . |
| 27 | While the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the British Medical Association counselled caution on closures , the impressive period architecture of asylums has attracted the interest of architects in the possibilities of preserving them intact with a resident population . |
| 28 | Well I 'm sure that we could of got it free through erm Suffolk Wild Life Trust and it |
| 29 | No , but he might of got it wrong you do n't know that . |
| 30 | Now it catches on something , and Walter 's round face tightens with the effort of pulling it free . |