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Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1	And there was nothing to connect the nights I shared with Jean-Claude with the afternoons I spent with Émile .
2	He did n't want everyone to see the marks of his sins .
3	Unfortunately , the films , which included Hepworth 's Comin ’ Thro ’ the Rye , did nothing to support the claims made for them .
4	Meeting the demand for veterinary surgeons for the army , while raising the social status of the young profession , did nothing to support the needs of agriculture .
5	While everyone agreed the changes in living standards since the film was made were for the better , there was some nostalgia for farming as it was when they were young .
6	Everyone agrees the republics need all the parctical help they can get to stop them tearing themselves apart .
7	When the settlers got to Virginia , everyone expected the gentlemen of the party to run things , just as in England .
8	Ms Li dismisses any suggestion that anyone will feel like a second-class citizen : ‘ Everyone understands the changes our country is going through .
9	In the preview of the Slimline Pop-up Toaste r ( RRP £24.99 ) , despite the promise of the elaborate programme , there was an absolute dichotomy between singed bread and burnt offerings — no happy mean , nothing to sustain the gravitas of Oxford marmalade with its acerbic subtext , nor the more rechercheé exigencies of Gentlemen 's Relish .
10	But she coaxed him along with her unwaveringly sympathetic smile , and he ordered everyone to dismantle the tables and re-set them .
11	Everyone has the defects of their qualities , darling — or is it the qualities of their defects ?
12	This policy of jobs at all costs is doing nothing to meet the needs of women .
13	And yet , he wrote , the wonder is that this nothing holds the elements together .
14	That 's all right they told her , everyone loves a sports car .
15	The Bill does nothing to increase the powers of the courts if order should break down inside a prison , although it touches in a new way on some of the matters relating to aiding and abetting an escape outside a prison .
16	There was a lot of laughter , not the least when someone asked the whereabouts of Alan and Joy , and I said that Alan had gone to be induced !
17	‘ Everything you want to do someone has just done or someone has the rights .
18	I think that someone found the rings that belonged to Parsons and Dashwood .
19	‘ You heard that someone let the horses out of Tom Fearon 's stables on Christmas Eve ? ’
20	( b ) Intermediate examination Where it is reasonable to expect someone to inspect the goods before they are used , the manufacturer may not be regarded as the cause of the damage .
21	‘ Is someone causing the accidents ? ’ asked Jack slowly , as an idea began to form in his mind .
22	There was another loud report as someone slammed the shutters closed again .
23	For someone espousing the virtues of fitness it is surprising to learn that she smokes between 15 and 20 cigarettes a day .
24	Occasionally , these standards lapsed , as when an ITV News At Ten headline asked , ‘ Was Someone Directing The Riots ? ’ , a piece of pure speculation based ( like Knopfs Baltimore example ) on a brief clip of an unidentified motor scooter rider and passenger .
25	In the way that if you had to choose a player to score a century to save your life it would have been Boycott , then if you were pinned to a wall and forced to choose someone to win the Masters it would be Faldo .
26	What if someone heard the shots ? ’
27	Get someone to do the alterations and mending for you .
28	‘ I do all the drawings , unlike other studios where you have someone to do the cars , someone to do the buildings .
29	‘ I do all the drawings , unlike other studios where you have someone to do the cars , someone to do the buildings .
30	By the time someone called the police the street boasted red descriptions of every aspect of straight sex along with some more arcane terms such as ‘ fellatio ’ , ‘ cunnilingus ’ and ‘ onanism ’ .