Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we know that people disagree to some extent about the right principles of behaviour , so we distinguish that requirement from the different ( and weaker ) requirement that they act in important matters with integrity , that is , according to convictions that inform and shape their lives as a whole , rather than capriciously or whimsically . |
| 2 | I mean flipping talk about keeping it a secret ! |
| 3 | ‘ I hate that man for what he did to me . ’ |
| 4 | I hate that sort of stuff but it pays and money from that goes towards my travel and equipment costs . ’ |
| 5 | I hate that sort of stuff but it pays and money from that goes towards my travel and equipment costs . ’ |
| 6 | I could n't be an A&R man because I hate that side of the business . |
| 7 | in fact I might not even need to vacuum the floor , need I ? , if I pick that bit of paper up off there |
| 8 | The king and his nobles understood one another , shared common interests and ideals , and enjoyed the glory , prestige and profit that success in the common enterprise in France brought them . |
| 9 | However they will understand the difficulties of using such an unpredictable material as wood , and make due allowance for minor defects . |
| 10 | But at the same time he totally disagrees with the way she has given the banks a free hand to put resources behind new ‘ non-industries ’ such as the service industries , and concentrate economic wealth in the south . |
| 11 | Whilst most of us , for example , can cope with having the occasional murderous thought about people we love , or work with , there are other people for whom such thoughts constitute a profound assault on their self-worth , and who must , therefore , either suffer that sense of worthlessness or involve themselves in an intense effort to deny or rationalize the thought . |
| 12 | that they 're really , they 're to arrest first and foremost , they 're , they 're to arrest the suspect , and bring that person before the er , judging magistrate , or the judge , whatever the case may be , and the , and has made , made out that it is a disadvantage therefore , if they are also expected to bring evidence , as , for the prosecution . |
| 13 | The house is empty — bring that brat with you if you must — and get a housekeeper , or a governess , or whatever 's needed for the rest . |
| 14 | ‘ They stab each other with their banderillas . ’ |
| 15 | where 'd you want this , the post ? , that the , before they stab each other with it oh that sounds like he 's in the cooker is he |
| 16 | Socialists stab each other in the chest in broad daylight . |
| 17 | Ah well you eat that bit of toast , I 'll leave it there . |
| 18 | Eat that apple from the tree |
| 19 | It is precisely in order to make sounder legal and moral judgments , and to evaluate their cost , that we bring economic analysis to a problem like insider trading . ’ |
| 20 | In zoology , where again there seemed to be a former world of ‘ Dragons of the prime , That tare each other in their slime ’ in meaningless violence , the extinct animals could be seen as types of those now existing . |
| 21 | It is among several which fear possible closure within months unless the new assessment and funding procedures move up several gears . |
| 22 | However , there are some women who display total commitment to their men without appearing to need the safety net of marriage . |
| 23 | They bring each other to perfection . |
| 24 | The actor , in attempting to subject himself spontaneously to an occurrence and at the same time communicate that occurrence to an audience , is experiencing an unresolvable tension . |
| 25 | The ability to learn about the environment and even communicate that information to one 's fellow creatures , as bees , birds and animals do , is dependent upon the inner completeness of the tattvic tapestry . |
| 26 | Many of us know that the three angles of a triangle add up to two right angles , and we know it because we ‘ perceive that equality to two right ones , does necessarily agree to , and is inseparable from the three angles of a triangle ’ . |
| 27 | Lay right front over left front , overlapping by 4cm ( 1 ½″ ) . |
| 28 | Well here are the answers and they make shameful reading for Premier John Major . |
| 29 | ( Hobsons Ltd ) A guide to all courses in universities , polytechnics and colleges which combine full-time study with training and experience in industry and commerce . |
| 30 | The whole thrust of the current strategy whether to increase the number of shareholders or to extend parental choice in education is to strengthen the position of the existing middle class and to bring the ‘ new' technological and service working class within the capitalist net . |