Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Touch my toes a few times first . |
| 2 | Place your fingers an inch or two below your breastbone ( that is the bone which begins in front of your chest where your neck finishes ) . |
| 3 | Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship . |
| 4 | Some of the EC 's other governments will soon have to start explaining why they deny their voters a remedy for recession that has proved so effective . |
| 5 | Parents deny their children the outdoor play that they themselves enjoyed . |
| 6 | They squeeze their balls a little tighter , and smile because they think I 'm saying ‘ Hello , I love you ’ . |
| 7 | All the established associations are expected to meet the criteria , and so earn their members the right to call themselves organic . |
| 8 | Mm , cut their heads a bit open . |
| 9 | ( They also do this when they bring their owners dead birds from the garden , an action normally done only as part of the food-training routine when mother cats show their kittens the kind of prey they must later attack . ) |
| 10 | The GlenDee Knitters hold their meetings every four weeks on Thursday evenings at 7.30pm . |
| 11 | He recognizes many of the people who walk their dogs every day . |
| 12 | Instead , he might be cursed with one who would rob him blind and charge him three-times the wages for the privilege . |
| 13 | The manner in which the security forces in Northern Ireland conduct themselves commands the admiration of all , and I am quite certain that the hon. Gentleman did not intend to impute any lack of commitment to them . |
| 14 | Bend your legs a little and punch each arm in front of you , changing arms with each punch . |
| 15 | Raise both legs in the air , crossing them at the ankles ; bend your legs a little . |
| 16 | Oil your hands a little more generously this time and slide them over the shoulders and up the back of the neck . |
| 17 | Give me friends every time — and the friends we 've got may be few , but they 're jolly good ones , ’ said Breeze . |
| 18 | When the little ones squeeze past me in the Superette I give their mops the chaste old tousle . |
| 19 | The fact that consumer platforms will generally be convenient , all-in-one , low cost units needing nothing more sophisticated than a domestic television for display purposes , suggest that many libraries may be able to support all available platforms and so give their customers the widest possible choice . |
| 20 | ADAM & EVE is a simple to use but sophisticated piece of software to help all language teachers give their students a wide variety of exercise material tailored to their needs . |
| 21 | To raise the cash they need , managers give their bankers a three-year business plan . |
| 22 | Non-cumulative preference shares , by their nature , give their shareholders a preferential interest in the company 's profits for the year , and on liquidation of the company , after settlement of all creditors , entitle the holder to repayment of the nominal value of the shares before the ordinary shareholders are repaid . |
| 23 | They give their footballs an enormous kick , trying to boot them further than any football has been booted before . |
| 24 | Oh yes er when I was at home as a wee boy everybody milked by hand and give their calves the milk then to drink . |
| 25 | Some parents still give their kids a clip round the ear , some of em send the children to their room or whatever , but when the children are in care you ca n't do any of these things because if you lock the child in the room , if the child gets sent to the room , you 're accused of pindown when there 's a report done . |
| 26 | Far from hurling a newly laddered pair into the nearest rubbish bin in a rage , three-quarters of women give their stockings a second chance . |
| 27 | More than 40 per cent of men give their cars a once-a-fortnight wash , compared to 22 per cent of women . |
| 28 | But the testers from the Driving Standards Association say they are only a limited number of roads in Henley suitable for three point turns , and there 's nothing they can do to stop instructors give their pupils a pre-test rehearsal . |
| 29 | Car-owners disable their vehicles every time they park . |
| 30 | The power of the elite is held to derive from the greater intensity and quality of the sentiments or residues of its members which give its members the will and the ability to maintain their own rule either by force or by consent ( but not usually both , according to Pareto ) . |