Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we usually work it into the show format somewhere , rather than make it a part of the news . |
| 2 | Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence . |
| 3 | We are planning to get another newsletter out before the next one to give you all the details but if you want to know how to label the stuff before than give me a ring |
| 4 | Feeling battered in mind and body by the time Laura announced that she felt able to take a break — and how about an early lunch ? — Anita could do no more than give her a dumb nod of agreement . |
| 5 | The trick is to keep the line direct to the float , without disturbing the float more than to give it a slight lift . |
| 6 | Worse than calling him a Jew , |
| 7 | Once in the Essoldo Cinema a lad had moved away when he 'd done no more than offer him a piece of chocolate in the darkness . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've seen all his films except Do Me A Favour ! which funnily enough I 've never managed to catch although it 's on TV all the time . |
| 9 | She lived alone , and therefore preferred convenience and fast foods rather than cook herself a proper meal with vegetables . |
| 10 | What am I doing , Caroline , except offering you a way out of a situation you claim to abhor ? ’ |
| 11 | A girl in an apple-green school tunic advanced on me , her hand raised as if to give me a slap . |
| 12 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 13 | She drained her glass and swept her arm upwards , palm extended as if giving me a gift . |
| 14 | She looked across at him as if giving him a final appraisal and checking for further clues in his face , in his clothes . |
| 15 | She had caressed the name , purred over it , spoken it as if showing me a great treasure . |
| 16 | Alice decided to sleep in the sitting-room again , because to choose herself a room would be a final separation . |
| 17 | are now considering awarding them a permanent memento . |
| 18 | Doctors can convince trusting patients that they will get better even while giving them a course of pills which consist of little more than sugar and water . |
| 19 | Open/36 is designed to enable System/36 users to move their applications , without recompilation to Sparc systems , while giving them a complete System/36 environment that includes all their familiar tools . |
| 20 | The one , that , even while giving her a verbal warning about her work , he had handed her a very important file to work on — albeit only to ensure she had little time for anything else — must mean that he had received good reports on her ability . |
| 21 | NOTTINGHAM condemned Rosslyn Park to almost certain relegation while giving themselves a glimmer of hope of survival in League One with their first victory of the season , based on three tries by flanker Martin Pepper and 18 points from outside-half Guy Gregory . |
| 22 | Stephen thought it a curious place to leave one 's car , blocking , or partly blocking , the northbound roadway , while taking it a farther ten yards on would have enabled its driver to pull in onto the bridlepath that traversed the Vale as far as the Reeve 's way . |
| 23 | The interior spaces of the wedge-shaped building were converted to suit their new function by artists Robert Irwin and Richard Fleischner , with architect David Raphael Singer , whose particular brief was to retain the all-glass walls of the building while making it a suitable and secure venue for displaying works of art . |
| 24 | While making herself a light meal , though , she found she could n't stop dreaming about him . |
| 25 | Paul opens the door , to be confronted by a bespectacled American doing a poor impersonation of Chuck D. Four Eyes is pursing his lips , pointing a finger at Merton while offering him a mock high five . |
| 26 | Jasper tries to look up my skirt whilst handing me a drink . |
| 27 | The industry is split over whether to set itself a 20% or 35% ceiling on the percentage of assets that junk bonds can account for . |
| 28 | I thought about mum and wondered whether to leave her a note . |
| 29 | A four-letter word was among his offerings and the official had no alternative but to give him a warning for verbal abuse . |
| 30 | She had no alternative but to tell him a series of absolute whoppers , as her younger brother , Rob , would have said . |