Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five or six in one part of the hall would create a din , and when Blackshirt stewards approached to eject them scores of Red colleagues would arise to join in the battle . |
| 2 | In fact I began to transmit my anxieties to Siegfried . |
| 3 | I do n't want to lose my men to you ! ’ |
| 4 | Counselling was a completely new world to me and although in the past it had been suggested that to combat my periods of depression I might well think of having psychoanalysis , I am now glad I resisted . |
| 5 | But was it necessary to kill my men in cold blood ? |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I care , there 'd be nobody to sew my buttons on if you were dead . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I want to sink my teeth into you ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This is the first time I 've had to carry my clubs in my life . ’ |
| 9 | W. P. With kids , I used to carry my gloves in my hand and without any fingers in , and I used to catch them with the gloves if they were cheeky , and if they got cheekier still , I used to take them home for a belt . |
| 10 | Lastly , I would like to thank my parents for making me the Judaeo-Christian hybrid that I am ; and my husband Timothy Boon for his support and ( not always welcome ) criticism . |
| 11 | We visit the charming sheep and I get a chance to wear my wellingtons after all . |
| 12 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 13 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 14 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 15 | ‘ There was a scene where I wanted to keep my clothes on and I told Adrian ‘ They do n't have to see my breasts in every shot , do they ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I like to see my women with long beautiful hair . ’ |
| 17 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 18 | I began by reading English and French and , after my mother 's trial , I was allowed to continue my studies by the personal intervention of Rákosi — by his special grace — because my godmother , my father 's first wife , was an extremely popular actress on the national stage , a great star . |
| 19 | To continue my predictions for the future . |
| 20 | And you know , I do n't want to enforce my morals onto someone else , or my ethics , and I really would like to ask people do n't try and do that to other women either ! |
| 21 | I felt comfortable and at home and began to search my cases for chocolates and ribbons and toys . |
| 22 | I know , but we should n't have to borrow mother when I had to get back , to borrow my wages off Jes to get her tax for her car which left us with no money ! |
| 23 | I had wanted to return to Scapa for some time , to refresh my memories of that extraordinary and beautiful place and of the strange life I had lived there for nearly three years . |
| 24 | I do not wish to nail my colours to this mast , but one of the characteristics of the last decade has been the shift of interest of innovative aspects of capital as displayed in my locales , from a concern with the restructuring of production ( although of course this is still going on ) to a concern with land and its potential . |
| 25 | ‘ Now 's the time to nail my colours to the mast , throw away the scabbard , buckle to , go the whole hog , cross the Rubicon , grab the bull by the horns , put my shoulder to the wheel and leave a note out for the milkman . ’ |
| 26 | Automatically I began trying to accommodate my ideas to those of the police , the experts ; trying to find some reason why a man after rabbits should have no gun , not even a piece of wire or string about him . |
| 27 | A sergeant appears from what a plate beside the door indicates is the dentist 's and I go up to him and tell him my name and that I 've been told to report my movements by Detective Inspector McDunn . |
| 28 | I 'm sure that there are hundreds of dealers getting ready to write me letters at this point to tell me that a satisfied customer is more important than a sale . |
| 29 | ‘ I fixed up months ago to meet my parents in East Berlin today and took some holiday for it , ’ fumed one man . |
| 30 | So it is possible to meet my standards for a quality basic marine system for below £250 and it was time to go cap in hand with a swift apology to the PFK Editor for doubting his judgement . |