Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have written to us . |
| 2 | The publishers and I would like to thank the many people — too numerous to mention — who have helped to create this series . |
| 3 | ‘ GOOD TO see the same people here after six years , ’ states frontman Robbie Grey . |
| 4 | I went back , not to see the same people , but I went back , erm , on a a family holiday . |
| 5 | Then they had to brace themselves to pass the few people standing along the church wall . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect you 'd like to meet a few people . |
| 7 | Looking back on these years , he remembered lying in the sun , his face covered with a straw hat : ‘ Other boys were always talking of when they would be men ; he did not want at all to be a man , or to possess things , but to remain as he was , in the same spot , and to know no more people than he already knew . ’ |
| 8 | I have n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing , but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the university and to sort of expand my contacts , and the Meeting House is one of those places which is open to the general public on Sundays for religious worship . |
| 9 | I had n't actually managed to make it yet this term because of all the teaching preparation I 've been doing but erm I 've done that for the last two years and erm it 's been quite an important activity because it enabled me , after I came back down to Lewes , to help to get to know a few people in the University and to sort of expand my contacts . |
| 10 | Do you want to feed a few people sumptuously , or entertain masses of relatives and friends in a more modest manner ? |
| 11 | Indeed , if you want to find out how it was that Bonn at grew wealthy enough to buy the many works of art that he did , you need only go into the room reserved in the museum , on the ground floor , for his society portraits . |
| 12 | More and more of us are too hard up even to afford a few quid drowning our sorrows in the pub . |
| 13 | I only have to go a few quid over and I get snooty letters threatening to take it off me . |
| 14 | Utilisation can be twice as high and produces a double benefit : ( i ) lower costs per hour , and ( ii ) fewer aircraft needed to service the same sales volume . |
| 15 | In late winter they should be cut back hard to leave a few cm ( in ) of stem , otherwise they can become rather straggly . |
| 16 | Let me tell you , when those dubbin-lickers at Whaddon go on their knees and beg me to bring my United first team squad to ‘ The Tip ’ to put a few quid in their ailing coffers , I shall take great delight in treading on Ken Mentle 's fingers , provided he survives last week 's heart attack , and raising two toes in a defiant ‘ get lost ’ gesture . |
| 17 | British Rail tell us the London Paddington to Liverpool train service which is , is due at Oxford at six fifty-five tonight 's going to be starting from Reading instead ; that 's going to confuse a few people . |
| 18 | Whilst files are stored in Mac format , MachTen will allow both Unix and Mac programs to share the same data simultaneously . |
| 19 | Alright , logging the data does n't change the nature of the data , what it does do is that it re-scales the data , okay so the only thing that 's , that 's , that 's changed by logging , right , is the scale of the cr is the vertical scale on the graph , right , but essentially we are still trying to model the same series and N T C is essentially the same series as T C. |
| 20 | Most pool owners who wish to breed a few fish start by purchasing one or two matched pairs and , while this can be recommended , it does not follow that the pair purchased will breed with one another if there are other sizeable fish in the pool . |
| 21 | It 's possible to keep a few goldfish in an unfiltered pond , as they are hardy enough to tolerate less than perfect conditions . |
| 22 | ‘ I do not suppose , however , that you will be applying for the position so I shall wait for Alain to send a few people here for me to see . |
| 23 | It does n't make sense to buy the cheapest brand of baked beans to save a few pence . |
| 24 | ‘ I managed to save a few bob and Billy Tolboys , my mate on the docks , was telling me there is a motorbike and sidecar in Bert Midgeley 's garage in Sharpness and he reckons Bert could be persuaded to sell it . |
| 25 | They only had one objective — to save a few bob for the government . |
| 26 | Prisons were only used to hold a few people until trial . |
| 27 | Her owner claims she probably wants to exercise to shed a few ounces.Pets should be safe as Thumper s not been trained to hunt and she 's refused to be tempted down with titbits . |
| 28 | The individual that produces the most clear-cut signal is most likely to have the most offspring . |
| 29 | ‘ It 's very important for me to have the same people around me as I did on the first album … it 's a community thing , it means I can keep the same vibe as I had before , ’ he says . |
| 30 | It is what it is , it 's just another record that happens to have the same people on it as ‘ Harvest ’ … |