Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyway , I 've come to see me old mate Bella here . |
| 2 | ‘ Snodgrass , ’ Oliver remarked , picking up Angela 's quotation , when at last they reached the safety of the gardens far below , ‘ do not let me be baulked in this matter — do not obtain the assistance of several stalwart Lionisers to carry me prostrate back to Broadstairs , do not listen to me when I say never , never again shall I visit a sight connected to the late great Mr Charles Dickens . |
| 3 | I do n't think er , they 'd be very practical really to wear them packy bags would they ? |
| 4 | It is vital never to grant them absolute rights over nomenclature , or you will end up with a child called Aspirin Muesli Harris as poor Tom was for the first week of his life , until it was overruled as being pagan by the Irish Catholic nurse . |
| 5 | What made it more extraordinary was that everything had conspired against them , from the Home Unions committee 's refusal to grant them official Lions status right through to the kick-off . |
| 6 | In early September three members of the OB awaiting trial abandoned their hunger strikes after de Klerk refused to grant them political amnesty . |
| 7 | But while the canon lawyers were protected and enjoyed immunities as clerics , the civilians were open to exploitation and their numbers began to show a dramatic fall until the Emperor Frederick I intervened in 1158 to grant them certain immunities from taxes and tolls — much as the clerics already had — and their own jurisdiction . |
| 8 | We tried every way to find them alternative jobs . |
| 9 | BAe made apprentices completing their training redundant a couple of years ago but made every effort to find them alternative jobs . |
| 10 | BAe made apprentices completing their training redundant a couple of years ago , but made every effort to find them alternative jobs within the group or with other companies . |
| 11 | Within hours of the reports appearing in the press , vets and cat sanctuaries were flooded with requests to have cats destroyed or to find them new homes . |
| 12 | Similarly organisations that find themselves in difficulty ; where the profits are not coming through , where there is pressure from shareholders for a significant improvement in profit performance ; here again , the chairman and the Board are likely to reach out to executive search consultants to find them new talent . |
| 13 | And the first priority must be to find them suitable replacement housing . |
| 14 | In the former , education can provide more people with the skills and information to secure them good jobs and , thus , produce an increase in the number of people prepared for fulfilling and materially rewarding occupations . |
| 15 | Increasingly , candidates for political leadership have seen the balance of advantage swing away from those who control organizational resources towards those with ‘ media recognition ’ — a public profile calculated to secure them appropriate media coverage with the new mass selectorate that chooses presidential candidates or party leaders . |
| 16 | ‘ When Franz begins to give you your plotting for Arsena , you must ask him to find you static positioning , ’ he said without any preamble . |
| 17 | Would you , if your soccer partner was getting to know you marital partner in a way which is not optimally conducive to homely bliss . |
| 18 | She wrote to him quite sharply , not caring who read her letter , that : — it is impossible for me to post a gun as you ought to know you foolish man for what would the post office officials think were I to turn up with a gun to send ? |
| 19 | They were only too pleased to grant him early retirement back in September when they needed to shed staff . |
| 20 | The Countryside Commission were to sign a deal with the Duke of Devonshire in September to grant him Capital Transfer Tax exemption ( estimated to be worth £12,000,000 ) in turn for large parts of this 130km 2 in the Dales becoming a public heritage centre under the Heritage Estate arrangement introduced by Leeds MP Denis Healey in 1975 to prevent the breakup of large estates ( the MP himself having just become President of the National Trust 's Yorkshire Moors & Dales Appeal ) . |
| 21 | No wonder he had never allowed the spotlight to catch him full face . |
| 22 | Intercourse , like most activities between lovers , tends to find it sown level , largely driven by the unconscious . |
| 23 | Some reports claimed that the allegations ( described as " totally groundless " by the Chinese Foreign Ministry ) were certain to increase US congressional pressure on President Bush not to renew China 's most favoured nation trading status . |
| 24 | Green was waiting for them , not only to give them lessons but also to sell them additional colours specially to represent the true Lake District tints . |
| 25 | Collar insignia on the khaki jacket were to comprise thee regimental number over the branch device for all ranks below colonel ; and for colonels the national coat of arms was additionally worn in front of the branch device . |
| 26 | I was still handed a second to cause me extra hassle . |
| 27 | He denied two charges of abandoning the pets in circumstances likely to cause them unnecessary suffering on October 23 last year . |
| 28 | We can only look to the practices within which we treat animals , be it as pets , racing animals , food , experimental subjects , or denizens of the wild , tempered by our natural disinclination to cause them needless suffering , or treat them with disrespect . |
| 29 | Unlikely to sell you indifferent fish , as his reputation will be spread by word of mouth . |
| 30 | Beware of an opportunist rag trade beginning to sell you recycled clothing under the guise of social awareness . |