Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [det] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah and I used to see them many a times in |
| 3 | you do n't think oh here comes a rapist , here 's a sex offender , he 's a whatever , just to take them as they come as people , because you 've got to treat them all the same anyway |
| 4 | " You could hardly expect my people , weak and hungry as they are , to carry them all the way from King Darzin 's garden . |
| 5 | And then they have to carry them all the way back up the hill ! |
| 6 | Of course the main thing about the shoes was that I had to wear them all the time . |
| 7 | Still she said Auntie Ann I have n't got to wear them all the time she said . |
| 8 | I mean I do n't want him to wear them all the time |
| 9 | He has to wear them all the time , but he does n't wear them all the time |
| 10 | So it 's mean of you to begrudge me half a sentence . ’ |
| 11 | Perhaps they 've changed their minds again , it 's always , there 's , they 've got to frighten you all the time with sometime like that have n't they ? |
| 12 | It was wrong of me to write you such an angry note : please accept my apologies . |
| 13 | People were trying to pinch it all the time . |
| 14 | Permit me to purchase you all a fresh beverage as a token of my humblement . ’ |
| 15 | It would worry me if I was having to feed her all the time but knowing that three days out of seven she 's getting good meals , it does n't worry me so much . |
| 16 | But it 's a heavy ladder , and you 'd have to lug it all the way upstairs . ’ |
| 17 | Investigations into the activities of this particular gang had been carried out over a very long period and they had been kept under constant surveillance by our officers who were thus able to feed us all the necessary information towards a successful interception . |
| 18 | Both she and Patsy still had to sleep in a cot because their father had not bothered as yet to buy them each a proper bed . |
| 19 | Must have cost you quite a lot to buy them each a drink . |
| 20 | In the future we wo n't be able to just do things , we 'll have to experience them all the time . |
| 21 | And he used to walk them all the way , I remember once him starting out er from what we call Hole , that 's at the top of the hill there , er starting out to walk them to Newcastle , and he took eleven . |
| 22 | to walk you all the way . |
| 23 | ‘ To play us such a trick ; |
| 24 | ‘ Was it worth so great a violation to do me such a little hurt ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I early found that I had not the literary ability to give me such a place among English authors as I should have desired ; but I thought that I had an opportunity of gaining a knowledge of many of the distinguished men of the age , and that I might do some good by keeping a record of my interviews with them . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’ |
| 27 | Then I was able to er go for my own self , you know and er I went on doing locks , one thing and another , best I could and all that sort of thing and I worked for a , a bloke what was in there er be a little bloke but he was the best locksmith in the shop and I went to help him and er he used to give me all the to do and this and that and the other . |
| 28 | And McGrindle , very matter of fact though drunk as usual : I have sixteen children , seven by my first marriage , four by my second , my second wife had two of her own , that makes thirteen , and three from my third , sixteen , and I am proud to say I have been able to give them all a good education and every chance in life without ever compromising my integrity . |
| 29 | Set your child 's teddies in a circle and pretend to give them all a spoonful , finishing with one for your son or daughter . |
| 30 | Hastily following , turning to give them all a lame smile , she joined Leo on the pavement . |