Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work which can earn me money in my spare time . |
| 2 | The curse of Ham could be used as an excuse to justify the enslavement of African negroes but that did not make them members of an entirely different species ; and anyway the American Indians were not even black ! |
| 3 | ‘ That will make them pause for a while , ’ Jehana said , her tone satisfied . |
| 4 | Kelly did n't make them quarter to ten comes in . |
| 5 | Miners may strike in support of nurses , but that does n't make them fighters for the equality of women or for women as women . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , when Fox made the preposterous statement that ‘ This is simply shocking , they might as well make me professor of Poetry , ’ Lewis responded , ‘ Well , we will . ’ |
| 7 | Given the tremendous wealth in the far eastern regions of the former USSR , should we not consider them part of Europe if we are to try to expand the European Community for the benefit of all mankind ? |
| 8 | If our society were pure and well regulated , yes , they would be seducers ; but now , in my opinion , one may often consider them sisters of charity . ’ |
| 9 | Rover 's 35,000-strong workforce votes today on whether to accept Japanese-style working practices that will virtually guarantee them jobs for life . |
| 10 | Of course I knew that Neil was in an extremely well-paid job — even so , Jim was on a reasonable salary and he did n't buy me gifts like that — not even at Christmas . |
| 11 | Even though you say there was n't , could you , could you fund them money after that ? |
| 12 | Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash . |
| 13 | Any one of which could win you £50,000 in cash . |
| 14 | Please do n't let me catch you rollers on benches . |
| 15 | Come Thursday , such fairmindedness will surely win him votes among vegetables everywhere . |
| 16 | Still , the trip might buy him credit with the boss , unless he thought Cormack was a sycophantic idiot offering to take the things in the first place , which was equally likely . |
| 17 | Windows has thousands , whereas OS/2 seems to be bereft of the kind of volume of applications that would signal it acceptance as the standard operating system . |
| 18 | The community planner was also aware that conflict probably did exist behind the prominence of what she perceived to be middle class agitation , but did not consider it part of her brief actively to encourage alliances that were not already formed . |
| 19 | Opposition to the deal built up because of fears that this plutonium would free US stocks for use in its weapons programme and so indirectly help US weapons expansion . |
| 20 | And although they were n't allowed to sell them for money , people could give them objects , could give them things like coffee and things like that |
| 21 | Being able to work on Sunday would give them flexibility in their contract work , which included the Bangor by-pass and Pen-y-Clip tunnel . |
| 22 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 23 | But none of them would be tempted to incorporate : capital is already available to them ; incorporation would not give them protection from litigation ; and , perhaps most importantly , they would lose their most precious asset — and their achilles heel — their privacy . |
| 24 | Much rests on cross-curricular elements , but unless enmeshed as an integral part of the overall curriculum , assessment and testing systems which will give them parity of esteem with other elements , they are likely to be ignored , or to remain peripheral . |
| 25 | The polytechnics support vouchers because they believe that the system will give them parity of resources with the universities by allowing them to compete for students on equal terms . |
| 26 | Which is why any passing busybodies who choose to peer into the rear seat of a parked London taxi are rewarded with a sight that may give them pause for thought . |
| 27 | Some visually handicapped pupils have good central vision and seem to have little difficulty in reading , but poor peripheral vision can give them problems in managing their environment . |
| 28 | I was one of those asked to provide an opinion or two for the Murray investigations , and must give them credit for thoroughness of their enquiries and for most of the conclusions they reached . |
| 29 | Until we do know , we can not give them expression in tears or anger . |
| 30 | We pray for the leaders of our nation , that you will give them wisdom in providing for all , particularly those who are homeless or unemployed . |