Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb infin] these [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hungerford gunman Michael Ryan was a Dunmore member … now the club 's offering a reward for any information which helps get these pistols worth 7,000 pounds back under lock and key . |
| 2 | The Committee is quoting the Heilbron Report , and appears to be saying that if the public thinks that a particular law covers certain activities and in fact it does cover these activities , then it should for that reason continue to cover only these activities . |
| 3 | And it does show these people are well connected . |
| 4 | When this complication does occur these days ( and the only reports are from the United States ) it may necessitate open-heart surgery for the replacement of the defective valve . |
| 5 | When he does produce these propositions he does so through ironic positive politeness , more precisely through superficially observing the approbation maxim : Anderson 's irony here is much more successful than that which he uses when arguing with the captain in scene six ( where his ironic statements concerning human rights in Czechoslovakia actually prompt the captain to ask further awkward questions ( pp. 70 – 1 ) ) , because he exploits the potential ambiguity of the academic discourse appropriate to a lecture . |
| 6 | And I rung this Glen er wherever that is erm and he does have these Portakabin things . |
| 7 | The nylon blend does mean these trousers are tough and hard wearing . |
| 8 | Although his character does incorporate these descriptions , he has many different sides to him , something which is not fully appreciated by those who try and oppose him . |