Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iago turns them all into hypocrites . |
| 2 | On one thing that really drives me mad about Carter . |
| 3 | Well for a number of reasons , that 's one of them that 's one spinner and one yarn , and he offers me all of those colours , ex stock , in sort of ten days delivery and er one carton at a time , if I wanted . |
| 4 | This restricts the applicability of such rules since it renders them unavailable to any linguist interested in diachronic change or synchronic variation in a language . |
| 5 | Short squat whelks are also the ones most at risk from predators ( see p. 302 ) , their small size and rounded shape making them easily swallowed by gulls and eiders whilst their wide mouth renders them vulnerable to oystercatchers and crabs . |
| 6 | As the tour will doubtless prove , what drives them crazy in Stourbridge holds good elsewhere . |
| 7 | One will be no trouble at all while the other drives them insane with constant problems . |
| 8 | And no doubt she thinks me strange beyond belief I am too tall , not handsome by this world 's standards , and I do n't know how to pay the pretty compliments a young woman expects . |
| 9 | This places them intermediate between categories 2 and 3 . |
| 10 | ‘ The sound of Scotland the Brave has me faint with fear , ’ said 60-year-old Lilly yesterday . |
| 11 | ‘ She only wants you safe — ‘ She wants me safe from Jean . |
| 12 | Judith Gersting 's Mathematical Structures for Computer Science provides a lucid path through set , theory , logic , algebraic structures , and combinatorics ; she covers them all in a quarter of the usual space , showing what a mess plenty of mathematics texts manage to make . |
| 13 | ‘ But he wants you all to himself — and he 's found the best way to do that is to take away the pleasure you find in singing . |
| 14 | To be employed is to have an ongoing contract that holds you accountable for doing work of a given type for a specified number of hours per week in exchange for payment . |
| 15 | The letter , from Oxfordshire County Council 's engineering department , said : ’ I understand you are the owner of the vehicle involved and therefore must inform you that the council holds you responsible for the costs of repairs arising from this incident . ’ |
| 16 | The first positive statement to this effect in the available sources is to be found in Mustakimzade , who not only places him first in his list but also states explicitly , on the authority of the historian " Aziz Efendi ( ? ) , that Molla Fenari was the first to hold the office of Mufti in the Ottoman state . |
| 17 | Amsterdam certainly has it all with the city 's most enduring attraction being the Amsterdammers themselves who will instantly make you feel at home and help you enjoy this marvellous city to the full . |
| 18 | If you 're looking for solid strength , easy handling and workability , fire- , sound- and moisture-prevention , FERMACELL has it all in one . |
| 19 | It is available now , but has not had the take up that Windows has enjoyed — one cynical comment has it that of the less than half million copies actually in use , the better part were given away — and yet it is a very capable operating system with some excellent features . |
| 20 | She has it ready for you , I believe . ’ |
| 21 | And Ma'am that shows you I think er the chairman has it open in front of you . |
| 22 | The UK supplier , Ambrit Ltd ( tel : 0442 866294 ) ships it complete with 12-page User 's Guide and Limited Unwarranty : ‘ We do offer a 90-minute warranty . |
| 23 | The National Executive Committee may , if it deems it necessary in the interests of the Labour Party , advise the Executive Committee of this party to select a nomination it may submit to it . |
| 24 | That places it FOURTH in the premier league of top-earning ‘ industries ’ . |
| 25 | It is safe unless you have a horse that needs it soft like Soft Day , ’ Meade said . |
| 26 | The Staff Changes Supplement accompanying this issue of the Newsheet is distributed on the basis of one per branch representative who holds it available for inspection by all members . |
| 27 | Under the Act the citizen is protected from arbitrary and oppressive harassment by the establishment of a special procedure for obtaining what is called ‘ special procedure material ’ , defined , in broad terms , as material which is in the possession of a person who holds it subject to an obligation of confidence . |
| 28 | He produces the little black pistol he keeps stuffed in the waistband of his trousers , and he grips it snug in his hand . |
| 29 | And finally , staying with generalities on migration , I think it behoves us all to be a bit cautious because I see quite a lot of fantasy and fiction around in in this E I P and I 'd be guilty of it myself at times . |
| 30 | I mean he is desperately concerned , I mean he , he loves us all with a concern which just er er er er i is greater than anything we can understand , so concern at the at the slightest er doubt about , I ca n't understand how concerned he is but er I totally relax |