Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 2 | Even though the portrayal of police work on celluloid is not a realistic description of policing in Easton , the conceptualizations they have of their role as fighters of ‘ big crime ’ , which they have to be continually prepared for , encourages them to see the media portrayal of policing as accurate , thus completing the circle . |
| 3 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 4 | The jelly which separates them gives the organism a degree of rigidity needed to withstand the buffeting of the sea . |
| 5 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 6 | Part-time firefighters carry a paging unit which alerts them to make the dash to the fire station when a 999 call is made . |
| 7 | ‘ I have , but he does n't believe there are two of us ; he saw the card you sent me and he thinks I got the idea of a twin from that . |
| 8 | I tried a light laugh , ’ Everyone thinks I have the phetam , just because I 'm a well-known courier . ’ |
| 9 | He goes I want the beautiful page three girl , Samantha Fox . |
| 10 | He has me fetch the plastic bucket from under the sink , then returns to the caravan with the bigger bits in the bucket saying he has some letters to write . |
| 11 | I think wants me to paint the levelling for him . |
| 12 | ‘ My wife wants me to take the early retirement , move away from Murmansk . |
| 13 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
| 14 | Mummy wants me to carry the tray in . |
| 15 | Eight o'clock — my mother wants me to lay the table and get breakfast ready . |
| 16 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 17 | If he wants me to reconsider the changes , I shall , of course , do so . |
| 18 | He wants me to tell the same traveller 's tales as 'im and 'is mates — the artful hound ! |
| 19 | ‘ Siban wants me to scout the G'bai , the passes through the mountains , and the plain where the Moistr ’ River flows to the sea . ’ |
| 20 | got cod roe and fish cakes for supper and bought four salmon heads ( OH how I hate those glazed eyes looking at me when first one steams them to get the good flesh off ) for soup . |
| 21 | However after one to three years a signal , possibly hormonal , causes them to don the silvery camouflage of sea fish . |
| 22 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 23 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 24 | He wants them to scrap the minimum lending rates which are used to keep interest rates high , even though the bank base rates have fallen . |
| 25 | Not to sing , he wants them to play the guitar with . |
| 26 | Reconciliation needs someone to take the initiative . |
| 27 | DEC needs someone to produce the chips , and most of the semiconductor manufacturers are already tied , but Cypress may be in a position to straddle camps and/or dump Sparc . |
| 28 | Has someone turned the clock back 100 years and forgotten to tell me ? |
| 29 | ‘ Has someone brought the rope in here with the body ? |
| 30 | This first part of a scholarly and sometimes challenging book contains plenty to set the pavilions buzzing with discussion . |