Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is what will keep us head and shoulders above any of our competitors even if they do wave a BS5750 certificate around as though it guarantees them a divine right to business success . |
| 2 | Already the young men in Harare have been coming to Arthur , knowing his record in Mount Darwin and sensing a kindred spirit ; and he offers them a better way than stone-throwing and kidnapping tactics . |
| 3 | Somewhat later came the present owner , John Matta , who now takes great pleasure in greeting Citalia guests and welcomes them on arrival with a gift of the wonderful Chianti Classico from his excellent cellars and offers them a typical Tuscan dinner at a reasonable price , which is taken most weeks in the castle 's impressive banqueting hall . |
| 4 | It means the League champions have gone 11 games unbeaten , a run that offers them a final placing that would erase much of the disappointment of a frustrating season that includes two defeats by Coventry . |
| 5 | Now I understand that top level sailors welcome the one-design nature of the Grand Prix , not only because it is potentially inexpensive , but because it offers them an even platform from which to display their skills . |
| 6 | It has become a familiar complaint of managers this season , dissatisfied that the ‘ brave new world ’ of the Premier League merely offers them the same problems as the old . |
| 7 | Following this they release blood into their eyes which turns them a dull red colour . |
| 8 | ‘ I think Chelsea offers me the greater chance of winning something than if I 'd stayed at Carrow Road . |
| 9 | My hon. Friend offers me an enticing invitation which I shall consider taking up . |
| 10 | Cole grants them a grudging accolade . |
| 11 | and also supplies me a great deal of work . |
| 12 | He offers everyone a serious comparison of Keaton and Charlie Chaplin ( with Harold Lloyd and Fatty Arbuckle trivia thrown in for good measure ) , revealing that Keaton was , for him , the true genius on account of his invention and comic daring . |
| 13 | He owes me a grand ! |
| 14 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 15 | Well , that 's how it all come see he owes them a hundred and seven pound and er |
| 16 | he needs me a new home |
| 17 | As for yours truly , yes , there is someone who I met quite recently , who probably needs me no more than I need her , someone who brings out my poetic streak , and makes me believe in the little people . ’ |
| 18 | That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Until we 've got stable testing , that worries me a great deal . ’ |
| 20 | But something about your comments worries me a great deal , and that 's the fact that many women tutors , you say , have been looking at this issue , but they have n't looked at the major part of the issue , which is from the students ' perspectives and the problem that goes on between students . |
| 21 | So I would have thought would be better to buy low sulphur contented diesel rather than analyse it , and in c thirteen , it worries me a little bit , because I believe that the district councils are the drainage authorities with the right about land drainage , and it was taken away from the county council several years ago . |
| 22 | Well this is the thing that worries me a little bit , but can I say |
| 23 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 24 | This clown reinvents himself every 20 minutes , ’ says Don Imus , the city 's most popular radio host . |
| 25 | Has she an Irish boyfriend ? |
| 26 | Neil , the Labour movement owes you an incalculable debt of gratitude . ’ |
| 27 | Secondly , their eyes are on eternal truth , of which each party deems itself the sole defender . |
| 28 | Still , it makes for some interesting innuendo as he admits he has something the other girls have n't . |
| 29 | I rather like the Nimbus set , despite the generous acoustics and the occasional technical frailty , as not only has one the inestimable benefit of hearing the music shaped , balanced , and paced in a way that at least approximates the sort of thing Schubert originally had in mind , but they all sound as though they 're having such a jolly good time ( one palls at the though of all those ghastly , poe-faced Schubert records which litter the catalogue ) . |
| 30 | He has everything a swashbuckling hero needs — except good looks . |