Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With other feelings we may be burdened by their strength , yet still be free enough to choose whether we express them to others by word or action , indulge them or keep a tight rein on them . |
| 2 | Participants listened to the story read at an even pace of around 120 words per minute and had to write down all the errors they could detect as they heard them or insert the missing word . |
| 3 | A certain firm famous for their ‘ bags ’ trouser suits , used to do an extensive line of grey anoraks , but they obviously had a visit from the style police and were made to put bits of navy blue and red in them or face a lengthy jail sentence . |
| 4 | Sitting in a traffic jam with such a car alongside is a contemporary purgatory that produces reactions in me that bode no good for the future of the human race and make me a menace on the roads for minutes afterwards . |
| 5 | Though he may say things to them that have no exact parallels in Scripture , his word does not contradict Scripture , neither does it have the same normative quality . |
| 6 | Now here he was in Simanggang with his mosquito nets , journals , chronometers , compasses , barometer , medicine cabinet , guns and one offspring , out to cure himself or discover a New Way of Thought , whichever would cause most trouble in a world already tormented by too much belief . |
| 7 | It used to hurt me that an African who was considered good enough to hand the cement to the man to lay the bricks could n't get the opportunity to lay the bricks himself and become a qualified tradesman . " |
| 8 | ( a ) The sub-contractor is encouraged to measure the work himself and submit a detailed account to the surveyor together with any daywork sheets signed by the general foreman . |
| 9 | It seems to me that he ca n't be that unhappy because he 's currently managing twelve vacancies deliberately , in order to produce underspend so that he can re-surface his car park , maintain privileged restaurants for his erm , senior officers , chauffeur driven car for himself and build a new hangar for his helicopter . |
| 10 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 11 | Our rambling sketcher did n't , alas , go in himself and record the young phenomenon with his pencil ; but he waited while a French cavalryman paid his penny farthing , entered the caravan , and emerged mouthing ‘ some very choice Norman phraseology ’ . |
| 12 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Come , come and sit dose to me and keep an old man warm . ’ |
| 14 | I stole a quick sidelong glance , and saw him turn his head at the same instant to look at me and give a faint smile . |
| 15 | Come with me and meet the other teachers . |
| 16 | In fact I 'll even be super-optimistic for me and predict a clean sheet with Quinn 's injury . |
| 17 | ‘ This man is of no more use to the world than those artists who came to fawn on me and scrape a little importance for themselves . |
| 18 | The same principle can be drawn from all of them and help the troubled find meaning and purpose in their lives . |
| 19 | A number of pupils and staff are away on a four-day school trip and efforts were being made today to contact them and break the dreadful news . |
| 20 | The student should look out for them and make a mental note of their fascinating and beautiful effect . |
| 21 | First of all they are sorted into groups of similar material : pottery , brooches , pieces of worked stone , and so on ; these may be sent at this stage to various specialists , who will study them and write a technical report . |
| 22 | In fact any intervention with the playing of the game will distort prices , reduce the information contained in them and prevent the full adjustment which is a part and parcel of the creation of wealth in a market economy . |
| 23 | To keep them clean , simply wash them and use a good copper polish . |
| 24 | Although such findings are not in dispute , and of course are rarely undertaken in areas where public antagonism to the institution is known to run high , there is continual pressure to replicate them and repeat the consoling message . |
| 25 | She will slow her pace down for them and keep a close eye on them as they amble along near her , but she will not let them get too far away from the home base . |
| 26 | It was hard to hold them and pull the hall-door open , and every time he did it , the row of shields on the wall clapped about , booming like gongs , and the wind-path swept through the rushes grew broader . |
| 27 | You just point to them and click the right mouse button . |
| 28 | If they say black cards you say ‘ Good , so I will keep them and take the red cards away ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ I can then get some sketches , build on them and get a true picture of what happened . |
| 30 | Yep , yeah all the mothers are very good as well , they , they , they alter them and get the uniform altered and fit so they look very smart they really do with er with the standard uniform with a little bit of embellishment on the shoulders and so on but erm otherwise it 's the standard uniform . |