Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Demolition work has been postponed indefinitely and tonight thee are new moves to give the building protected status . |
| 2 | People who manipulate use guilt and blame-they are powerful weapons to get people to do something . |
| 3 | In most cases it is because someone is withholding information to increase their power . |
| 4 | Ca n't tell you how cut up I was last year to hear those Irish madmen had killed her . |
| 5 | There are many other more elaborate braids and edgings which are great fun to knit if you keep your machine set up at this time of year , as it is a good time to play with new ideas and perhaps to knit enough to edge that beautiful Chanel-type jacket you are going to knit later , but the simple knitted binding or a simple rouleau takes a lot of beating and always loos fashionable , elegantly simple and stylish . |
| 6 | Lord Rix farce actor Brian Rix has accused them of not fighting back , saying : ‘ We rush like lemmings to the water 's edge , devising fatuous so-called policies … which are feeble attempts to cover up the fact that we have been defecated on from a great height . ’ |
| 7 | And a final word about the National Park : it has its ‘ Maisons du Parc ’ in some of the small towns on the fringes of the Park , which are excellent places to go for information about walks , wildlife and flowers . |
| 8 | response at our end , and as as I said , I know that person , three particular incidences which were good incidences to report two of them would 've certainly resulted in arrests , and they got an absolutely negative reply . |
| 9 | Catcleugh was stocked with a Loch Leven strain of fish , pink-fleshed , which were splendid fun to catch and always fought furiously . |
| 10 | Carefully logging the state of progress on all manufacturing and site work , they were able to determine priorities which were likely overall to increase the rate of commissioning of working stations rather than partial completions . |
| 11 | This is a very safe car , but it is also a car which is great fun to drive . |
| 12 | By thus consenting they form one body politic and it is implied in the contract that the majority have the right to conclude for the rest and let me quote for when any number of men have by the consent of every individual made a community they have thereby made that community one body with a power to act as one body which is only by the will and determination of the majority it being necessary to that which is one body to move one way a single body ca n't move in two opposite directions simultaneously . |
| 13 | And we 're going to grant this protection order which is temporary permission to keep the premises open and I must tell you that there will be a lot more investigation before the order is granted that the transfer is specialist . |
| 14 | Well we 're going to grant this protection order which is temporary permission to keep your premises open , but I must tell you that there will be a lot more investigation before the order is granted permanently and the transfer stands . |
| 15 | The Treasury Select Committee will have fun discussing the precise significance of that measure , which is another attempt to talk up the economy and persuade consumers that it is all right to spend now . |
| 16 | The arguments over the significance of organic relationships that we normally associate with the debate over Darwin 's Origin of Species were being fought out in the natural-history museums and anatomy schools just when Darwin himself was first beginning to develop his evolutionary theory in the late 1830s . |
| 17 | In the colonies there are no Inns of Court , but it is essential for the due administration of justice that some persons should have authority to determine , who are fit persons to practise as advocates and attornies there . |
| 18 | You are encouraging people to get on the wrong side of mauls and to cheat . ’ |
| 19 | And if you are running fly to see this Little Wonder . ’ |
| 20 | Those developing their techniques will enjoy the chopping water a little downwind — excellent if you 're first starting to get airborne . |
| 21 | I 'm very lucky , ’ Susan repeated sternly , as though she were daring Breeze to disagree with her . |
| 22 | ‘ I sometimes wonder if she 's any senses to come to . ’ |
| 23 | The work of psychiatrists such as Maxwell Jones , who established the first therapeutic community , shows that the nurse who is given time to talk with and listen to patients is a most potent healing force for the human spirit . |
| 24 | Daniel felt that she was willing Peter to respond , to show himself bruised and in need of comforting , to expose his wound so that it might be healed . |
| 25 | He told the reporter , who was driven blindfold to meet him at a secret location , that gangsters doused one of his two sons with petrol and threatened to kill them both if he did not co-operate in the theft . |
| 26 | Sponsored by Turn-a-Round of Norwich , we are inviting turners to submit turned toys . |
| 27 | I.e. we want to create the impression that we are good people to do business with , so our customers come back and buy more of our books , so that makes more money for the company , which means they can pay us more money . |
| 28 | ‘ We are encouraging industrialists to come here and we should be able to give them tea and biscuits , ’ says veteran councillor John Kitson . |
| 29 | Much of the learning that takes place in drama does so in periods of reflection when we are given time to consider our actions . |
| 30 | Not only has there been strong opposition to trade unionism and lack of support for union security at enterprise level by employers ( particularly those in small , paternalistic firms ) but trade unions have also not regarded the negotiation of agreements and protection of immediate job interests — certainly at plant level — as their central concern . |