Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It urges them t to press for full prosecution disclosure and advises them of the frequent need to obtain their own evaluation of prosecution scientific evidence . |
| 2 | Patsy 's brother Dennis also played for the club and did not appreciate the secretary 's habitual greeting : ‘ with me bleedin ’ ribs pokin ’ out of me skin , breakin ’ me neck to get at that six and eight ’ ( the initial sum dispensed by the Secretary ) , Dennis Hendren had not wintered well ’ and did not believe Middlesex looked after its players out of season . |
| 3 | And that tuned in well with my inclinations to look for formal qualities and make more or less abstract patterns out of nature . |
| 4 | One or two other teachers were encouraged by my willingness to argue against racial prejudice and became more vocal themselves . |
| 5 | So gripped did I become with my inability to proceed at one point , that I almost became benighted through ignoring what was literally a keyhole through the rock . |
| 6 | When I opened my mouth to speak on this topic it was as though my lips were sewn together with great stitches in the flesh , and my tongue would not move in my mouth . |
| 7 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 8 | I needed all my courage to knock on some of the doors , asking if there was any paid work I could do . |
| 9 | So Mr Mayor , for completely different reasons than the council have er I will be urging my group to vote against this amendment and to support a subsequent amendment which will take the budget down even further . |
| 10 | ‘ I have made it my business to go after lost Leonardos now , ’ says Dr Pedretti , who worked closely with Kenneth Clark and took over his mantle as the world 's leading Leonardo expert . |
| 11 | But perhaps my compulsion to write in these circumstances is as strong as yours ! |
| 12 | It was my job to go to all these various places and collect the money and take the numbers on the till and collect the money and put it in a bag , put it in the safe . |
| 13 | Being involved at Wembley that time whetted my appetite to get to that stage on a more important basis . |
| 14 | It is difficult at my age to adapt to disrupted routines . |
| 15 | Desperately I tried to hold down the rising sickness I felt about the theft of my writing to listen to all he was telling . |
| 16 | It would also be my advice to arrange for several quotations for the finance . |
| 17 | The 28-year-old central defender said : ‘ It will be a step up in my career to play against continental sides in the UEFA Cup . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm much too busy with my career to bother about such things . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want players knocking on my door to talk about new deals . |
| 20 | wakens my ear to listen like one being taught . |
| 21 | wakens my ear to listen like one being taught . |
| 22 | I reflected on it , but declined , principally because of my unwillingness to belong to any party — I have never been a party member — and perhaps even more because the seat I was offered appeared to be an impregnable Tory stronghold . |
| 23 | I want my pupils to participate in mathematical thinking , and to take the initiative . |
| 24 | I consider it my duty to help in any way I can . |
| 25 | Since then , through third parties , two opportunities have come my way to work with that celebrity . |
| 26 | The next morning I was up and on my way to work by eight o'clock . |
| 27 | I could n't possibly compete in those stakes , so I racked my brain to think of small things which they might like . |
| 28 | What will tend to happen is for example , erm , in my section to deal with public courses , I would have information about the venues that I 'm going to use this year , I would have information about the mailing lists I 'm going to use , and information about the mailing lists of my office I 'm going to use , I would have prospects that I 'm going to call , you know , it 's all stuff that I would tend to plan out on a pad of paper and then insert into the particular data section , and refer to as I need to . |
| 29 | I will instruct my solicitor to sell to any interested party . ’ |
| 30 | This will make them readier to respond to supplementary questioning . |