Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Age hopes its early move will gain it market support ahead of competitors such as Leeds , UK-based Visionware Ltd and Ontorio , Canada-based Hummingbird Communications Ltd , both of whom intend to release similar 32-bit products once NT emerges . |
| 2 | There 's not so much wanking going on as there was , now it 's all on offer , so everyone thinks eating saturated fat makes you blind , and they 've all got obsessed with what they put in their mouths instead of in their … ’ |
| 3 | Curran also revealed that the Dublin soccer writers , most of whom appear to have written-off Derry 's challenge , have provided the motivation that might just make the difference . |
| 4 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 5 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 6 | Quite early on " I ceased to consider representative democracy as an absolute principle " , he wrote later , " and regarded it as a question of time , place , and circumstance … " |
| 7 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 8 | I tend to buy nice material and see what will come out of it . |
| 9 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
| 10 | The question of whether someone has suffered special damage or not depends on the facts of the particular case , and so is very much in the discretion of the court . |
| 11 | If someone has suffered severe hearing loss for many years and suddenly is able to hear well through an aid , he is likely to have the same experience of surprise . |
| 12 | If this message is output again it shows that someone has had direct access to the ORACLE database . |
| 13 | Yes , well when I say stand still budget I mean a stand still on the basis of of saying that there will be no increase in incoming work . |
| 14 | I propose to consult local authority associations on that very point . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's a world market of over £100 million a year in clean technology and I want to see British industry winning a much larger share of it . ’ |
| 16 | Third I want to tackle real need . |
| 17 | If there are any factual errors ( or , more likely , lies ) I want to take careful note of them , and correct the record later . |
| 18 | Mr Henderson has had negotiations with the council and private enterprise to discuss the super-stadium project , but he promised : ‘ I want to retain Ayresome Park because I understand the sense of history , the relationship the fans have with Ayresome Park . |
| 19 | However , I want to leave sufficient time for the Minister to answer . |
| 20 | I want to eat red meat with you . |
| 21 | Initially , I want to consider environmental impact assessments from a slightly different perspective from that which has been referred to so far . |
| 22 | The thing is , if I 'm going to start my own business one day , I want to get good experience working for the best … so I do n't care whether I 'm answering the phone or working in their library . |
| 23 | I want to pay particular attention to present practice and to what may perhaps happen in the years ahead . |
| 24 | Erm but after you 're confirmed , you will have er you know the ability to say , yes Lord I want to have wisdom , I want to have right judgment . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to help Celtic win honours and to be part of the club 's history . |
| 26 | ‘ After I stopped eating factory-farmed meat I now can not stand the feeling of eating flesh . |
| 27 | He made me play cards , I 'd played ordinary auction bridge at that time . |
| 28 | I was wearing mostly stuff that I 'd pinched from films I 'd done mod gear from Quadropehnia and Take 6-cum-Paul Smith from Breaking Glass . |
| 29 | They told me I had such a heavy infestation , all the little worms hooked on to my gut and sucking my blood , side by side , looked like velvet , and I 'd got tremendous scarring of the gut . |
| 30 | First of all Mum thought I was anorexic and then she thought I 'd got thyroid trouble . |