Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But before I do this , let me make a philosophical point . |
| 32 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 33 | Erm let me make a few announcements erm firstly Longmans the publishers are producing a large and they hope definitive dictionary of the English language and in aid of this they have asked various universities to produce examples , recorded examples of academic monologue and we 've agreed to cooperate and that is what this little piece of electronic wizardry is in aid of in case you were wondering . |
| 34 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
| 35 | President Bush defended his administration 's cautious response , saying he had seen no facts since Tuesday which ‘ would have made me make a different decision ’ . |
| 36 | It should not be too much to ask them to forgive the miserable uncertainty of a young man at Oxford 23 years ago , and it should not be impermissible to say that they are in the wrong if they refuse . |
| 37 | It was only with great effort that was able to get them to arrange the Open Door Schooling visit so that it was useful as a teaching exercise , instead of being a ceremonial procession through the commune . |
| 38 | So spoke Arnold Wesker at the Riverside Studios where , next week , he will take the unusual step of mounting eight rehearsed readings of his play , Shylock , formerly titled The Merchant , in a bid to raise enough interest from commercial backers to persuade them to mount a full production . |
| 39 | None of them shared the icy restraint of the last letter . |
| 40 | Most people in bands have quite similar backgrounds and I reckon a lot of them shared the same experience as I did . |
| 41 | ONCE again baseless charges of lewdness and indecency in this column make it impossible for me to report the following headline in the newsletter of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries : ‘ What 's Five Inches Long — and Worth £200 ? ’ |
| 42 | A few of these difficult public-interest cases go , not to the disciplinary committee , but to the Joint Disciplinary Scheme : not more than about one or two a year , but each of them demanding a great investment of time and money . |
| 43 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 44 | ( b ) it enables them to cultivate a particular part , or segment , of a market . |
| 45 | Central government not only mapped out extended statutory territory for local councils to develop , but also provided a large financial incentive for them to cultivate the new territory . |
| 46 | ‘ You have also invited me to wear a British hat , ’ Mark continued . |
| 47 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 48 | Finally , in growing anger , I told them to perform an unlikely act upon themselves — they stared — and turned away . |
| 49 | As Fael-Inis began to play , each of them drew a deep breath and surrendered , and each of them experienced the deepest contentment at hearing the silver pipes of enchantment . |
| 50 | On 18 August it met with the Health Authority 's officials and asked them to conduct a public health survey which it would pay for , mainly to reassure the public that , although the EC limits for aluminium had been exceeded over 500 times , and those for sulphate , copper , zinc and lead had also been broken , there was no long-term harm . |
| 51 | Everyone got the critical hots for Gotham 's rooftop dominatrix . |
| 52 | This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it . |
| 53 | One of them frisks a large steel ashtray and hands a roach to another . |
| 54 | The two of them make a right pair , sending messages , leaving notes you look at this , now ! ’ |
| 55 | You shall perceive them make a mutual stand , |
| 56 | For example , if the figure was a line diagram of a room with four windows set at different heights , the programme would ask me whether a line of sight from the far corner of the room would enable me to see a particular point outside the window nearest to me , a point that shifted on the screen at speed . |
| 57 | I 'm eight and a half years old and disgusted that my mother has to come with me to see A Hard Day 's Night when usually she just sees me to the edge of the estate and across the main road . |
| 58 | For them an insidious sense of illusion stimulates my imagination and enables me to see the entire pageant of Venetian ships , present and past , actual and intangible , sailing before my eyes . |
| 59 | Whatever I use , whether it is a crystal ball , a pack of cards , or an article belonging to somebody , it is simply a stageprop ; something that gives me the right vibrations and helps me to see the right pictures . ’ |
| 60 | Moreover should you persuade them to attend a local rally or the Crystal Palace Reunion they will immediately reap the benefit of obtaining their tickets at a reduced rate . |