Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I know with two ladies th their daughters wanted to , them to go the house and they would n't . |
| 2 | The reason , one supposes , for their usefulness in the wind band rather than the orchestra is no doubt the weight and solidity of tone which overcomes in the former combination any disadvantages which might be caused by the highly individual tone-colour of the saxophones , and thus enables them to enrich the texture and , by their vitality , to add the gaiety and fun which are such marked features of their character , as well as a brand of melancholy particularly to be associated with the alto instrument , hence its occasional use for solo work . |
| 3 | But there is nothing to support the theory that the crew made up the story , and no apparent motive for them to do so . |
| 4 | Privately , however , he was still sending conflicting signals to his supporters , some of whom got the impression that he had not decided whether to act . |
| 5 | She says it slipped and set off the magic eye which set the baler off which crushed the bottom part of my leg causing me to lose the tissue and muscle from my ankle up to my shin . |
| 6 | Why does he just sit there and do absolutely nothing to combat the recession that his policies have caused ? |
| 7 | In May 1862 the authorities issued a set of press rules which enabled them to suspend The Contemporary and a number of other journals . |
| 8 | I went to association and came in with me to see the place and to meet the outgoing director and the nice part time secretary . |
| 9 | It is a great joy for me to see the discipline and enthusiasm of these players . |
| 10 | ‘ Yet you expect me to conduct the case and arrive at decisions , even order an arrest , while sitting at a desk . ’ |
| 11 | 4 Position 6 people 1 metre away from the same wall and ask them to estimate the length and height of the same wall and calculate the average percentage error that these estimates will produce in the estimation of the area of the wall . |
| 12 | It is believed that one of them moved the regulator and opened it up with the result that the train was soon out of control . |
| 13 | With bated breath and trying to make herself invisible , Joan waited for them to pass the alcove and make their way downstairs . |
| 14 | My ambition is to help them win the Cup or the League — or both . ’ |
| 15 | It creates the possibility for them to meet the lesbian or gay man inside who may be trying to get out . |
| 16 | Also , when describing the work in a bookshop few of them mentioned the fact that the bookseller had to decide what books to buy for his stock and few realized how much financial expertise was needed . |
| 17 | My brain told me to pull the trigger but my finger would n't respond . |
| 18 | But would you agree now , after all these years , to let me display the work if I merely credit it to ED and DE ? ’ |
| 19 | So English women went on being under-educated with nothing to counteract the filth and lies and daily racism of the English media . |
| 20 | If my readers still doubt this let them consider the situation as we find it among societies which have not advanced as far as we have , for instance , among the aborigines of Central Australia . |
| 21 | Their education certainly suffered as the teachers did not like them interrupting the curriculum and sat them at the back of the class and told them to write home . |
| 22 | On the first trip , we just let them enjoy the sailing and see how much fun it can be . |
| 23 | The mechanism responsible for mediated generalization does nothing to increase the number or proportion of such elements and thus those wanting to cite mediated generalization as a characteristic of concept formation can assert that , in a very real sense , the similarity of the stimuli has not been changed . |
| 24 | I phoned your office on 6 April and left a message asking you or your colleagues to let me know the position but I have not heard to date . |
| 25 | If you feel able to lend this item , therefore , perhaps you could also let me know the value that you would place on it . |
| 26 | This introductory note is to ask everyone to accept the plan and the challenge which it represents . |
| 27 | Can I make the point that if you do n't get to the parents of kids kids , before the end of summer term you could be jeopardising the chances of what they 're doing in the SATS because if you get to the parent erm in the beginning of the spring term and say you know , Fred is not doing particularly well because of this the parents are then in a position to do something about it but if you actually tell them once , basically the stable doors closed what can |
| 28 | May I make the point that this money was committed as part of a contingency fund in the budget before poll tax came in right ? |
| 29 | ‘ It was n't exactly what I had in mind when I asked the council if I could donate some money for a seat in the park ’ |
| 30 | Well I asked the girl and the she , we sort of sidetracked and when I come off the phone I realized that she had n't said . |