Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm sure it was n't ; Garry is n't the brightest of men ; he 'd deceive himself into thinking I would n't try to trace him , and if it were n't for my sister I would n't bother ; the discrepancies in the accounts would be compensated for by his permanent absence from the firm . ’ |
| 2 | First a drive , he thought , headed anywhere , fooling himself into thinking he might simply keep going . |
| 3 | I would like to attempt to provoke you into asking what can be done with what we 've got . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't insult you by thinking I could learn enough in a couple of days . |
| 5 | The acquisition of a new Wilson racquet fooled me into thinking I could teach Adam how to play . |
| 6 | ‘ You had no right , no right at all , to cheat me like that , to con me into thinking I could trust you . |
| 7 | He must have been equally surprised to see her but he recovered first , and while Rachel was still floundering to find something to say and Julie was murmuring something about hoping he would enjoy working at OBEX he said , ‘ Actually , we 've met before . |
| 8 | She had driven herself into doing what would hurt most ; she had decided to take Constanza from her father . |
| 9 | Lindsey knew she had been fooling herself in thinking she could remain indifferent . |
| 10 | Houston police are trying to find a man who has succeeded in getting teenage girls to pose nude for him by saying they will appear in a music video for NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK . |
| 11 | She seemed to accept Neil 's presents as her right and , what 's more , was increasingly taking it for granted they would be expensive . |
| 12 | She could n't quite remember when it was that she 'd realized Georg took it for granted they 'd get married as soon as she was old enough . |
| 13 | Most people take it for granted they can out-smart a peeper like me without too much trouble . |
| 14 | He took it for granted she would be there to service him whenever he wanted it . |
| 15 | She took it for granted he would be eager , and released him from her bear 's hug . |
| 16 | Between waking and full consciousness I see clearly that I should never have so casually left the inn once I had got there , taking it for granted I could get back quite simply . |
| 17 | Mrs er has er actually said that we should be getting some more money and then she spoilt it by saying we should be using the money we have n't got more er better use it and er maybe knocking the traffic li er islands out will save us a problem cos we 'll get a few kids knocked down and we wo n't have to bother with em . |
| 18 | supplementing the teacher 's expertise with that of the group ( instead of the group and consultant trying to supplant it by showing they can handle things better ) |
| 19 | ‘ When they go onto these so-called new diets , people tend to lose weight because they automatically restrict themselves without realising they ought to be eating more bread , cereals , fruit and vegetables . |
| 20 | Because up to this point they have n't achieved a lighter weight and they have conditioned themselves to believing they ca n't . |
| 21 | It was his critics , Mr Clarke said , who had confused themselves by saying there would be one . |
| 22 | Both books are highly recommended by myself because even if you do n't know anything about sailing you will hopefully share the feelings of the crew due to the writing skill of both authors . |