Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Handiman made everyone think about the handicapped person in their family that it 's easy to deny , ’ says Damon , who may have found the character 's roots in his own childhood club foot . |
| 2 | No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign . |
| 3 | And forced as she was by circumstances to bring her own dirty and vicious brood to work with her , she took a great pleasure in letting them loose on the two youngest Milligans , deliberately ignoring their torments and teases . |
| 4 | What good is an educational system which fools youngsters into thinking they are much cleverer than they really are and lets them loose on the working world ( not that there 's much work there ) with worthless qualifications ? |
| 5 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 6 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 7 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 8 | Er with reference to the great pestilence er makes me think of the original great pestilence , the Black Death and of course er contaminated individuals be put in a pest house far away from places of habitation but they can contaminate others which one ca n't help thinking that it would be quite a good policy has commissioned . |
| 9 | There is considerable ( ? deliberate ) confusion about the figures , but it seems that general practice and community services will receive about 4% extra revenue next year to help them prepare for the extra workload . |
| 10 | The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . |
| 11 | One longs to give a copy each to ten assorted bus company managers ( leavened with the occasional politician and academic ) and make them wait on a cold dark wet night in a vandalised bus shelter for an unpredictable R registered banger . |
| 12 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 13 | This would mean considerable cost savings for the smaller teams and help them survive during a difficult economic period . |
| 14 | Now what I 'm wondering is this : instead of thinking that staying put is natural , and then having to introduce a force of gravity — which then mysteriously pulls on everything to make them behave in the same way — why not start out by saying that falling is the natural thing to do ! |
| 15 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 16 | Two external consultants helped them focus on the key issues . |
| 17 | The odd day here and there is not important , but if you could let me know within the next couple of weeks or so when you intend to take a major part of your holiday away — if you know — I do n't myself know erm yet — but if you do know then I can have a look at the overall picture and see that we 're not all dispersed . |
| 18 | He lifted his shoulders and let them fall in a dismissive shrug . |
| 19 | How can I think on an empty stomach ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What do I need with a childish , fickle tease like you ? |
| 21 | ’ Do I qualify as a nice man who lets you get on with your work in your own way and as far as possible on your own initiative ? ’ |
| 22 | What MPG range can I expect from the standard Land Rover V8 ? |
| 23 | So what guidance can I give for the actual writing of the crime short story ? |
| 24 | But can I refer to the honourable member for Truro er again he talked about P R , he thought that it would somehow , if we move that the there for this election it would save some time . |
| 25 | But how could I achieve in a few minutes what I had failed to accomplish after hours of trying ? |
| 26 | What then do I do with a capable but unproductive pupil ? |
| 27 | Go and collect my prizes What did I do with the bloody tickets now ? |
| 28 | BELVILLE : What can I do with the little baggage , Mrs. Jervis ? |
| 29 | What do I do with the big things ? |
| 30 | If this guillotine motion goes through , what do I do about the thousand or so letters that I have downstairs ? |