Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb base] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It used to hurt me that an African who was considered good enough to hand the cement to the man to lay the bricks could n't get the opportunity to lay the bricks himself and become a qualified tradesman . " |
| 2 | ( a ) The sub-contractor is encouraged to measure the work himself and submit a detailed account to the surveyor together with any daywork sheets signed by the general foreman . |
| 3 | It seems to me that he ca n't be that unhappy because he 's currently managing twelve vacancies deliberately , in order to produce underspend so that he can re-surface his car park , maintain privileged restaurants for his erm , senior officers , chauffeur driven car for himself and build a new hangar for his helicopter . |
| 4 | It could only make for bad blood between the Li clan and himself and shatter the age-old ties between their families . |
| 5 | Our rambling sketcher did n't , alas , go in himself and record the young phenomenon with his pencil ; but he waited while a French cavalryman paid his penny farthing , entered the caravan , and emerged mouthing ‘ some very choice Norman phraseology ’ . |
| 6 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Come , come and sit dose to me and keep an old man warm . ’ |
| 8 | I stole a quick sidelong glance , and saw him turn his head at the same instant to look at me and give a faint smile . |
| 9 | Come with me and meet the other teachers . |
| 10 | In fact I 'll even be super-optimistic for me and predict a clean sheet with Quinn 's injury . |
| 11 | ‘ This man is of no more use to the world than those artists who came to fawn on me and scrape a little importance for themselves . |
| 12 | The same principle can be drawn from all of them and help the troubled find meaning and purpose in their lives . |
| 13 | A number of pupils and staff are away on a four-day school trip and efforts were being made today to contact them and break the dreadful news . |
| 14 | The student should look out for them and make a mental note of their fascinating and beautiful effect . |
| 15 | First of all they are sorted into groups of similar material : pottery , brooches , pieces of worked stone , and so on ; these may be sent at this stage to various specialists , who will study them and write a technical report . |
| 16 | In fact any intervention with the playing of the game will distort prices , reduce the information contained in them and prevent the full adjustment which is a part and parcel of the creation of wealth in a market economy . |
| 17 | To keep them clean , simply wash them and use a good copper polish . |
| 18 | Although such findings are not in dispute , and of course are rarely undertaken in areas where public antagonism to the institution is known to run high , there is continual pressure to replicate them and repeat the consoling message . |
| 19 | She will slow her pace down for them and keep a close eye on them as they amble along near her , but she will not let them get too far away from the home base . |
| 20 | It was hard to hold them and pull the hall-door open , and every time he did it , the row of shields on the wall clapped about , booming like gongs , and the wind-path swept through the rushes grew broader . |
| 21 | You just point to them and click the right mouse button . |
| 22 | If they say black cards you say ‘ Good , so I will keep them and take the red cards away ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I can then get some sketches , build on them and get a true picture of what happened . |
| 24 | Yep , yeah all the mothers are very good as well , they , they , they alter them and get the uniform altered and fit so they look very smart they really do with er with the standard uniform with a little bit of embellishment on the shoulders and so on but erm otherwise it 's the standard uniform . |
| 25 | Very difficult to avoid them and pay the full price for anything . |
| 26 | Some birds certainly use their eyes to follow the geographical features they see below them and have a mental map by which they steer . |
| 27 | We 've got Oxford United away in the 4th round so hopefully we 'll get past them and establish a good cup run — who knows if we win the FA cup I may even relent in my criticsim of Sgt Wilko . |
| 28 | are happy with the numbers standing on the Kop for a big derby game , why should UEFA ride roughshod over them and knock an astonishing 6,000 off the gate for what is possibly Liverpool 's most important match of the season . |
| 29 | His mouth was like two halves of a peach when you part them and see the rose-edged pulp inside , before you bite it . |
| 30 | Petion , follow them and lend a helping hand . |