Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb base] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are also times when we need to ensure that we understand what is being said , and this can be done by asking simple questions or making comments which help elucidate or develop what the counsellee is saying , such as , ‘ So you think that … ’ , or ‘ You mean that … ‘ , or even ‘ I 'm not sure that I follow what you mean … |
| 2 | You can freeze these buns or make them the day before and keep in an airtight container . |
| 3 | They may also write letters to Sinterklaas setting out what gifts they would like to receive , or do a drawing or give him a small present . |
| 4 | In this particular instance it is representational , as the ‘ performance mode ’ is , for the child is required to describe in action whatever the teacher suggests ( as in the example above , ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob ’ ) , but the ‘ exercise mode ’ has other characteristics that give it a special mental quality . |
| 5 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 6 | However , of all the confusions that confront us the rumours alleging that the Hooligan gangs were armed with guns are particularly difficult to unravel , or to state in any balanced way . |
| 7 | I have great admiration for all those involved in the Academy of Culinary Arts and think it a fine , courageous and important creation , but can someone explain how a meal of such ineptitude can be served in its name , and how some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the world can have eaten it without public comment ? |
| 8 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 9 | I am already aware of some of your extremely worthwhile efforts and send my best regards to all those involved with the Association and wish you every success in the future . |
| 10 | So we 'd got to take the card and show her the Mother , we 'd been . |
| 11 | As last year , they will bring the skip on a Tuesday and remove it a week later . |
| 12 | The purpose of the Enterprise is to involve Third World countries in mining nodules and give them a share in the profits . |
| 13 | So he decided to add another fifteen knots to the approach speed and give it a go . |
| 14 | And we 're very grateful , you 've brought rural interest , you 've brought much wider interest , and you 've brought a great deal of warmth and compassion and interest and time , what more could we say , but to show a token of our appreciation and give you a few flowers to go with that . |
| 15 | Some folk in the village said it was a public disgrace that a maid like Martha Pascoe should be bartered for with barrels of fish , but most saw the whole affair as a great joke , because when all was said and done , the lass was unlikely to marry Sam or Harry or anyone else against her will , and if she could use their ardour to win a few more stone of pilchards and thereby swell the village purse and give everyone a bit of harmless fun , then more power to her elbow . |
| 16 | Please positively encourage everyone to renew their membership for 1989 and speak to all non-members and offer them a Medau News to read ( special copies available continuing membership form and letter from the Office or ) there is a surprise gift pack for all new members in 1989 . |
| 17 | If such an agreement can not be reached within 16 months , must the trade unions collapse and accept whatever the employer insists on ? |
| 18 | Put me on the terrace and mix me a Singapore Sling ! ’ |
| 19 | We are Mick(19) and Steve ( 18 ) and we 're in the Forces- So let us open your eyes and show you a new way of life . |
| 20 | The clear , vivid patterns excite the zebra 's eyes and give it a sensation of strong identity , as if it were the member of a football team or a sports club with conspicuous striped shirts . |
| 21 | You will tell me if you find it was murder and give me the name of the murderer . |
| 22 | They take hold of the club and give it a few waggles . |
| 23 | When he came out , he thought , he would sit in the driver 's seat and allow himself a daydream . |
| 24 | I want you to take this neck and make it a neck-through-body Strat-style guitar . ’ |
| 25 | The prominent white clasts are fragments of anorthosites — calcium and aluminium-rich rocks that make up the bulk of the lunar highlands crust and give it the light colour that is visible from Earth . |
| 26 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 27 | I was hoping that Vecchi would show up in the near future and save everybody a lot of headaches . |
| 28 | The Recommendations look to the future and describe what the author of the report thinks should be done about the problem that has been the subject of so much investigation . |
| 29 | ‘ Come on then you lot , ’ shouted Yanto , ‘ Let's have a wander and get ourselves an appetite . ’ |
| 30 | You must penetrate the disguise and discover what the question is really about . |