Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LIKE BEAUTY , tawdriness is in the eye of the beholder , and on their country 's 40th birthday East Germans tend to see it through the cruelly unblinking eyes of thoroughly Westernised consumers . |
| 2 | Don ? t expect to understand everything at a first reading . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether it would be a bit better having someone like Ted ? |
| 4 | Ben Nevis really needs no introduction , and as most walkers intend to climb it at some point it 's worthy of inclusion . |
| 5 | The warm-blooded supporters tend to ally themselves with the supporters of a theory about the relationships of the dinosaurs . |
| 6 | Foreigners tend to see him as a ‘ whingeing pom , brit etc. ’ and do not like the program . |
| 7 | Because the mood in Japan is changing , and candidates want to identify themselves with reform . |
| 8 | Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ? |
| 9 | Trade supremo Michael Heseltine , whose supporters want to see him in Mr Lamont 's job , was even more lavish in his praise . |
| 10 | Er well we always start from what does the operator of this aircraft want to use it for . |
| 11 | But once we have left school and have gone on to a different sort of existence , those relationships cease to have anything like the same meaning . |
| 12 | Between the 10th and 14th aspects conspire to bring you on line with your destiny . |
| 13 | Historical knowledge is in the end indivisible , even if the multiplication of specialisms seem to subdivide it into separate spheres . |
| 14 | She had even felt her mouth begin to twist itself into a grin … . |
| 15 | Flooring : Pastelle 100 per cent nylon carpet from the Shades of White range is treated with Stainmaster finish to protect it against spills and stains . |
| 16 | Heaven knows why , but numerous other GTi drivers seem to see us as some kind of personal challenge . |
| 17 | Besides , some heads like to lord it over local parents — particularly over the pushy ones . |
| 18 | At midday six guerrilla fighters arrive to help them from a military base near to their village . |
| 19 | The latter point has been a cause of some concern because , in the 1980s , black kids continue to involve themselves in sport with a fervour which alarms many , fearful that blacks ' achievements can only reinforce traditional stereotyped images about blacks being adept at physical pursuits , but inept at intellectual ones . |
| 20 | When you 're not out walking around this lovely area of the Borders try seeing it from the back of a horse — the Westertoun Riding Centre will take you out on anything from an hourly ride to a half day trek through the Lammermuir Hills . |
| 21 | The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games . |
| 22 | Now it becomes urgent to decide , but frivolous or weighty considerations keep pulling him in one direction or the other . |
| 23 | Most journals send the referees ' reports to the authors , and authors try to take them into account , assuming they are true . |
| 24 | The expert is not precluded from taking this role unless the parties agree to prohibit him from doing so . |
| 25 | Then he lowered his gaze and observed with dark humour , ‘ The receptionist probably thought you were some irate girlfriend come to bring me to book about something or other . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't think your words have reassured them at all . |
| 27 | The Strangford Road side have rediscovered something of their old form lately and will be keen to spike the guns of both Lisburn and Waringstown whom they play on Saturday week . |
| 28 | The Whitburn side have surprised themselves with their progress since they mapped out a five-year development plan when Bob Stokes took over as coach three years ago . |
| 29 | Fans have besieged me of late claiming that in my last programme notes I announced the opening of a club shop . |
| 30 | As regards its notoriety as a ‘ land of damnation and chains ’ , a domain of perpetual punishment and pain — this , too , is grimly rooted in the very real sufferings of generations of convicts , rebels , revolutionaries , common criminals and multitudes of often innocent men , women and children , who for nearly four centuries have dragged themselves along the ‘ road of chains ’ ( kandalnaya doroga ) leading beyond the Urals . |