Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience has taught me to avoid those parts of a city with modern architecture . |
| 2 | Experience has taught me to avoid those parts of a city with modern architecture . |
| 3 | In other words , the payment of high dividends depresses the security 's price which means that investors require a higher income rate of return to induce them to hold those securities paying high dividends . |
| 4 | He believed that the Great Powers would be ‘ in a position to exert the pressure on their clients necessary to induce them to accept such arrangements ’ . |
| 5 | Well it 's not a yes yes for the garden because I would n't have room for it but it 's certainly a yes yes in my shelter delt because the birds love the berries and it really encourages them to use that shelter delt but it is n't as , as easy to grow , it 's , one tends to think of the nature plant as a tough plant but I 've been trying to establish about thirty of these in the shelter delt and I 've found they object to any form of total weedkiller round the root , so all the , the weedkillers that you would use for the first couple of years maybe to , to keep the , the weeds from growing round the stems , they tend to get chlorotic and die . |
| 6 | Do you want me to stop that mum ? |
| 7 | Do you want me to open that tin of fruit ? |
| 8 | erm when do you want , where do you want me to put this list then ? |
| 9 | ‘ Do you want me to take another look ? ’ |
| 10 | Well do you want me to take some straw in ? |
| 11 | Sorry do you want me to cu do you want me cut that Chris ? |
| 12 | Do you want me to sew this back on for you babe ? |
| 13 | Do you want me to play some games or something ? |
| 14 | Do you want me to get some water ? ’ |
| 15 | She was angry when I left her , and so she does n't want me to marry another woman . |
| 16 | No ! he would shout , and make it clear that we would not discuss it … he used an expletive that I have not used , indicating that he did not want me to raise that subject with him . ’ |
| 17 | Well , it 's the way you , do n't want me to have any money ! |
| 18 | " Do you want me to send some men to Ireland — they could watch the ports , make some inquiries ? " |
| 19 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
| 20 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 21 | But Graham and Russell , if anything more composed , made them defend that advantage , and the Chelsea defence responded with a disorder to which only Ken Monkou was an exception . |
| 22 | Often he made them criticize each other 's work . |
| 23 | They seemed happy about my victory in Germany and most of them expected me to win more races last year . ’ |
| 24 | I tried smaller hooks and baits ; lighter leads ; finer lines ; a lighter , or no bite indicator ; and opening the bale-arm of the reel and allowing them to take several yards of line before striking . |
| 25 | This helps them assess the effects of changing those structures by allowing them make such changes directly through the virtual reality interface . |
| 26 | The shanny and marine stickleback have five pigments in their eyes , allowing them to discern more hues than we can . |
| 27 | This chamber should be a nice treat for the adventurers , allowing them to gain some resources they will need for the harder and more dangerous encounters to come . |
| 28 | The University seeks to include in its courses activities which promote enterprising qualities in its students by encouraging them to take more responsibility for their own learning , setting their own goals and targets through personal assessment and career planning . |
| 29 | Bernard Whim , technical marketing manager in the solvents marketing department at ICI Chlor-Chemicals , said that ‘ we are encouraging them to understand that carbon tet is being withdrawn and that their customers should find alternatives . |
| 30 | Gravity attracts objects towards each other ; antigravity would make them repel each other . |