Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |
| 2 | It has become a familiar complaint of managers this season , dissatisfied that the ‘ brave new world ’ of the Premier League merely offers them the same problems as the old . |
| 3 | Went to see them the other week |
| 4 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 5 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 6 | I had someone come to see me the other week from the R S P C A because they said this cat was held forty foot in the air |
| 7 | They always bring them the same day so there 's not much point in looking anywhere else . |
| 8 | He sees the deviant group as creating its own circumstances to the extent that it makes meaningful the societal reactions to it , or better generates meaning for itself in a world whose societal reactions deny them the full status of persons . |
| 9 | ‘ And you 're sure that this Bermuda company controlled by you will lend me the half-million pounds in cash to buy these shares , at no interest ? ’ |
| 10 | On Wednesday evening , the Admiral looked in on the club after dinner and Amiss heard him say goodnight to the five , remarking that he had a little work to do in the office , after which he would get back home and turn in : he looked forward to seeing them the following day . |
| 11 | The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England . |
| 12 | The assurance with which Gothic schemes were presented made them the obvious alternative to Second Empire , but large secular Gothic buildings of this type were an unknown quantity . |
| 13 | ‘ I think Chelsea offers me the greater chance of winning something than if I 'd stayed at Carrow Road . |
| 14 | ‘ Grey ’ issues of money occur whenever enterprises that are short of funds to pay their obligations insist that the banks should make them the necessary advances to restore their ‘ liquidity ’ . |
| 15 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 16 | My grandson asked me the other morning , when was I gon na die ? |
| 17 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 18 | It was De Gaulle who asked me the dumb question in the van-his condescension brought him down to what he imagined was my level . |
| 19 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 20 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 21 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 22 | Bring me the bloody cheese grater in the ! |
| 23 | bring me the drowsy country thing ! |
| 24 | Right can one person from each table please bring me the red files Boys can I have your red files please What was that ? |
| 25 | Bring me the little book , that might have it as well . |
| 26 | That 's what got me the two years inside , pal . |
| 27 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 28 | When an animal is brought in , especially an otter which is very nervous , we 've taught them the basic techniques of how to save them . |
| 29 | The frictions grew steadily worse , and in an attempt to accommodate them the 1897 Vienna Congress resolved that the party become a federation of six national parties . |
| 30 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |