Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Yes , I met someone the other night who made a sort of suggestion about a possible job of some kind . " |
| 2 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 3 | ’ Aye , ye mentioned somethin' the last time I wis up . ’ |
| 4 | A actually I visited somebody the other day and you just forget you just forget . |
| 5 | So I cook one the other day , and I cook one this morning , I 've pressure cooked one for him , but he would n't look at it Reg is definitely |
| 6 | To allow large numbers of Southerners into their highly regimented society could unravel everything the Stalinist regime there has created in the last forty years . |
| 7 | I rather like the Nimbus set , despite the generous acoustics and the occasional technical frailty , as not only has one the inestimable benefit of hearing the music shaped , balanced , and paced in a way that at least approximates the sort of thing Schubert originally had in mind , but they all sound as though they 're having such a jolly good time ( one palls at the though of all those ghastly , poe-faced Schubert records which litter the catalogue ) . |
| 8 | and I 'm seeing the surgeon today and erm and I met somebody the other day who 'd had it done and his fingers were n't affected , you know , so I mean it 's just the luck of the draw I think . |
| 9 | The anticipated sense of loss can be so strong and the wish to feel you have done everything the dying person wanted so real that the people involved will often comply no matter how outrageous the request . |
| 10 | Once in a while fantastic planetary aspects or influences afford one the perfect opportunity to prove just how daring , adventurous and self-confident one can be . |
| 11 | ‘ Now let's do one the other way , Dustin . |
| 12 | Well Mao would do anything the Communist Party , let's make it capitalist society . |
| 13 | Double-check you have got everything the right way round so that the artwork is not back to front , then close up the UV light box and switch on . |
| 14 | The General and I , on the other hand , being men of intellect and learning , can understand everything the old bugger is saying . |
| 15 | So they do n't frighten them , you know , if you 're lying there you 're having a heart attack or you just had one the last thing you want to hear is sort of the noise of the siren , the panicking noise of a siren . |
| 16 | After seven months in business , 69 Diving are now expanding to enlarge their range to cover everything the individual diver or club could require . |
| 17 | I know that many others share this natural affinity , for the remote hill regions give one the same sense of independence and adventure as the sea . |
| 18 | Instead of paying everybody the same state pension , the state should protect those in need adequately , and leave the rest to look after themselves . |
| 19 | She were laughing when I showed her that letter I got , cos she got one the same morning , , she said , and it said , and you can go round and talk to him . |
| 20 | Die-hard enthusiasts may prefer one the full length of the car to cater for all maintenance without having to turn the car round . |
| 21 | Having worked on providing everything the dying person needs , the next step is to prepare to say goodbye . |
| 22 | And like half way through it they said ehm , they 've giving somebody the wrong prize money or something , they 've giving somebody fifty pounds , they should off giving it to this other coloured women right , and apparently this women was giving it all wow man yeah man , and all this you , you know they give it to them in the end and then she won the twelve hundred pounds . |
| 23 | Chesarynth wasted precious moments on amazement that she could appreciate something the powerful woman could not . |
| 24 | He said that intellect took one so far but could not take one the whole way . |
| 25 | It 's doing everything the wrong way round at the wrong time . |
| 26 | To add realism I then used to turn one the ginger-haired player to face the goal and said ‘ What the fuck was that ’ in a Scottish accent . |
| 27 | ‘ So , ’ I finished for him , ‘ we can ignore everything the little bastard in Newgate told us ! ’ |
| 28 | Accompanied by Manuel Garcia Morante , she sang superbly for over an hour , and gave everyone the greatest joy . |
| 29 | This long extract gives one the general flavour of Locke 's discourse , besides illustrating some of his main propositions . |
| 30 | Erm I think it would be useful for you do one the same way . |