Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tammuz' jaded beliefs were not that novel : Quincx had heard them spill from many a Tech-Green 's lips ; but then Ewan had always thought himself unique . |
| 2 | Yet it was the poem that brought Wordsworth to the notice of clerics in need of sermon material ( his poems were used for this purpose throughout the last century , and I have heard them used in this ) . |
| 3 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 4 | It 's great to see them perform in those kinds of circumstances . |
| 5 | Though I agreed with their political views , I could not condone the way they acted and was glad to see them go at last . |
| 6 | ‘ Impressionable teenagers use the Arts Centre all the time and I do n't want to see them confronted by this sort of filth . |
| 7 | On 24 July he had criticized the first version of the ecumenical decree , Ut Omnes Unum Sint : So although it is no doubt true to say that Pope John approved in general of the prepared texts , he was not deeply attached to them and was prepared to see them dropped without any deep sense of personal loss . |
| 8 | And that I , I would n't be adverse , I know it means you know you , you , if you put s some extra into one thing you 've got to take it away from somewhere else , but I , I , I would be quite happy to see them look at special needs and whether we actually need even more careers officer time for that . |
| 9 | Each unit is ranked according to profitability and profit growth , which helps spur competition between IDG managers and — with any luck — encourages them to learn from each other . |
| 10 | Jack grew dizzy as he thought of it , seeing them sitting with tall glasses on a shady patio and , strangely , seeing them too as they were now , untouched by the hand of time . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you want me to elaborate on that ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Do you really want me to go into all the nasty , seedy little details ? |
| 13 | Do you want me to go through that again ? |
| 14 | Do you want me to go through this for spellings ? |
| 15 | ‘ What do you want me to do about these ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What do you want me to do about this left-luggage key , sir ? ’ |
| 17 | Equals now what do you want me to do with all these ? |
| 18 | What do you want me to do with this ? |
| 19 | ‘ Do you want me to talk to Special Branch , sir ? ’ |
| 20 | erm do you want me to speak to this |
| 21 | Do you want me to comment on that as we go through or |
| 22 | The number of listed companies rose by 428 during the four years , but the number of firms auditing them fell by 39 . |
| 23 | When she took off her glasses the sun caught her eyes and made them flash like green torches . |
| 24 | It was furnished with a certain meanness of equipment that made them feel like poor relations . |
| 25 | But the polish on the sockets made them look like new . |
| 26 | It was an odd shade of reddish gold and , coupled with their tanned complexions and slanted eyes , made them look like young eagles . |
| 27 | The women 's hats and bright make-up made them look like exotic birds . |
| 28 | To some observers , the new generations who were born into this environment appeared stunted and uncouth ; their cheap clothing and strange variations on the English language made them seem like another species , almost subhuman . |
| 29 | Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domestic life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses as filthy as the cottages of Hottentots . ’ |
| 30 | The Victorians , of course , for all their virtues , had an edge of prudery which made them condemn in public that which they were busy practising in private . |