Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listening to those criticisms has taught me a salutary and humbling lesson . |
| 2 | This will make them the first and fifth most visited attractions in the world , with the other three being existing Disney sites . |
| 3 | I do n't think it will make me a vegetarian but it might make me think about it . |
| 4 | They should then be plugged into their holders , handling them no more than is really necessary , and avoiding any obvious sources of static electricity . |
| 5 | He might be my best friend but he will treat me the same as any other player and will only pick me for a Test if I am bowling well . |
| 6 | Because obviously if you had one particular factory on the tideway and another producing an identical product and identical effluent in one of the tributaries , you could n't treat them the same because they 're patently different cases . ’ |
| 7 | And so that , it made me a tougher than I should have been . |
| 8 | Expressing his pleasure at working with TAG , said , ‘ My experience over the last 20 years has given me the scientific and technical background which the modern catering industry requires . |
| 9 | No , you make them the same as us ! |
| 10 | On and off the pitch United 's decade under the Maxwells has given them a brief but all too short taste of glory . |
| 11 | We start in ten days and I firmly rely on the goodness of Providence to grant me a safe and prosperous passage . |
| 12 | Well , that 's how it all come see he owes them a hundred and seven pound and er |
| 13 | As for yours truly , yes , there is someone who I met quite recently , who probably needs me no more than I need her , someone who brings out my poetic streak , and makes me believe in the little people . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Her business to find me a pretty and agreeable companion , that 's what she said . ’ |
| 15 | He drew me a small but accurate map . ’ |
| 16 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
| 17 | ‘ No I bloody ent , ’ Yanto laughed , ‘ it cost me a hundred and fifty , and my next salmon . |
| 18 | they were half price , erm , it cost them a hundred and twenty nine quid I think |
| 19 | " I 'll buy you a Wimpy and chips if you 're hungry . |
| 20 | In 1829 , as the lad approached the age of 14 , decision time was coming ; if Benjamin had any yearning to go to sea like his brother , he seems to have kept it quiet , but there was every need to find him a safe and secure job with prospects . |
| 21 | He found him a hard-working and honest man , if a little curt and tacit . |
| 22 | I have met Mr. Watkin , and found him a lively and stimulating character . |
| 23 | They talked over a meal that was prepared especially for her , and she found him a charming and entertaining companion . |
| 24 | He failed to obtain a Card at Montpelier last year finishing 66th , but his outstanding amateur record has earned him a dozen or so sponsor 's invites . |
| 25 | Has it a dimensional or polar bias ? |
| 26 | They were keeping it a secret and they were going to take him some place where they sold parrots . |
| 27 | and what was your desire in nineteen eighty seven before the Telegraph article , about increasing on spending advertising , keeping it the same or decreasing ? |
| 28 | It had been Great-Aunt Alicia who had considered it a marvellous and exciting opportunity and persuaded her to accept it . |
| 29 | ‘ Five and twenty years ago ’ , he wrote , ‘ who in all the earth would have invested his money in a Mexican bank ; have trusted his savings in a Mexican mine ; or have considered it a safe and prudent thing to go to Mexico at all ? ’ |
| 30 | We found it a comfortable and roomy two person ( one teddy ) tent with plenty of headroom . |