Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give him his due , after the quip about illegal topless bathing , her rescuer had helpfully hunted round the saloon and found her a large rather battered white canvas jacket to wrap herself in . |
| 2 | Mike in the audience and he 'll probably give me a rollicking afterwards , cos I have n't prepared anything about this and I suspect I wo n't be able to speak till the red light . |
| 3 | If I say , Well you 'll give me the only ever give me the negative version of the square root , so if I give you sixteen , you give me minus four . |
| 4 | I 'll do you a mock up of that and see what you |
| 5 | Okay , so tomorrow erm I will do you a mock up for a , a bilingual one |
| 6 | It would do her no good now . |
| 7 | Since then , however , the creating of life peers has lent it a meritocratic rather than an aristocratic character and governments need no longer fear the exercise of its blocking power to the same extent . |
| 8 | For ladies , we have a luxurious health and beauty salon , where our trained beauty therapists and hairdresser will be happy to give you a professional all over body treatment . |
| 9 | ‘ Anyway , 'e told me ter get out an' called me a lazy so-an'-so so I stuck one on 'im . |
| 10 | She was lucky she 'd been able to keep it a secret all along . |
| 11 | A hundred years of county council government seems a strange reason to create a long distance path , but North Yorkshire County Council thought it a good enough excuse . |
| 12 | ‘ My heart misgave me when I saw his livery at Parfois , for Isambard is close and confidential with him , and sure they had some business between them that bodes us no good here in Wales . ’ |
| 13 | A mile further on is White Scar Cave , the best known , most advertised and heavily patronised in the district and a compulsive halt for coaches and cars ; indeed , the large parking space , the roadside signs and shopping facilities make it a commercial rather than a show cave . |
| 14 | That makes you a full member , it gives you the right to vote , it gives you the right to stand for public office , it gives you the right even to hold public office . |
| 15 | And it is the freak subversive genius of this record that makes them the single most important rock band of our time . |
| 16 | There 's enough treble response to make it a fair enough fingerpicker , but it comes off particularly well on rhythm and general chord accompaniment . |
| 17 | Berle met with Canadian officials at the end of March 1944 , and told them that he liked their draft convention , but considered it a long-term rather than an immediate possibility . |