Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , I have reservations about the application of the user interface in the Windows version , and will have to wait to see what the next version brings before I can make up my mind any more firmly than I can at present . |
| 2 | But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school . |
| 3 | Visitors to Buckingham are hard pressed to guess what the gothic style building in the town 's centre once was . |
| 4 | — You want to see who the real winner is , then look up there . ’ |
| 5 | If she tried to evict him an undignified struggle would only ensue and she would n't give him the satisfaction . |
| 6 | He talked of ‘ the white man 's Christ ’ , invoked to preserve what the white man has got ; and of the ‘ black man 's Christ ’ — the Christ of suffering and sacrifice . |
| 7 | Where an officer wants to see what a new or unconsented discharge consists of , therefore , or where his own judgment suggests that a discharge may be polluting , he turns to his sample bucket , which offers the ultimate means for practical purposes of establishing the kind and degree of pollution . |
| 8 | I fully accept that if I want to know everything a top luthier knows then I should go away and make a serious study of the subject , but I would be quite happy to read a dedicated magazine each month from which I can learn about what 's new , who 's up to what , what new guitars are like to play etc. etc. and also the meaning of the industry 's technical terminology . |
| 9 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 10 | I want to know what the first three digits are . ’ |
| 11 | He needs to know what a ghastly little prick the boy was . |
| 12 | The therapist needs to know what the main problems are , what caused them , what maintains them , and what possibilities there are for change . |
| 13 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |
| 14 | If your business is larger it takes more organisation and record keeping to know what the magic formula is for each customer . |
| 15 | As was suggested at the outset , if one really wants to know what a particular field is concerned with at any particular time , one must simply observe what practitioners do . |
| 16 | So if you 're wandering around and you want to write somebody a quick note , you do n't have to open the rings and take out a piece of paper , you just write on here and tear it off . |
| 17 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 18 | Someone came to the shop and tried to sell him an old cross with paste stones in it . |
| 19 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 20 | WIMBLEDON boss Joe Kinnear promised to buy himself a walkie-talkie last night after landing a month-long touchline ban , writes Ben Bacon . |
| 21 | She 's looking for a decent second-hand one , and I actually want to buy her a new one , and she does n't know about it . |
| 22 | Koo Stark was out there in the powder room and seemed to identify with my predicament ; indeed she promised to procure me a long thin-necked vessel and return . |
| 23 | She tried to imagine what an imposing building it must have been in its time . |
| 24 | There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place . |
| 25 | The arts minister , Jordi Sole Tura , wants to give it the ornate edifice that currently houses the ministry of agriculture . |
| 26 | It 's my party cos I 'm gon na stand at the door and everybody has to give me a big french kiss when they come in the door ! |
| 27 | His two Cabinet portfolios , which would make him the most powerful member of the government after the Prime Minister , were expected to give him a key role in the formulation of the country 's overall foreign policy . |
| 28 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
| 29 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 30 | It is designed to give you a good return on your money over the longer term . |