Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to wear jeans and jackets and shirts but my parents burned them on the same day my dad beat me up , and after that I had to wear saris . |
| 2 | After that I had to share Jacob with Rachel . |
| 3 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 4 | Now that I 'd seen them together like that I started to have fantasies of being invited to watch them together , or to take photographs of them . |
| 5 | If I feel something is wrong I try to change things , not complain . |
| 6 | ‘ I am afraid I had to dismiss Master Nan . |
| 7 | It 's at times like this you start to see things in perspective . ’ |
| 8 | To do this you have to specify criteria and you do this in an area designated the as criteria range where you enter the fieldnames you want to use in a search . |
| 9 | For this we have to thank Professor Hinsley , a highly respected and trustworthy historian , who would not allow deceptions to appear under his name . |
| 10 | For this we have to thank director Euzhan Palcy , since Andre Brink 's original novel focusses almost entirely on the Afrikaner teacher , Benjamin du Toit . |
| 11 | The erm help available is in many ways decreasing erm I 'm afraid we have to drag politics into it sooner or later , but central government funding , or lack of it , erm to my mind lies at the bottom of many of these problems . |
| 12 | All this they did to please God , who had since the foundation of the Christian Church , been plagued by the gaudy contrivances of man . ’ |
| 13 | Manchester United refused to part with Dennis Irwin or Paul Parker , and Manchester City have made it clear they want to keep Ian Brightwell . |
| 14 | Manchester United refused to part with Dennis Irwin or Paul Parker , and Manchester City have made it clear they want to keep Ian Brightwell . |
| 15 | As a result of this it failed to represent artists who , over a long period , deserved recognition . |
| 16 | To do this he has to employ language and gesture appropriate to the context in which he finds himself — he may shout ‘ Halt ! ’ or give a salute on an army parade ground , but not at a picnic . |
| 17 | He refused to comment on Pittencrieff 's intentions for its recently-acquired 16.6 per cent stake in Aberdeen Petroleum , but said Pittencrieff had made it clear it wanted to see rationalisation among the smaller oil companies . |
| 18 | Like the British he preferred to exercise power without visible institutional support . |
| 19 | In the five years from 1980 to 1985 it plans to give food worth $140 million as wages for soil conservation work . |
| 20 | But he is afraid he have to correct Mr Browne on a matter of geography : the British troops were not waiting for war in the Kuwaiti desert ; that was the Iraqi troops . |
| 21 | You must know how much I want to make love to you , Leonora , but not here , not like this . |
| 22 | The gang of six I took to see Hook the other day all loved it . |
| 23 | So how much you need to clear rent and see yourself past next month ? ’ |
| 24 | Earls Court , on the other hand , was so packed we had to use overflow rooms . |
| 25 | As such it needs to make use of concepts which define the political sphere , the nature of political relations and institutions , the state , government , law , etc. ; and it generally has as its point of departure a broader scheme of thought about human nature and society . |
| 26 | In September 1991 he managed to recover possession of the Czartoryski Museum and Library in Krakow , lock , stock and barrel . |
| 27 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to notify clients in writing of the amount and terms of commission received as a result of advice given to those clients and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 5.03 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to give notice to its Bank that all money standing to the credit of its Investment Business Client Bank Account was to be held by the firm as a trustee or agent within the terms of the regulation was reprimanded , fined £l , 000 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 28 | ( FCA ) of who had been found to be in breach of Investment Business Regulation 2.32 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to notify clients in writing of the amount and terms of commission received as a result of advice given to those clients and having been in breach of Investment Business Regulation 5.03 in that in High Wycombe between 31 March 1989 and 14 June 1991 it failed to give notice to its Bank that all money standing to the credit of its Investment Business Client Bank Account was to be held by the firm as a trustee or agent within the terms of the regulation was reprimanded , fined £l , 000 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 29 | Such withering disapproval had curled those drooping lips after her initial consternation , and Nahum was so inwardly uncomfortable he forgot to consider Sarah 's feelings . |
| 30 | But what I did notice about him was how much he wanted to love women . |