Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thank you for giving us the incentive to do this and wish you a Merry Christmas and happy New Year . |
| 2 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 3 | When I see the kid alive , I dismantle this and give you the stones . |
| 4 | ‘ It was only intended as a short-term measure , ’ Schaffer objected , ‘ to keep the valley clear and give us the best possible chance for a manhunt . ’ |
| 5 | If you forget , the helicopter will resume flying crabwise and give you a fairly gentle reminder . |
| 6 | But this kind of stimulus neighbourhood he engineers point of view is actually extremely interesting and give you a hell of a lot of job satisfaction because you are getting the youngsters really involved in what it 's all about . |
| 7 | So I think they 're right to be suspicious , and it 's right for those people who feel they have a role it 's up to them to make it appear interesting and to show them the relevance . |
| 8 | He broke the gun in half and showed us the cylinder filled with six red plastic capsules . |
| 9 | But in reality this is precisely the approach that is most likely to set Europe aflame and leave it a burning ruin . |
| 10 | Managed to let him know about our Social and sold him a book of Christmas Draw tickets . |
| 11 | So I wish you and your family a particularly enjoyable festive season and look forward to working with you for a successful 1993 and making it a year that will bring real growth . |
| 12 | The Sinn Fein man claimed two plain-clothes men approached Mr Fox in Thomas Street , Dungannon on September 2 and promised him a new house if he agreed to work for them . |
| 13 | ‘ Bad cooks — and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen — have delayed human development longest and impaired it the most ’ . |
| 14 | The schoolmaster then spent an endless period fussily sorting out his things — extracting a folded newspaper and a small bag of plums from his case , arranging the case on the rack , examining the seat minutely for anything unpleasant and giving it a brush with the back of his hand , folding his jacket and his jumper with ritualistic care , adjusting the window in consultation with the lady , but without reference to me or to the young Swede , getting his case down again for some forgotten item , checking his hankie , readjusting the window . |
| 15 | It was liking someone one minute and hating them the next . |
| 16 | Bought over the Post Office counter , postal orders are both traceable and give you a counterfoil to prove they have been sent . |
| 17 | Bought over the Post Office counter , postal orders are both traceable and give you a counterfoil to prove they have been sent . |
| 18 | Bought over the Post Office counter , postal orders are both traceable and give you a counterfoil to prove they have been sent . |
| 19 | With this in mind we take a look at the kind of thing the cold weather walker should be wearing on page 26 and bring you the latest thermals on page 24 . |
| 20 | Brown Owl had put all three into the same Six and called them the Ghillie Dhu . |
| 21 | Mr Yeltsin 's team was preparing to counter-attack today with a draft of a new constitution that would extend the presidential term from five years to six and give him a right of veto over parliamentary Bills and to pick a small team of state ministers . |
| 22 | This sets him apart from the ordinary and gives him a reason for living . |
| 23 | A recent development in the USA and the UK has been the attempt to make libraries more visible and give them a national identity , by creating national library symbols or logos . |
| 24 | She was much disgusted and sent us a postcard saying she was developing webbed feet . |
| 25 | Her brother was disgusted and called her a filthy collaborator , but at least the Englishman was safe . |
| 26 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , Piper , he wants you to get yourself , and your bagpipes , over there as soon as possible and play him a tune . |
| 28 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
| 29 | Put it on low and leave it the night and day cos it was left on for a week once was n't it ? |
| 30 | Q : We paid for our holiday in Paphos , Cyprus , in January , but 36 hours before we were due to leave our tour operator , Saga Holidays , rang to tell us the Roman Hotel in Paphos was double-booked and to offer us the first week at another hotel which was , in our opinion , inferior . |