Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sorry to lose you the trip . |
| 2 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 3 | Those with CCJs often have difficulty finding a lender willing to advance them a loan but it is not impossible . |
| 4 | The potential gain if one was ‘ exceptional ’ , however , and qualified for an early release is so powerful that few men are prepared to forego it The result is a shabby , futile process that Probation Officers feel makes subsequent work with inmates more difficult , that exasperates prison officers who see the time and energy in compiling reports as wasted , and infuriates prisoners for whom the probable refusal of parole , with its tiny element of uncertainty , makes prison life even harder to bear . |
| 5 | But it 'd be easier to give him a work-card . |
| 6 | The serenos receive a small salary from the shopkeepers and private houses they keep an eye on , but it is considered proper to give them a tip each time they open a door for one . |
| 7 | ( Yet some instinct told me that I must be careful to give her no cause for having a grievance . |
| 8 | He indicated that , without specific application to children 's hearings , the nature of the children 's hearings system ‘ leaves [ it ] outside the benefit of this Bill ’ , and he added : ‘ It would be wrong to deny them the benefit of the Bill when , if they had committed serious offences and appeared before the courts , they would have had its protection . ’ |
| 9 | Then in September , Sue announced that she was leaving the BBC after 20 years to join Granada Television which , she said , was fully prepared to give her the freedom necessary to put together the type of programme she truly wanted to make . |
| 10 | Thank goodness , though that for all he was n't so free with his smiles he had a terrific sense of humour and had not held against her the blunt , not to say impolite way she 'd asked if he was prepared to give her an interview . |
| 11 | However , she was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 12 | I 'm still prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt because he is a decent manager who knows the ropes and who has been there before . |
| 13 | I 'm , no , I 'm prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt for the moment . |
| 14 | Yes , but particularly with reference to John Major , I think he 's had an amazing honeymoon and people are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt as you were about his quote treatment of women unquote , and I suspect that the media have been particularly sympathetic and wearing kid gloves with him , and I find that the role of the media is to probe and to pry and |
| 15 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 16 | But I was told that unless I could produce a current driving licence or passport — neither of which I possess — they were not prepared to give me an account . |
| 17 | let me make you one up to objections , I 'm not prepared to give you a decision tonight , what would you say to them on that ? |
| 18 | In other words you agree with the customer , right , now take my words , you wan na think it over , right , we 're not prepared to give you a decision tonight , eh , now I 'd say something like , well that 's understandable , and we 've gone through as many things and debt this evening as we probably need to go through , do n't you agree ? |
| 19 | He paused for a while , before saying , ‘ We are prepared to give you a month 's trial . ’ |
| 20 | that is the hardest objection you can get , right , we 're not prepared to give you the decision on the night , I wan na think it over , it 's the same objection , right |
| 21 | Other leaky sources at the company were quite prepared to give us a low-down , see front page . |
| 22 | ‘ I might be prepared to give it a try . ’ |
| 23 | They were prepared to compromise because they I 'm sure that you know you ca n't imagine them not being really but because they 're such erm they were outraged at this machine but they were prepared to give it a try but the way it was bulldozed through that once the machine was there there was no choice then and almost you know get going boys get more and more and more slate you know greed they felt the employer was being greedy at the expense of quality . |
| 24 | I put it to Paul and he decided he was prepared to give it a go . ’ |
| 25 | He 's still a little wobbly on his feet , but he 's prepared to give it a go . |
| 26 | the Crown is not bound to take the advice of a particular Ministry to put its subjects to the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other Ministers who are prepared to give it a trial . |
| 27 | Even those who did not endorse the company 's claim to produce ‘ The Best Car in the World ’ were prepared to give it the benefit of the doubt . |
| 28 | He had honestly believed he could take the place of everything she had ever known if only she was willing to give him the chance . |
| 29 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 30 | They are very willing to give her the chance she needs and deserves . ’ |