Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorry for giving you a hard time there . |
| 2 | Do not feel guilty about giving yourself a little time off occasionally like this . |
| 3 | St Albans Crown Court heard how 50 year old David Lashley raped and killed the 24 year old after earning himself the reputation of a habitual rapist . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not afraid of calling myself a trader despite the fact it is now rather fashionable to describe the field you work in as a profession , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 6 | When a girl was a marriageable age , her father advertised this by placing a pot of sweet basil on the windowsill of his house ; the young man interested in finding himself a bride would send a matchmaker to her parents , as guarantors of his good character . |
| 7 | Petri often quoted the older man 's opinion : ‘ He called me his most genuine pupil and tried everything to further me , recommended me to managers and conductors , sent to me all the pupils he did not want to take , and was instrumental in getting me the appointment of Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Manchester , England , where I remained from 1905 to 1911 ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Then you 'd probably see your way clear to getting me a bottle of Scotch instead . ’ |
| 9 | But he is also an American and before he guns you down in cold blood , in the manner you so justly deserve I might add , I 'm sure he will see his way clear to giving you a dying request . ’ |
| 10 | There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own . |
| 11 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 12 | It just seems right to bring a hobby , my experience and a livelihood together and we are very set on giving it a go , ’ Mrs Rowan said . |
| 13 | Suppose that he has to produce , not the complete works of Shakespeare but just the short sentence " Methinks it is like a weasel " , and we shall make it relatively easy by giving him a typewriter with a restricted keyboard , one with just the 26 ( capital ) letters , and a space bar . |
| 14 | Legal records are unique in giving us an inkling of how people of the age saw the world about them . |
| 15 | Callaghan was confused at finding himself the centre of attention . |
| 16 | Make gardening more comfortable by making yourself a garden kneeler . |
| 17 | D' you blame your father for making you soft by giving you an allowance ? |
| 18 | The fecund Mr Anderson is , among other things , famous for bringing us the film classic If . |
| 19 | We now have two new people involved with bringing you the news — Anne Seaton , away up in Scotland , who is helping with page three 's editing and Victoria Osborne , from Surrey , in a more general way , her first contribution is the report of our very successful Reunion held last November . |
| 20 | Since the conventions offer an imperfect guide to the subject at hand , it is necessary to look at some of the other types of sources which are generally recognised as being useful in establishing what the law is , and in relating it to specific situations and technical developments . |
| 21 | Notice , though , that while flow figures are useful in telling us the directions in which companies channel the funds they received , they do not tell us how active intermediaries are in any particular market . |
| 22 | The Agia Triadha sarcophagus is invaluable in showing us the funeral ceremonies that were offered for some important person around 1400 BC . |
| 23 | Since theory is involved in deciding what the facts are , there is room for choice when deciding whether the theory at stake is consistent with them . |
| 24 | People have got to be involved in solving themselves the problems themselves . |
| 25 | They concentrate on the present situation and the reaction of society and show little interest in the criminal 's background , although labelling theory does not argue that all that is involved in making someone a criminal is to call them one . |
| 26 | Like the emerging national plan , the Florida measure seeks to make health-insurance benefits available to the working poor by giving them the same clout in the marketplace as employees of big companies . |
| 27 | The second is the principle of integrity in adjudication : it asks those responsible for deciding what the law is to see and enforce it as coherent in that way . |
| 28 | I would n't want to be the one responsible for proclaiming him a cuckold for the world to laugh at . ’ |
| 29 | But they no longer bothered her , and certainly they were no longer responsible for making her a potential prisoner in her own home . |
| 30 | But there was nothing she could do about it , short of giving him an explanation for the presence of Richard 's car outside her flat . |