Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Finally , in order to have a word with the silent Cis , I asked Elfed to fetch Richard , who had been awaiting in the kitchen the result of the meeting . |
2 | For many years Plugger has specialised in searching out the rare and unusual fish which come into the American hobby , so I came prepared to take fish home with me — but nothing on this scale . |
3 | Morrell won the 1500 metres at the Kelvin Hall with an impressive display of strength in 3min 44.09sec , then declared : ‘ It was an easy run — I came prepared to run 3min 40sec and that should show people whether there 's anything wrong with my calf . ’ |
4 | ‘ It 's a task in which I stand ready to join John Major whenever he is ready to begin , ’ he said . |
5 | I feel free to make suggestions . |
6 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |
7 | I felt ready to consume gallons of it . |
8 | The erm point about are distribution within Greater York is that we have attempted to look at this in what I think is a a rational and realistic manner , we have looked , and you 'll see this from our supplementary paper , I apologize for its lateness , but I think it 's benefited from the additional thought that could be given to it , we have looked both backwards , at the present day , and forwards , we 've looked backwards at past build rates , we 've looked at the present day position in the sense of the population shares within Greater York , and we 've looked forwards in terms of the commitment figures that are given in the N Y one paper that we 've just been looking at , and taking all those things into account , and adding in what we see as the right location for a new settlement , namely Selby district , we come to the figures that are in our supplementary paper , and there is clearly a great deal of common ground between the evidence you get from looking either at past building rates or population shares , as now , or future commitments which all point towards a broadly similar distribution , we say , with the addition of a new feature namely the new settlement , so that I commend those figures to you as somebody who 's actually dared to put their toe , or maybe their whole body into the water , and given you not only some numbers , but also a basis by which if you should er have a different Greater York figure in mind , a basis on which that could be rationally er approached , I would not certainly defend to the last ditch the need to put a figure of fifty dwellings into the structure plan for the Hambledon part of Greater York , there may be a cut off point beyond which you do n't go , but certainly for Ryedale and Selby , with very substantial numbers there is a need to indicate what the appropriate division should be , and you could not for instance indicate what the er Ryedale non Greater York figure was , without someone telling us the , as the Chairman rightly said , having an idea of what the Ryedale Greater York figure should be , so it is n't really I think feasible to have district figures for non Greater York , and one Greater York figure , that does n't er get away from the issue , and nor does it solve the potential for confusion . |
9 | At the ripe old age of twenty-six , I had half-decided to take stock of my life so far and try to decide what to do . |
10 | In her shocked lethargy , she seemed content to let Valerie run around after her and do everything for her . |
11 | She seemed surprised to see David again . |
12 | She seemed able to find interest in any topic , a gift which led to her becoming the first regular columnist for the Manchester Guardian 's women 's page . |
13 | Rather she seemed determined to draw attention to herself — and to wreck the night for other theatregoers . |
14 | She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed . |
15 | ‘ You look fit to commit murder . ’ |
16 | There is help if you need it , out there and I hope , you may have heard something helpful tonight and er if you feel inclined to change things , I think everybody here would encourage you . |
17 | She seems certain to survive comparisons with Kate Bush , Patti Smith , and Joni Mitchell to emerge as one of the great , idiosyncratic talents of the Nineties . |
18 | She looked surprised to see Léonie . |
19 | I told her that her precious sister-in-law had made a mess of my life yet again , so I suppose she felt obliged to make amends . ’ |
20 | Even ordinary words sounded nice in his gentle accented English , and she felt pleased to have Rafaelo 's approbation . |
21 | And , since she felt unable to divorce Derek , there seemed little chance for her to be happy with Travis Hepwood . |
22 | It was a full year before she felt able to suggest redecoration . |
23 | He seemed intent now on pushing to see how far he could go and she appeared willing to give way in everything in order to pacify . |
24 | At the beginning of the play she persuades Edwy to reject offers of peace from the rebellious monks who are , in fact , her enemies far more than the king 's . |
25 | Not content to let surgeons perform unguided , she remains conscious to give instructions and read aloud from books of psychoanalysis . |
26 | Quite suddenly , she forced Jacqui to change position . |
27 | Because the US was sacrificing blood and treasure to assure peace and stability in the Far East , the maintenance of which after the war would be largely a US responsibility , it would not have been unreasonable ‘ to insist that the French give adequate assurances as to the implementing of policies in Indo-China which we consider essential to assure peace and stability in the Far East ’ . |
28 | Once we are recognized and accepted by God , we become free to accept others . |
29 | ‘ When you spend as much time as we did trying to stop others scoring tries , you do n't have much time to argue with the ref ’ — ZIMBABWE 's REPRESENTATIVE when accepting the World Cup Fair Play Award . |
30 | I have given this careful thought in relation to the very limited funds we have available to encourage legacy income . |