Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
2 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
3 | In execution of that policy it was proposed that a circular would be issued to all local authorities asking them to carry out a review of the curriculum in their areas in consultation with their schools and to report the results within about twelve months . |
4 | Now you 've made it impossible for me to carry out an interview despite the fact I 've been extremely patient " |
5 | The Babylonian Jews were loyal to the Seleucids ; 8,000 of them fought off an attack of marauding Ga ] atians , according to the Second Book of Maccabees ( 8.20 ) . |
6 | ‘ I 've had them make up a bed for you . |
7 | Your midwife and doctor , though , see many pregnant women , so they need to use all their skills to help them build up a picture of your individual , unique pregnancy . |
8 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
9 | ‘ He wanted me to pass on a message to the police . |
10 | Gary wants me to find out a bit more about it cos he wants a new one , another , well he wants a new one , cos we done a deal , get my bed , if we get the bedroom done |
11 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
12 | If anyone had seen me bent over a motorbike with my ear pressed to the back of a Transit van outside the Barbican that morning , probably nobody would have looked twice . |
13 | Jahangir 's irritation was with the refereeing which , he reckoned , had hindered him throughout the tournament and yesterday he said it ‘ made it hard for me to catch up a couple of points ’ . |
14 | Jeff Richer had choreographed the salacious routine , which began with me oozing down a cat-walk in a long black velvet evening coat and sliding it off my shoulders as I turn to camera revealing the lace gown . |
15 | The NCT sessions encouraged everyone to ask ‘ daft ’ questions — the sort that do not seem daft if you do not know the answers — like how do I make up a nappy , how many sterilising tablets do I use for the bottles and what should we buy before the baby is born ? |
16 | So I made up a couple of bottles for them and they said " Oh . " . |
17 | Then , as another kind of exorcism , I made up a list of : |
18 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
19 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
20 | I fought down an impulse to kiss it . |
21 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
22 | ‘ Could n't I stay down a bit longer , please ? ’ |
23 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
24 | I make up a bath of dye to treat the sarkandas before cutting the reed to the required lengths . |
25 | I ca n't write much this time because I 'm so near to coming home that my hand shakes every time I pick up a pen . |
26 | This obviously absorbing hobby is a good stress reliever , ‘ It 's pure escapism and therapeutic — if I have had a frustrating day at work , the minute I get home I pick up a piece of modelling plastic and start modelling , ’ said Rosemary . |
27 | ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one . |
28 | I peer round a stack of Hovis loaves and see Stewpid just entering the doors with Simon right behind him , no Jonathan though , slow-footed halfwit . |
29 | ‘ I got out a ball gown to lend to a neighbour and found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned , ’ she said . |
30 | I got out a pack of Old Favourites , lit one and fanned smoke through my nostrils . |