Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a modest success in its own way , enabling me to risk becoming a full-time freelance , and I shall always be grateful for that . |
| 2 | This year four of them agreed to set a low common external tariff instead . |
| 3 | But if appointment as a lord of session was major patronage at any period in Scotland 's history , there was in the eighteenth century considerable demand for any post which could make use of legal education , for there is some reason to believe that the country was oversupplied with lawyers in view of the desperate efforts which some of them made to obtain a salaried post , no matter how minor . |
| 4 | They are not on the whole involved in direct teaching and , second , each of them has to have a separate viewpoint because the focus of the job is mainly outside that of any school . |
| 5 | the departments involved are heavily loaded , and none of them want to contribute a key person for this purpose . |
| 6 | ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’ |
| 7 | mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest |
| 8 | And it 's self employment so the couriers that we er supplied with the parcels with are the p- umm er , they 're liable for tax and insurance if any is due , I mean earn a certain amount of money before you start |
| 9 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 10 | Cos I mean get a good deal |
| 11 | That does I think form a significant element because it makes a difference of nearly two and a half thousand dwellings . |
| 12 | I disdained to consult a medical dictionary , however . |
| 13 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 14 | However this time , whether or not a change of ownership makes any difference to that permission , I intend to lodge an official complaint . |
| 15 | I intend to use an external power filter . |
| 16 | I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Some kids where I lived dug a dead person up , ’ says Dmitry . |
| 18 | The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices . |
| 19 | I failed to deposit an accurate simulacrum of her visage and demeanour with the left-luggage clerk of memory ; but I think she was in a shirt of a hue between sage and lovage , atop grey stone-washed 501s , green socks and a ridiculously unaesthetic pair of trainers . |
| 20 | There are some marvellous graphics among these new breeds but , having never particularly liked comics , I failed to overcome a fundamental irritation with the medium of pictures and words combined . |
| 21 | I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel . |
| 22 | I failed to place a cardboard cut-out of a male person lying , in a posture of total exhaustion , in one of the darker recesses of the living room . |
| 23 | The red chair where I sit has a long seat , comfortable for a tall person . |
| 24 | I got offered a part-time job in a bakery at the weekends , and he said he 'd look after the kids , but he never did , so I could n't do it . |
| 25 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 26 | I expected to find a tiny shrunken corpse . |
| 27 | I expected to find a privileged crew , tolerating me for some positive press . |
| 28 | Perhaps I should n't interfere but I hate to see a young man throwing his life away . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I hate to see a decent man making a mess of his life . |
| 30 | Usually when designing pictures I tend to use a particular leaf or flower because of its shape , colour or texture , and pay no attention to its species or variety . |