Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though the portrayal of police work on celluloid is not a realistic description of policing in Easton , the conceptualizations they have of their role as fighters of ‘ big crime ’ , which they have to be continually prepared for , encourages them to see the media portrayal of policing as accurate , thus completing the circle . |
| 2 | When we came to Préfleur I asked Jean-Claude if he would teach me to drive the motor cycle . |
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| 4 | ‘ Managers were proud to lead their staff into dispute and out into the streets over the years ; unfortunately , very many of them became the pit bull terriers of 1992 ’ . |
| 5 | It is natural to ask … why it is that countries have Constitutions , why most of them make the Constitution superior to the ordinary law , and , further , why Britain , at any rate , has no Constitution , in this sense , at all . |
| 6 | If so , it may only be necessary for me to see the Executive Summary to get the gist of its conclusions . |
| 7 | They went ahead and applied to Hesel Heseltine , who agreed to let them build the power station . |
| 8 | Now , three weeks later , here is where I was advised to begin-with them bringing the McLaren girl over from Fort Thomas in an ambulance wagon and the lieutenant taking her right into the Alamosa Hotel . |
| 9 | Listen , listen so you may have a right to defend at any cost which you think is privileged society the fact of the matter is people out there I received twenty seven letters in support against the fox hunting I did not receive a single letter asking me to support the fox hunting . |
| 10 | Then it was time for me to attend the evening reception on Britania . |
| 11 | A lot of them concerned the Arsenal team and what I thought about them . ’ |
| 12 | Let me introduce the Bovril Babe . |
| 13 | Attlee , for his part , was equally strong in urging me to accept the majority opinion . |
| 14 | The dream lingered through the endless moments while I trudged up the clinging sand , seeing our little cottage grow larger and more ominous , till suddenly it was if the film director grew tired and cut to me opening the cupboard door and peeping out . |
| 15 | Under this threat , Gaitskell allowed them to increase the investment allocation for supplying industry and new housing estates , though there were some cuts in the rural electrification programme . |
| 16 | Reformers were seeking to integrate working-class adolescents into the ‘ common good ’ by means of an educational programme which it was hoped would lead them to internalize the community perspective and , therefore , use it as the criterion for evaluating their own wishes and responses . |
| 17 | Can you let me know the fax number you used to get in touch with Mr. Silver ? |
| 18 | I asked the personnel director . |
| 19 | To find out what the food was like in the RAF today I asked the Catering Branch to tell me how things were different from my days ( the 1950's , I 'm not that old ! ) . |
| 20 | For this review I asked the PR firm promoting FAXgrabber to send me a fax so I could demonstrate the program in operation . |
| 21 | But the problem with the ladies room is too small I asked the ladies captain what they did . |
| 22 | I asked the probation department if they could arrange a visit as it did n't look like anyone else was going to . |
| 23 | I asked the Home Secretary to list the kinds of information currently held on the police national computer under the data class of warning signals . |
| 24 | Well it seems like that 's hoping for pie in the sky , though , because there 's first of all not enough money , and I do n't think that teachers are that good at well talking about their own emotions , and I asked the Oxfordshire County Council Education Department to send someone along to this programme , and they said ‘ I 'm sorry , there 's no-one to send ’ . |
| 25 | I asked the VD clinic about the glands while on a routine checkup . |
| 26 | Against my better judgment , I asked the record man if he were able to bring impoverished blues singers over to Ireland . |
| 27 | ‘ When I vacated the office I asked the Rates Agency to send me an adjusted bill , but they sent it to the office and I did not get it , ’ he said . |
| 28 | At the entrance to the Press tent I asked the security man if Toby was inside and he pointed him out in the middle of the usual muddle of desks and papers , with telephones ringing and cigarette smoke drifting , and expletives exploding . |
| 29 | I asked the security guard to order me a taxi . ’ |
| 30 | I change the incontinence pad and put her back to bed . |