Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Thank you for your recent letter , it is always useful for me to hear what use the publications that I have sent out were put to . |
2 | So I 've just advised them to stick to Billy Liar and a character-sketch and told them to hedge their bets a question will Come Up . |
3 | Did n't you say that he 'd expect you to tidy your bedroom every day before you went to school and at night before you went to bed , that everything had to be perfectly in place ? |
4 | I 've been helping him to find his feet a bit in Algiers . ’ |
5 | By contrast Mrs Cowan , s son-in-law said that it was no trouble to him to visit his mother-in-law every day and help take care of her , but that he would ideally prefer her to be in residential care because there she would have constant care and companionship , which was what she really needed . |
6 | In the year I had skippered Wavebreaker at least half of our married male charterers had either offered Ellen a job or pressed her to visit their offices the next time she passed through their city . |
7 | Her dad wanted her to spread her wings a little — not too much mind . |
8 | Suddenly those flaring sapphire eyes were inches from hers , looking down at her from great heights , forcing her to lift her chin a notch higher than was comfortable to look into them . |
9 | He watched the girl for a minute before calling to her to bring their heading a little to port . |
10 | A little while later Kate 's sobs had subsided and Evelyn pushed past him to make her daughter a coffee . |
11 | Lecturers will now come to me to check what modules the students are doing with other staff , and we 're taking much more of a team approach . |
12 | And in those days we required the money and er often , very often we had to do it to strengthen our wages a bit . |
13 | I would that you were with us to hear me play the piano which I do every day and Papa declares I make good progress . |
14 | Allow us to make your party a special occasion . |