Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Clear cross-references , supplemented by a thorough index , allow you to follow up a line of enquiry and to move easily from the text to the line drawings , maps and colour plates — each chosen to represent a particular design or type of rug typical of those currently available — offering instant visual access to the information you need . |
| 32 | If the adviser wants you to make out a cheque to him , the alarm bells should start ringing . |
| 33 | If they 're sick for seven days or less , you may want them to fill in a form saying so . |
| 34 | I bet they asked them to fill in a form for it |
| 35 | Tamzin needs them to fill in a questionnaire . |
| 36 | Yeah so erm yeah so if you get that sort of thing and then you can in some way either get people to discuss or get them to fill in a questionnaire about it or something of the sort I mean that 's er the format that y'know kind of er seems to work quite well for final year projects anyway er generally speaking with other stuff so er yeah that 's that 's do-able . |
| 37 | At 8.30am on his first day on the job , Mr Lobov summoned senior officials in his ministry and told them to draw up a plan for re-establishing state control over the economy . |
| 38 | ‘ Princes will cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not persuade them to give up a rank to which they believe themselves entitled . ’ |
| 39 | " Princes cede towns , even provinces , but all the ability of the most adroit negotiators can not decide them to give up a rank which they believe to be their right " . |
| 40 | Arithmetic not only took my mind off the leg , but also spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour . |
| 41 | This permits them to build up a picture of how the weather is changing virtually anywhere on Earth . |
| 42 | He knew about them investigations , that I was being watched , and he could have told me to slow down a bit . |
| 43 | She told me to hang on a bit , and then I was talking to this David Kendrew bloke — the one on the programme — the one Mum 's always on about . |
| 44 | I move in the er public protection report that er Mr Chairman , the bell 's still going do you want me to hang on a minute or what ? |
| 45 | Patrick 's identification of the body enabled him to write out a death certificate , which he handed to PC Bartholomew with a note of the other details . |
| 46 | I knew that she would be feeling timid , and it was rather a climb in any case : comforting for her to come up a flight of steps passing a trellis of gloriously flowering wistaria . |
| 47 | However , she seemed to have forgotten all about it , because she told him to pull up a chair and warm himself by the fire . |
| 48 | It is the only course in the United Kingdom which will qualify her to set up a dance and fitness college in the province — a business , she believes , which will afford her children security for the future while fulfilling their mother 's lifelong ambition . |
| 49 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 50 | Again Ted demurred , but the Parliamentary Party 's unease over the procedure for new leadership elections caused him to set up a review committee under Alec Home . |
| 51 | RVS was a master printer and an amateur pianist , the latter facility enabling him to help out a friend who was touring the Glasgow districts before the First World War with a projector and a bag full of short silent films . |
| 52 | ‘ Intimidation is his game , and at one stage I had to tell him to calm down a bit . ’ |
| 53 | Wright lost his infamous temper , picked up a booking and Monkou said : ‘ Intimidation is his game and at one stage I had to tell him to calm down a bit . ’ |
| 54 | Just to show her who 's boss , I compel her to let out a shriek . |
| 55 | Jacob , trim in his dinner-jacket , his dark eyes sparkling darker against the greying of his thick hair ; Leo , blond , relaxed , despite the effort it had cost him to put on a suit for the occasion . |
| 56 | She must write that letter in time for him to send back a reply . |
| 57 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 58 | It was important for him to build up a body of allies to ensure his succession on his father 's death , but he overreached himself , was regarded as a rebel and was killed , after being defeated in battle by Chlothar . |
| 59 | The taxi dropped off one of the passengers , and the offenders instructed the driver to take them to a farm club , and then asked him to turn down a farm track . |
| 60 | I had to yell out for him to hang on a minute . ’ |