Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simply handling them causes 1 dose to be absorbed through the skin , counting them ( or similarly continuously handling them ) causes 1 dose per Turn to be absorbed . |
| 2 | Serum pepsinogen I shows little response to eating . |
| 3 | ‘ She has minimal response to pain and noise , there is little eye movement , she is unable to communicate , she ca n't move her limbs or eat on her own . ’ |
| 4 | Tired of being known only as Kylie Minogue 's long-suffering screen mum , Anne Charleston is treading the boards to prove she has other strings to her bow . |
| 5 | She has good reason to be pleased . |
| 6 | She has this allergy to cow 's milk and what have you . |
| 7 | Oh she has enough certificates to of gone to teachers ' training college , now that , I always feel although I think she 's quite happy now , but for myself , for myself and I 'm always er tempted by the fact that they always have twelve weeks ' holiday you know , I mean in one go the teachers |
| 8 | This was echoed by another boy : You see , my mom right , she says some words to me , right , sometimes , right , wha' I ca n't understand you know an' I sort of start laughin' , but then again right , y' know , I can understand some o' de words which she says to me y' know — I even speak it back to her , y' see . |
| 9 | Sometimes she says brief words to the other athletes or the crowd and unfortunately the video does n't show it . |
| 10 | ‘ — And she says dreadful things to you in front of the whole class and makes you feel really stupid , ’ continued Maud . |
| 11 | It shows , they claim , that she prefers personal favourites to ministers . |
| 12 | During this period she herds stray animals to her seashore cave , where she feeds them during the cold months . |
| 13 | She relates these concerns to the philosophical projects of finding universals of human nature , of morality and of political being , and in particular , to the project of achieving equality between individuals of varying class , race , age and cultural background . |
| 14 | She sends good wishes to all her friends and colleagues . |
| 15 | Now she declares unswerving loyalty to diesel : ‘ I 've experienced three petrol cars in the past , but it 's going to be diesel all the way for me in the future . ’ |
| 16 | A beautiful , well-dressed woman ; she pays great attention to make-up , grooming and clothes , but not in such a way as to stifle the personality underneath . |
| 17 | The balance of Lady Antonia 's very long and extremely well-researched book reflects this exactly ; she devotes 75 pages to the period of Mary 's personal rule from 1561–5 , compared to 137 for the years 1565–8 and 81 for 1586–7 . |
| 18 | To Duane 's unease she becomes immediate confidant to his sharp-tongued wife — and he 's soon convinced that his inadequacies and foibles are chief topics of discussion . |
| 19 | She knows the international jetsetters and , with her powerful storyteller 's talent , she brings these characters to life in her latest book . |
| 20 | When its heroine , Dorothea , first entertains the illusion that marriage to Mr Casaubon will confer upon the everyday-the aspect of great things , she makes one exception to the frustration of her efforts as a single woman to lead a significant life in that period in England : ‘ I do n't feel sure about doing good in any way now ; everything seems like going on a mission to a people whose language I do n't know ; — unless it were building good cottages — there can be no doubt about that . ’ |
| 21 | She makes regular visits to Osteopath , Steven Davies in Cheltenham for treatment . |
| 22 | But why go half-way round the world to find Lady Happiness when She works next door to you ? |
| 23 | Sir Kenneth Newman — then commandant — suggests that the book 's claim to attention is that its contents are contributed by insiders ; while in their introduction , the authors claim it goes some way to challenging Holdaway 's claim ( 1979 ) that ‘ research from the Police Staff College has not resulted in a major project on the police ’ . |
| 24 | All this formed a background to the first century of crusading ; and it goes some way to explaining the more secular aspects of the magnetism which drew French knights to take up the cross in their thousands . |
| 25 | This has the advantage of relating expenditure to sales , but it discourages innovative approaches to advertising expenditure and does not allow for distinctions to be made between products or sales territories . |
| 26 | Entitled Challenge , it ‘ will be progressive in the sense that it understands Christian faith to be of necessity a commitment to the cause of all who are oppressed , discriminated against or unjustly treated . ’ |
| 27 | The Great Detective , for all that he figures in mere detective stories , is a figure to parallel with the great poet and the great scientist because in solving the sort of genuinely baffling mystery that confronts him , in fact he goes some way to solving a yet greater mystery , the mystery of the human personality . |
| 28 | Detecting water movements helps many insects of fast-flowing streams to maintain their position , and it alerts aquatic leeches to the approach of animals which might provide a meal of blood . |
| 29 | He drives 12 miles to work and then has the usual round of home visits . |
| 30 | Between the river walk and the village rises a conical hillock known in the past as ‘ Cunnigar ’ or the ‘ Witches Hill ’ it offers good views to the north and is one of several Bronze Age earthworks along this stretch of the river . |