Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says she 's spent her life living modestly , as Eric wanted , but now she wants to blow a bit of it on some fun … |
| 2 | Hoey claims the SAS watch on the royals is so rigorous that Di must alert them every time she wants to move a piece of furniture or a even a painting at Highgrove or Kensington Palace . |
| 3 | She wants to open a coffee shop next door . |
| 4 | I 've got a friend who is a punk ; her make-up takes her ages , but she wants to make a statement , to be noticed . |
| 5 | She says she wants to make a statement . ’ |
| 6 | Well she wants to get a flat does she ? |
| 7 | " She wants to get a job and be independent of Daddy , " Fairfax said , " but we 'll see , we 'll see . |
| 8 | And it still might n't go ; it all depends on Agnes here , if she wants to buy a hat to go with it all . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But one of you has to make a start , Amy . |
| 10 | Not like her , Maggie , she has to put a lot of effort into looking nice . |
| 11 | She retains a liveliness of mind which is quite extraordinary under the circumstances and she still displays a keen sense of humour and a warmth of contact despite the fact that she has to use a machine . |
| 12 | She 's now able to walk around the house although outside she has to use a wheelchair . |
| 13 | As part of the course , she has to choose a subject of her own about which to write a paper ; one of her difficulties is to know how to form her own views , not just copy already received opinions . |
| 14 | Liz is said to have commented : ‘ I 'm sorry Raquel is so hard up she has to do a film that rips off my life . |
| 15 | She has to do a lot of standing . ’ |
| 16 | She has to take a taxi everywhere . |
| 17 | What this means is she has to find a job fast . |
| 18 | But I hope he 'll be able to make her understand that she ca n't ever have me , and that she has to make a life for herself away from me . ’ |
| 19 | She needs to lose a bit of weight but I 'm worried because she 's become very faddy about her food and sometimes refuses to eat anything at all . |
| 20 | It 's no coincidence that there are consistent rumours that Madonna is interested in talking to women like Courtney Love and Katie Jane Garside as she starts to build a roster of acts for her very own record empire . |
| 21 | ‘ You wants to take a look ? ’ |
| 22 | It never enters her head that it is n't Dieter , she happens to have a golf-club in her hand and the temptation is overwhelming . ’ |
| 23 | For the listener , there is nothing to keep her to this role unless she happens to have a partner whose talk is engaging ( or , of course , there may be extrinsic pressures of , for example , wanting to please teacher , which because it is always a possible element in children 's work I will not keep referring to but will take for granted ) . |
| 24 | Especially when she happens to have a half-sister who can provide her with a stable and secure home in London ? ’ |
| 25 | If he or she undertakes to make a part of his or her income over to a charity for four years or more , the tax the individual pays on that income is given by the tax authorities to the charity concerned . |
| 26 | ‘ Jenna is not well , Alain , but she refuses to have a doctor . |
| 27 | FILM actress Roma Downey , who played Jackie Kennedy in a television mini-series , today bought a site in Donegal where she plans to build a dream cottage . |
| 28 | ‘ She tends to get a bit befuddled , poor old dear . ’ |
| 29 | Signora Neroni is very unusual — she has a husband but is not at his side which seems to suggest independence ; however , she seems to have a need to flirt and have men about her , under her spell . |
| 30 | She seems to have a gift for calming them down . ’ |