Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time they try to make sure that no other males get the opportunity to mate with their own female . |
| 2 | The problem remains of how to get the existing parliament to connive at its own demise . |
| 3 | Then without disclosing how — if he had the money to proceed on his own , he would not now be displaying that same information on Esther 's desk — he pressed her for a response . |
| 4 | The Masai were elusive , even when constantly told they had nothing to fear , and consequently the British administration found itself engaged for fifty years in a ceaseless struggle to impose on them some measure of control . |
| 5 | Each author has been allowed the freedom to write in his own style and provides a large set of references promoting further study . |
| 6 | Giving it would deprive the delivery driver of the opportunity to discover for himself some of the delightful scenery on his patch . |
| 7 | They requested permission to work on their own in a small area immediately outside the classroom , collected paper and felts , decided between them how to take turns to scribe . |
| 8 | The most popular work was that which allowed students freedom to work on their own — projects , for example . |
| 9 | Two are about to leave Oxford University to work with their former professor — Tony Cheetham — and five other students who have already settled in California . |
| 10 | And then it would n't occur to her that after what had happened , he would have the nerve to go under his own steam . |
| 11 | It 's done you no harm to stand on your own feet has it ? |
| 12 | The ridge survived until a storm in 1910 , when it was breached in the middle , thus causing the harbour to revert to its former double spit state . |
| 13 | Ms Harman urged the electorate to draw from their own experiences when they vote . |
| 14 | He was the only father you 've ever known , so it is n't a crime to refer to him that way ! |
| 15 | Rose Hilaire had a waking dream , one which followed her into sleep and came out again the other side to stay with her all day , going with her into Belmodes side by side like a fellow worker . |
| 16 | We feel that this may be helpful to Principals in deciding the appropriate action to take within their own colleges . |
| 17 | Choking , he shifted one hand from his enemy to claw at his own throat , and instantly the fist that was strangling him heaved him roughly back from the edge and flung him down in safety at the foot of the wall . |
| 18 | Of course , had the guilds and fraternities included a handling charge in their reckoning they might have attracted an income allowing them the freedom to purchase for themselves those ‘ extras ’ now being clamoured for . |
| 19 | It was always envisaged that the House of Lords would use the freedom to depart from its own previous decisions sparingly , but in the years following the Practice Statement the potential impact of the new freedom was narrowed by the addition of a series of riders . |
| 20 | She entered the warmth of the hospice as Lady Percy was leaving the hall to go to her own apartment , attended by a single demure damosel . |
| 21 | Not a capacity to see beyond your own time . |
| 22 | It states : ’ as to the future , we have to secure for Scotland a much more direct and convenient method of bringing her influence to bear upon her own purely domestic affairs . |
| 23 | Caring for the class pet might prompt the child to comment on his own pet . |
| 24 | American industrialists , critical of the performance of the occupation , had urged a reversal of policy so as to increase Japan 's capacity to stand on her own feet and not to receive excessive subsidies from the United States . |
| 25 | To be more precise , the maximum odds against the origin of life on any one planet that our theories are allowed to postulate , is the number of available planets in the universe divided by the odds that life , once started , will evolve sufficient intelligence to speculate about its own origins . |
| 26 | It may seem a little strange that ‘ sufficient intelligence to speculate about its own origins ’ is a relevant variable . |
| 27 | Yes , Joan is right — mothers should stay at home to look after their own children . |
| 28 | Lower grade paper is presently in surplus and as yet there is not the mill capacity to deal with it all . |
| 29 | In a sense the children 's librarian is freer , but also is forced to work in a more oblique and informal way ; the teacher may work directly , can initiate activities and be more directive , for instance in requiring the child to respond with his own written or pictorial work or linking the reading to another activity in the classroom . |
| 30 | Others who have done so have argued that elderly people are often faced with a choice between an unpleasant battle to survive in their own homes and an equally unpleasant enforced dependence in the institution ( Wilkin and Hughes , 1987 ) . |