Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 2 | You never knew when your luck would turn — another mean Taibach slogan to see him through these dazzling fields of honey and clover . |
| 3 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 4 | This is Brando 's first film since 1980 and it 's good that his old campaigning fire was still sufficiently there under the millions and the sloth to pull him into this . |
| 5 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 6 | Out of the corner of my eye I noticed how the prioress kept sending him frowning glances at being ignored , interspersed with coy smiles in an attempt to provoke him into some loving conspiracy about the events of the previous night . |
| 7 | It is highly probable that by early in the next century it will require no more than ten per cent of the labour force to provide us with all our material needs — that is , all the food we eat , all the clothing we wear , all the textiles and furnishings in our houses , the houses themselves , the appliances , the automobiles , and so on . |
| 8 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 9 | They had to walk right past the tramp to enter the church and they made absolutely no attempt to help him in any way . |
| 10 | If there is any attempt to bypass me in this matter , you shall all know of it ! ’ |
| 11 | Jezrael wondered whose memory was being replayed inside her mind to guide her through this metal rat-run . |
| 12 | I 'd like to wish you well , Hazel , but there 's no good to wish you in this place . |
| 13 | Where there is nothing to show that the parties have used language in any other than its strict and ordinary sense , and where the words interpreted in that sense are sensible with reference to extrinsic circumstances , it is an inflexible rule of construction that the words shall be interpreted in that strict and primary sense even though they may be capable of some popular or secondary interpretation and even though the most conclusive evidence of the intention to use them in such popular sense is tendered ( Enlayde Ltd v Roberts [ 1917 ] 1 Ch 109 : obligation to reinstate property destroyed by fire included an obligation to reinstate where the destruction was caused by incendiary bombs ) . |
| 14 | There 's no reasson to keep it at all . |
| 15 | Brazil 's pro-privatisation rhetoric needs to be supported by much further change in policy and practice to turn it into more than a minor curiosity in its history . |
| 16 | He released a hundred quintols of amyl to remind him of that . |
| 17 | Nurses claimed she had waited most of that time for an ambulance to take her to another hospital . |
| 18 | I decided to follow him to his bedroom to confront him with this unacceptable behaviour . |
| 19 | They made no attempt to molest me in any way , and after having hugged the post for about five minutes they went over to see if any of the Museums were open . |
| 20 | As for the Chancellor himself , Mr Parkinson said : ‘ I think he has both the backbone and the brains and the determination to see us through this difficulty . ’ |
| 21 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 22 | The shame of it is we have the capacity to provide them with that peace but we 've decided it is n't worth it . ’ |
| 23 | However , I would argue that it begs the question to phrase it in such a way . |
| 24 | They had warned Aristide in recent weeks to drop his plan to replace them with another motorized unit , which was Swiss trained and more loyal to him . |
| 25 | For real benefit , allow your exercise to help you on more than simply a physical level . |
| 26 | ‘ Yet you must have help to free you from this condition and , frankly , I have found myself at a loss . |
| 27 | Private shareholders in Concorde would have required a high expected return to entice them into such a risky project . |
| 28 | He had a council to advise him on these policy decisions , and he and his council recognized the great similarity between the powers of the assembly and those of the House of Commons in passing laws and imposing new taxes . |
| 29 | You 'll feel like a Hollywood star during the journey as the classy chauffeur-driven vehicle comes complete with a television and video and there will be champagne on ice to get you in that million dollar mood ! |
| 30 | What is n't is A Winter Tan 's capacity to move us in another way , in particular with a riveting and lacerating piece of acting that underlines and illustrates its argument . |