Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes Soutine , who was living in the village , came over to enjoy a good chicken dinner , and after eating their fill the two artists reproached their host for living in such luxury . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's risk it , ’ she said after giving her protégée a thorough appraisal . |
| 3 | Matters then came to a head and after dropping her baby the mother was distraught about what she had done to her child . |
| 4 | By means of tapping his foot the horse could perform mathematical calculations , and solve problems of musical harmony . |
| 5 | Defeat also robbed Edberg of the chance of regaining his world No 1 ranking — which he would have done if he had won this final major tournament of the year . |
| 6 | I sort of give her hair a stroke and say ‘ there , there ’ like I seen people do with babies . |
| 7 | Allowing for the differences in stance has far more chance of success : then it is just a question of deciding which way the ball will fly from certain lies . |
| 8 | Do n't risk the disappointment of buying your boy a model train that will not go . |
| 9 | Recently a number of societies have adopted the practice of sending their solicitor a sealed Form 53 , in the case of registered property , in anticipation of redemption , in which case no undertaking is required , the form being handed over on completion . |
| 10 | The lucky winner has the privilege of sending their leader the first congratulatory telegram , announcing the success of the latest project . |
| 11 | The corruption and moral crisis revealed in the foreign policy of the United State. , is such that we women raise our voices in protest against the insulting and base behaviour of Mr Christopher Dodd [ Democrat Senator ] , who committed the crass error of calling our country a " nest of rats " … |
| 12 | But she had a stroke of good fortune when she inherited Penelope Beaton as her art teacher , a woman who laid aside ‘ the nice tidy little shell paintings ’ favoured by her predecessor in favour of teaching her class the pleasures to be had from working with the wonders of unpredictable watercolour . |
| 13 | SPRED has the twofold aim of teaching your child the ways of your own faith , and integrating him/her into the local parish community . |
| 14 | I do n't come within an inch of losing my life every day . |
| 15 | Have you ever thought of giving your home a health check ? |
| 16 | A headboard is an easy and effective way of giving your bed a new sense of style . |
| 17 | Volumnia can easily be played as a sexless harridan : Ms Jefford interprets her as a passionate woman who dominates her son physically as well as spiritually , even to the extent of giving his face a resounding slap when he is recalcitrant . |
| 18 | There is also no way of knowing what use the authorities will make of the information if and when the VAN team does give them a warning that another Richter-7 earthquake is due in 7 or 11 hours time . |
| 19 | Punctuation is a way of showing your reader the structure of your sentences : it separates successive units ( such as sentences by full stops , or items in a list by commas ) and specifies what function words have ( for example when an apostrophe indicates possession ) . |
| 20 | Even after the fall of the hated Poitevins in 1234 , ‘ Henry III in no wise gave up the policy of making his household the centre of the administration of the State ’ . |
| 21 | Are you saving up , reading about business management , surveying the market , giving yourself a deadline — or are you just wistfully dreaming over the cash register , with no intention of making your dream a reality ? |
| 22 | From B 's perspective of obtaining his freedom the unresolved issues were equally fundamental to the point addressed . |
| 23 | Just as they were about to give up hope of finding their way a huge while wolf appeared , which instead of attacking them began to guide them skilfully through the dark wood . |
| 24 | Leith fought a dreadful battle with her conscience when her friendship with Rosemary vied with the necessity of telling her mother an outright lie . |
| 25 | unclear lot cleaner , I got ten shillings from them and a shilling from the next door for cleaning their windowsill every morning . |
| 26 | Bilek , Moravcik and Skuhravy look like giving their attack a cutting edge , they qualified without much difficulty and if the team takes its cue from the state of the country anything might happen . |
| 27 | This can be anything from a loan of £10 to tide your sister over to her next pay cheque , to substantial gifts like giving your grandson the money for the deposit on his first house . |
| 28 | The Woolleys have channelled all their creative effort into making their house a work of art |
| 29 | Various schemes are being put in place to make us think carefully about giving our waste a new lease of life . |
| 30 | ‘ You talk about giving your mind a rest , sir , but I shall have to give my body a bit of a rest soon . |