Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [verb] [indef pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mandeville and Santerre had arrived at Templecombe wanting to make everyone dance to their tune . |
| 2 | ‘ IBM needs to make something happen with OS/2 2.1 , or it 's facing the possibility of being a niche product for a very long time . ’ |
| 3 | Tallis had seen nothing like them in all her life , their hides so thick , their fur patterned in blacks and browns and whites , infested with parasites . |
| 4 | It was the first time Pumfrey had heard anyone use the word ‘ misgives ’ . |
| 5 | Thoroughly upset now , she repeated the question and instruction , and this time Jack did see something move in his stepfather 's eye . |
| 6 | Erlich had seen nothing like it in CI-3 , in Washington Field Office , where each room had photos of wives stuck onto cork boards , of kids , postcards from vacations all over the world , cartoons , clippings of headlines and a huge blow-up of a quote from an English thriller writer : ‘ The most suspicious , unbelieving , unreasonable , petty , inhuman , sadistic , double-crossing set of bastards in any language [ are ] the people who run counter-espionage departments . ’ |