Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Receivership is anathema to corporate financiers , who hate to see their fat fees going to those who just pick over the bones . |
| 2 | Regarding the second theme , market liberals concur with radical liberals like Illich that professionals and bureaucrats tend to promote their own interests rather than meeting the needs of their clients . |
| 3 | Most attacks on stock occur in the autumn , when the young mink disperse to find their own territories , and in the spring , when males wander in search of females . |
| 4 | They want to see their own chaps , keen as mustard , potting Jerries ( or Tommies ) whenever the opportunity arises . |
| 5 | This is usually a very popular event as parents want to see their own children involved in something special . |
| 6 | It has taken the black South African Rugby Association and the ‘ coloured ’ South African Rugby Federation under its wing , and they no doubt now want to flex their own muscles . |
| 7 | Whether the men of the Eighties want to risk their ageing bodies against such threats , only the Nineties will reveal . |
| 8 | A number of Arab countries have condemned the UN resolution , which they say displays its double standards in dealing with Arab countries and Israel . |
| 9 | They want to arrange their own lunches , decide for themselves how to spend some days . |
| 10 | ‘ I just want to thank my lucky stars , ’ Clinton said in a subsequent statement . |
| 11 | If fast-food take-aways want to find their best prospects they can do a lot worse than identify areas which have a high proportion of ‘ households sharing access to a bath ’ . |
| 12 | They also want to find her missing clothes . |
| 13 | The two men just want to brew their traditional beers and make enough money to live on , but as things stand it 's becoming more and more difficult . |
| 14 | They both want to own their loved ones and have their complete faithfulness , but Gatsby wants to earn Daisy 's respect and wants her to choose for herself to belong to him only . |
| 15 | They want to trace her natural parents , Paul and Susan Gort .. |
| 16 | " I stopped reading my mail but Sarah ( his wife ) did n't , " Strange said after issuing an apology which said : " I want to express my sincere apologies … no excuse can justify my outburst , and nobody feels as badly as I do . " |
| 17 | I don' want to play you bloody dominoes . |
| 18 | Because nobody is proud of them , the whole principle is undermined — even lefties are now saying the people want to buy their own homes ? |
| 19 | ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny . |
| 20 | " If you want to do me any favours , " I said , " maybe you could get me reinstated later , when I 'm better . |
| 21 | For example , if you want to do your long runs on Thursday or Saturday , that 's not a problem , as long as you shift the other workouts accordingly . |
| 22 | I want to give you good answers to your questions . ’ |
| 23 | The weather has been very warm , but now there 's another cold front coming down from Siberia , and we expect to don our long johns again before the week 's out . |
| 24 | General practitioners ( GPs ) who want to run their own budgets will be able to do so . |
| 25 | But , as I say , this is about ten years ago but we 're now run into another problem whereby the erm institutions are beginning go back again and want to project their own images , right the way through . |
| 26 | ‘ If people are trying to reduce weight gain , especially because obesity affects blood fats and they want to protect their coronary arteries , then reducing sugar would be a good idea , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Thus Switzerland 's Privacy Laws provide a naturally safe haven for transnational corporations who want to keep their financial dealings closed ( Klass 1975 ) . |
| 28 | But if people want to keep their old tyres they can . ’ |
| 29 | I want to keep my new clothes on , so the old woman gives me a big paper carrier bag to put my mac and woolly hat in . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to keep my best players as long as possible , ’ he said . |