Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sees the deviant group as creating its own circumstances to the extent that it makes meaningful the societal reactions to it , or better generates meaning for itself in a world whose societal reactions deny them the full status of persons . |
| 2 | Bring me the bloody cheese grater in the ! |
| 3 | bring me the drowsy country thing ! |
| 4 | Bring me the little book , that might have it as well . |
| 5 | Yeah , I mean I The important thing is I think the children do recognize the differences , not that they do n't notice the differences , because they 're Like you say they 're capable of using the other if it if it suits them . |
| 6 | The waiter said no all off oh send me the usual toast . |
| 7 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 8 | So I cook one the other day , and I cook one this morning , I 've pressure cooked one for him , but he would n't look at it Reg is definitely |
| 9 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
| 10 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 11 | ‘ You want it the hard way ? |
| 12 | ‘ You are saying that if it were possible to remove a fertilized egg cell from a woman after she had conceived , you could examine it and say what the resulting child would be like ? ’ |
| 13 | The General Strike , it 's a strange memory because I had to walk down Pad er now , erm I forget what the proper word is now , er it 's called Walk , now . |
| 14 | Why not let the private sector provide what the public sector can not or will not ? |
| 15 | Refuel the plane and send us the other brother , and we will send you the other passengers . |
| 16 | Why you send us the fucking letter saying it 'll be there . |
| 17 | Erm but did n't the peasant culture already have erm sort of elements of collectivization alread I mean which the Communist Party could |
| 18 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 19 | She now has a wedding dress that cost me the national debt , but which now bears no relation to the original creation because all the expensive seed-pearls are strewn around her bedroom floor , and which the dog thought would be marvellous to eat and is now residing at the local vet 's and which will cost me even more money . |
| 20 | Jacob can go with you , and show you the old coach road that leads to the signpost . |
| 21 | Once in a while fantastic planetary aspects or influences afford one the perfect opportunity to prove just how daring , adventurous and self-confident one can be . |
| 22 | If he needs a more imaginative approach to biblical meditation , show him the Ignatian method . |
| 23 | The world No 1 blames the media for the pressure which almost cost him the Open Championship at Muirfield — and also blitzed the Americans for their win-at-all-costs attitude to the Ryder Cup . |
| 24 | Put it the other way round , what incentives have the police or the white working class got not to be racist ? |
| 25 | I think that I put it the other way round last time . |
| 26 | And then , put it the other way i if there were nothing that side you 'd have to put it on B because that 's ready to run . |
| 27 | Well we 'll put it just put it the other side of the line . |
| 28 | Right , so when you measure that , okay , you best put it the right way up so you can see what you 're doing , and we 'll turn it back in a minute . |
| 29 | Put it the right way up then Kathleen ? |
| 30 | I welcome what the hon. Gentleman says . |