Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I want to lose a few pounds , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Well , let's look for a few moments this morning at one such incident when Jesus did do it and it 's in er , Mark chapter four , I want to read a few verses from there , Mark chapter four . |
| 3 | And I want to keep a few things to remind me of Billy . |
| 4 | TWO scientists from Stirling University expect to shed a few tears at tonight 's United Kingdom premiere of a Hollywood film that tells the extraordinary story of Augusto and Michaela Odone 's love for their son Lorenzo . |
| 5 | What we can not do is ask questions about sub-areas of the cerebral cortex , for example the striate cortex of primates , and expect to get the same answers from studies on different groups . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to have a few words with you , John . |
| 7 | If you only want to raise a few seedlings in spring , and provide a humid atmosphere for some cuttings later , an unheated propagator will be adequate . |
| 8 | If you only want to take a few doors or windows back to bare wood for repainting , there are many other cheaper guns that would do the job . |
| 9 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the problems with our present laws , especially in relation to welfare . |
| 10 | Finally , I want to say a few words about the assumption of " slowly varying currents " in connection with the last example . |
| 11 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 12 | What I want to spend a few minutes on again this is something we 'll test tomorrow , right so I 'm giving you , training 's all about doing what do you think ? |
| 13 | I just want to make a few pennies by selling some horseflesh . |
| 14 | I want to make a few suggestions to my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary about small businesses . |
| 15 | Well I agree with that but I want to make a few points first of all , because poll tax was tangled up with this . |
| 16 | And there were a few things that you mentioned as you were going through that a you know I just really want to make a few comments on really . |
| 17 | Surely we all want to achieve the same objectives , an end to recession , low unemployment , a prosperous and fair economy , good education , training and health care . |
| 18 | Not only are we all primed to look for regularities , we tend to perceive the same regularities . |
| 19 | What is the nature of the relationship between proper names and descriptive referential phrases that happen to designate the same objects ? |
| 20 | It can only be hoped that the newly aggressive financial players of the Thatcher era manage to avoid the same errors . |
| 21 | Now that we have looked at Wharram Percy deserted village and seen something of the 30-year long excavations there , we should look at other studies and excavations on village sites which seem to suggest the same developments implied at Wharram Percy . |
| 22 | Oh and his wife 's got the first name too and the name of the his wife too and then you begin to you begin to put a few equations together . |
| 23 | ‘ You and he seem to share the same ideas ! |
| 24 | ‘ We look to have a few problems , ’ he admitted yesterday . |
| 25 | Despite the over-arching presence of a sizeable clutch of masterstrokes , the Inspirals manage to deliver a few turkeys — ‘ This Is How It Feels ’ , for all its anthemic pretensions , still sounds like cloying Radio 2 fodder , and arty pieces like ‘ Flood ’ are prone to descend into unseemly pomposity . |
| 26 | But both firms happen to have the same dividends and the same share price , so that the net and gross dividend yields are the same at 5.31 and 7.08 per cent respectively . |
| 27 | Seeing as you only like bands who seem to have the same attitudes as you , I 'm sure you will be pleased to know there is a band called Guns N' Roses who have this same attitude . |
| 28 | Some of the tense/aspect distinctions of American Black English which have attracted the attention of sociolinguists seem to introduce the same problems of underlying structural non-identity as the Irish English perfect — an example is perfective done , illustrated by 19–21 . |
| 29 | ‘ Somehow you manage to achieve the same goals , ’ said T.E . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |