Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Nash added that the whole basis of ASB chairman David Tweedie 's approach was to stop people looking at special figures and make them examine various factors . |
| 2 | This belief has lasted to the present day ; and , in revenge , we should round up all the people who made these awful hippy records and make them read old Charlatans interviews until they beg for mercy and we hurl them into a well filled with angry weasels . |
| 3 | But lets just notice two or three things in this particular interview , the first thing that we see and its so obvious is that the way of salvation is so wondrously simple , it could n't be easier , you know there are so many people who think it is hard to get saved , who think it is hard to come to Christ and to become a Christian , well the problem is you see the devil has blinded their eyes , they 've blinded the eyes of men and women , so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what is actually happened , Paul tells us in , in , in Carinthians in the first er , in to Carinthians in chapter four and verse four , he says the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of god , and there is this shroud , this covering , but the thing is god takes that away so that we can see and so its not difficult to become a Christian , it is not hard to get saved , sometimes as Christians we are guilty of making it difficult for people to become Christians , we put all sorts of rules in , we , we make them undergo various periods of er , of probation before we wer we 've were , were willing to call them Christians , remember the Philippine jailer he cried out there to the apostle Paul who was er in jail there with Silus the , the be , the tremendous earthquake and they were released all their vetoers was , were broken and the prisoners were all , could of escaped and the ja , the Philippine jailer he cries out a question that I 'm sure he does n't even know what he means when he calls it out , he 's not thinking of heaven , he 's not thinking of the future life , he 's not thinking of having his sins dealt with but he just cries out what must I do to be saved and the apostle Paul and he gets , opens the scrolls and he starts in genesis and he explains the plan of salvation and he tells him what he 's got to do and he explains all the requirements and then about three or four hours later the mans mind is completely blurred he does n't understand a word of it , its gone way beyond him |
| 4 | We put all sorts of rules in , we we make them undergo various periods of er , o of probation before we 're wor , we 've we 're , we 're willing to call them Christians . |
| 5 | What d' ya mean whizzy holder ? |
| 6 | Call the guard , let them take good care of him , he 's a desperate firebrand . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I said I was unfairly handicapped , and they let me do extra Latin instead , ’ she said . |
| 8 | No let me try Super Mario |
| 9 | Many trusts offer savings schemes which let you invest small sums , £25 to £30 a month , on a regular basis . |
| 10 | Let her ask Dirty Harry instead . |
| 11 | If there must be a neighbour , let her have good taste . |
| 12 | Confused , she went after him down the winding stairs into the kitchen and let him organise hot drinks . |
| 13 | I let him keep young ones for sentimental reasons since I do n't need them for practical purposes . |
| 14 | This is an attempt to loosen up your mind and let it accept alternative ideas . |
| 15 | First , let us assume fixed proportions in production . |
| 16 | Leaving aside the question of which came first , let us assume active interest on the part of the man , and a potential interest on the part of the woman . |
| 17 | Let us give special thought today to those people who have devoted their lives to helping the poor and needy in impoverished parts of the world . |
| 18 | Let us skirt round professor Joan Bicknell , a major authority in child psychiatry . |
| 19 | Let us consider possible distortions and ways in which we can minimize their effect . |
| 20 | For a continuously varying trait ( let us use human size as an example ) , the value of the trait in an individual is probably determined by what genes it has at a large number of genetic loci , together with the effect of the environment . |
| 21 | So let us see quantitative stylistics as serving a role in the " circle of explanation " ( see Fig 1.1 ) as follows . |
| 22 | It would be artificial to limit our understanding of style to one of them , let us say authorial style , and exclude the others . |
| 23 | They 've done before you realise it , and once they 're done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you 'd like to be and you 've lost your true self forever . ’ |
| 24 | Tendrils that invade your mind and make you think crazy thoughts ! ’ |
| 25 | I was brought up in the country , on a farm you know , so I 'll try and sort of make you know equal amount of flowers in each , and then er it can be halved . |
| 26 | Some slimmers feel they need actual supervision and there are lots of clubs throughout the country such as Slimming Magazine Clubs and Weight Watchers , which offer excellent support . |
| 27 | Do I smuggle contraband goods ? |
| 28 | Not only do I consume vast amounts of raw materials — I am also a high-level polluter . |
| 29 | " Tell me , my little one , my daughter , why do I smell human bones ? " |
| 30 | ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’ |