Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I take it you book me into that hotel .
2 My own preference when using these elite units is to mass them in a body to provide the heaviest punch possible and then unleash them against one section of the enemy line with the hope that the breakthrough will start a general rout of the enemy force .
3 The hasty note , the spluttering pen , the exasperated correction , the careful clerkly hand , the grandiloquent flourish , the obsequious subscription , the torn seal , the glint of sand still held in the writing from the hand that strewed it centuries ago — all these and much else bring me into close company with the past , more than the rooms in which men sat , the streets they walked , the clothes they wore or the trinkets that adorned them .
4 Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not .
5 • Any burns may be deeper than they appear , so cool them with cold water and cover with an antiseptic dressing or clean cloth .
6 In 89 , a poem of infidelity ( ‘ Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault ’ ) , the Poet abases himself , vowing to perform all kinds of penance in order to win the Friend back , including never mentioning his name again in case he ‘ haply of our old acquaintance tell ’ : it is over , in the past .
7 Beside him , the Substitute burst into delighted laughter and said , ‘ Maestrangelo , introduce me to this man ! ’
8 Males have brightly striped fringes and flash them at each other when displaying during combat .
9 Revitalise them with conditioning serum .
10 They do n't refuse male customers , they simply sub contract them to another firm .
11 If you are prepared to live dangerously , you can take many of the techniques above and combine them in one image , or , you may even discover completely new applications for this superb medium .
12 A truly usable recognition system would have to learn from whole word recognition techniques and combine them in some fashion with existing segmentation techniques ( Ho et al , 1991 ; Hull et al , 1991 ) .
13 and push them through that loop , it looks
14 Fence Them In British soccer 's first spiked steel fence will form an impenetrable barrier to unruly … fans next season .
15 Then if you feel it is appropriate , address them to their homes and send them by registered mail .
16 They would also remove any personal belongings which were removable and next day place them on prominent display , according to Polperro 's Quiller Couch , ‘ … to disclose the disgraceful want of vigilance supposed to characterise the owner ’ .
17 Before you oil your hands , place them on either side of your partner 's head .
18 Then take two cuts of the cards off the bottom of the pack and place them at each end before placing the rest in the middle .
19 And we now have the final symbolism of Ross Perot , the white knight set to storm Washington , who has in the not-so-distant past said that it might be necessary to suspend the constitution and cordon off black neighbourhoods and place them under martial law .
20 Nobody want them at twenty pound ?
21 Check all the facts and refute them with sound evidence .
22 They also learn the position of the wetlands that provide them with crucial staging posts where they can feed and rest before starting on the next part of their journey .
23 As is usual among deviations , most men and a good many women have some fetish object or objects which provide them with sexual stimulation and can increase the enjoyment of sexual activity .
24 They must be a priority target group , so we can prevent exploitation and discrimination and provide them with adequate training in health and safety and other matters .
25 The qualitative methods provide them with feminist validity , while the quantitative methods ensure the reliability which psychology values .
26 It does not , however , provide them with any defence to a claim that they negligently advised a particular treatment or negligently carried it out .
27 Barber argues that the knowledge and skills of professionals provide them with considerable power and it is therefore essential for the well-being of society that this power be used for the benefit of all .
28 Their shells provide them with valuable protection but like all armoured species they are at certain disadvantages — they are nearly always less mobile , less flexible , and suffer the consequences .
29 Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that .
30 In each of the two Ranges of the New Forest there is a Head Keeper , with six beat keepers under him , who take censuses of the deer , cull them in due season , guard against poachers and check pests .
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