Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Two final points : first , except to imply that , because the rights of ownership in joint stock companies are rarely used , they can be discounted , the chapter offers nothing to support a conclusion that the reduction or abrogation of those rights , such as the ‘ radical extension ’ of the unions ' role would require , would command general support , and second , it gives no guidance on the question whether that ‘ radical extension ’ would create genuine industrial democracy . |
| 2 | encourages me to make a comeback . |
| 3 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 4 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 5 | Sara , a 38-year-old mother of three , said , I do n't particularly like talking about this , but Len insists I keep a corset , suspenders , the whole works on while we 're making love . |
| 6 | Lee thinks I have a problem , I can tell . |
| 7 | He goes I spent a lot of money on you this year Nat . |
| 8 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 9 | Cal wants me to sing a song . |
| 10 | Yeah , I 've spoken to Tom , he wants me to get an outline price which I 'll do today . |
| 11 | Sometimes I think he wants me to have an affair just so he can be proved right . ’ |
| 12 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 13 | Has everyone got a drink ? |
| 14 | Has everyone got a copy of them here ? |
| 15 | Has everyone got a copy of |
| 16 | Right has everyone had a chance to look at some stuff since last time ? |
| 17 | The court accepted that an alteration of the goods which causes them to tell a lie about themselves may be a false description . |
| 18 | Guy tells them they do n't look like they 're enjoying things and he wants them to take a holiday . |
| 19 | To be an effective leader , to get bureaucrats and legislators to do what he wants them to do a president must retain the support of the public and , in the modern age , that is hardly possible without consistent command of television . |
| 20 | The first thing that George found was that the work of fracture of wood was quite exceptionally high , although of course it has nothing resembling a dislocation mechanism to help it . |
| 21 | It only needs someone to knock a window out and the whole thing could go up in flames . ’ |
| 22 | George is a quiet , fairly shy person , who is not very imaginative and needs someone to share a life with . |
| 23 | ‘ Has someone robbed a bank ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Has someone got a down on the school ? ’ |
| 25 | It just needs somebody to have a look at it , but I just ca n't be bothered . |
| 26 | Thanks to the gruff benevolence of Sir William , Wrench 's play is mounted at the end with Rose in the lead , in it reunited with her true love , Arthur ( Ben Miles ) , who has himself become a rogue , vagabond and gipsy , in those late Victorian days a separate caste altogether . |
| 27 | Has somebody got a handkerchief to give to Anne ? ’ |
| 28 | My father here loves you like a son , so you must practically be my brother . ’ |
| 29 | Sleepily goes into spiel about what kind of care would she like , has she chosen a hospital yet , how does she feel generally , this is her first , is n't it , a lot of nonsense talked nowadays about active births and so on , what people fail to realize is that birth is potentially highly dangerous for the mother and the child and that with a bit of foresight and the right equipment it 's possible to etc. , etc. , etc . |
| 30 | Has she got a drink knocking around somewhere ? |