Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 2 | Even though the portrayal of police work on celluloid is not a realistic description of policing in Easton , the conceptualizations they have of their role as fighters of ‘ big crime ’ , which they have to be continually prepared for , encourages them to see the media portrayal of policing as accurate , thus completing the circle . |
| 3 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 4 | The jelly which separates them gives the organism a degree of rigidity needed to withstand the buffeting of the sea . |
| 5 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 6 | Part-time firefighters carry a paging unit which alerts them to make the dash to the fire station when a 999 call is made . |
| 7 | ‘ I have , but he does n't believe there are two of us ; he saw the card you sent me and he thinks I got the idea of a twin from that . |
| 8 | I tried a light laugh , ’ Everyone thinks I have the phetam , just because I 'm a well-known courier . ’ |
| 9 | He has me fetch the plastic bucket from under the sink , then returns to the caravan with the bigger bits in the bucket saying he has some letters to write . |
| 10 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
| 11 | Mummy wants me to carry the tray in . |
| 12 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 13 | Eight o'clock — my mother wants me to lay the table and get breakfast ready . |
| 14 | If he wants me to reconsider the changes , I shall , of course , do so . |
| 15 | ‘ Siban wants me to scout the G'bai , the passes through the mountains , and the plain where the Moistr ’ River flows to the sea . ’ |
| 16 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 17 | She wants them to see the killer caught and tried . |
| 18 | Not to sing , he wants them to play the guitar with . |
| 19 | Has she seen the Quakers report which states that tens of thousands of children are in jeopardy and thousands will die because of the lack of essential medicines ? |
| 20 | Has she got the pennies to kit it out with , that 's the thing ? |
| 21 | ‘ Has she told the police about it ? ’ asked Melissa , wondering if ‘ two-coat ’ could he local dialect for ‘ two-faced ’ and thinking that it might well be a suitable epithet for Rodney Shergold . |
| 22 | Nor has she regretted the move : the day-to-day involvement is much more enjoyable than the ‘ passive , almost backward-looking role in audit ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ The music has an awakening effect , which has you leaving the theatre with more energy and life than before . ’ |
| 24 | But it will never deal with the seething frustration which causes you to kick the cat and spend the rest of the evening in a foul and truculent mood . |
| 25 | If you do live in the same house as your landlord and he or she wants you to leave the property then he or she must still give you at least four weeks Notice to Quit on a special form . |
| 26 | " I think your father wants you to meet the mandarins , " he said . |
| 27 | The Medau Society needs YOU to boost the membership figures for 1986 , therefore throughout the year there will be a series of CHAMPAGNE DRAWS — one bottle for every 100 new members . |
| 28 | It may be an ark , but one on which anthropophagy is rife ; an ark skippered by some crazy greybeard who beats you round the head with his gopher-wood stave , and might pitch you overboard at any moment . |
| 29 | This has been done in a number of papers and in this sections we outline the results of a study by Attfield and Duck ( 1983 ) ( henceforth AD ) . |
| 30 | Istvan Gati , as the Persian King , Orontes , is a sensational baritone with a clear , passionate tone , although his baritone Jozsef Moldvay sounds as though he has something stuck at the back o his mouth , a bit of dust maybe , which causes him to deliver the interpretation of his role in a somewhat unexpected manner . |