Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . |
| 2 | CCW wants to manage it as a National Nature Reserve , but this is being blocked by the IDO claim . |
| 3 | Only cos he wants to have you in a bath . |
| 4 | The trainer believes he still has time to get Rodrigo de Triano back to peak fitness for the 2,000 Guineas but stresses that the colt will not take his place in the Classic if the ground softens up : ‘ If there is even a touch of soft , he wo n't run ; he needs to have it like a road . ’ |
| 5 | Nobody in particular , and I s I use the word him , nobody particularly wants to question him , nobody particularly wants to get him in a bad mood . |
| 6 | And my mum thinks a home she wants to take me to a psychiatrist or something . |
| 7 | — JON Gittens , a key figure in Middlesbrough clinching a place in the new Premier League next season , wants to join them on a permanent basis from Southampton . |
| 8 | It plans to do it with a range of shoes , which although a complete change from last year , still concentrates on the technical merits of StableAir . |
| 9 | He has bought the rights to a steamy book by Darling Buds Of May author H. E. Bates and plans to turn it into a TV movie starring his wife . |
| 10 | 3 ) In the instruction manual for the BOSS ME-5 it says to take it to a recognised dealer to get the back-up memory battery replaced . |
| 11 | Where it does develop theories , it tends to found them on a specifically female individual consciousness , assuming that , if we learn to think and feel gynocentrically , we can overcome patriarchy . |
| 12 | Just as surely God desires to lead us to a knowledge of genuine Christian fellowship , so surely must we be overwhelmed by a great general disillusionment with others , with Christians in general , and , if we are fortunate , with ourselves . |
| 13 | ‘ In addition I 'll give you whatever it costs to equip you with a suitable outfit to attend inter-views . |
| 14 | The colour of his face always reddens just as it does when fat Margot , the launderess , who keeps me supplied with cups of sack , bends and dips to provide me with a generous view of the most famous cleavage in all of Surrey . ) |
| 15 | The drop of a hat , or anything else , is all it takes to turn you into a passion-packed romantic day . |
| 16 | Six years on , the job almost seems to fit him like a glove . |
| 17 | Kent County Council , at least , has ben persuaded of the value of the Hybrid Bill and appears to favour it as a means of dealing with the Channel Tunnel Rail Link . |
| 18 | The landlady , a woman of around forty or so , appears to regard me as a rather grand visitor on account of Mr Farraday 's Ford and the high quality of my suit . |
| 19 | So Abelard 's theory seems to present me with a challenge as formidable as climbing Mount Everest . |
| 20 | The ‘ Dust in the air suspended ’ seems to present us with a barren desert of death . |
| 21 | Usually the word is applied at the immature stage before the eye swells with rising sap , often changing colour a little — which helps to identify it on a leafless stem . |
| 22 | The vessels ' hulls are completely intact , and the team hopes to raise them within a few years . |
| 23 | ‘ Damn fog ; it 's rolling in as if it means to isolate us beneath a blanket . ’ |
| 24 | And he means to do it as a joke does he ? |
| 25 | He tries to interest me in a PS/2 Model 55 . |
| 26 | Likewise , sending British or Eurocheques can cause problems , delay and heavy charges for the recipient when he or she tries to cash them at a foreign bank . |
| 27 | Likewise , sending British or Eurocheques can cause problems , delay and heavy charges for the recipient when he or she tries to cash them at a foreign bank . |
| 28 | Likewise , sending British or Eurocheques can cause problems , delay and heavy charges for the recipient when he or she tries to cash them at a foreign bank . |
| 29 | If he tries to change him into a Lillie or Hadlee , the boy might lose his greatest asset — to bowl successfully at pace . |
| 30 | Similarly , an element which has been mentioned before may be presented as new because it is unexpected or because the speaker wishes to present it in a contrastive light . |