Example sentences of "[vb -s] to [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one point we read Pip 's story and what actually happens to him that day and then the older Pip reflects on the younger Pip 's actions . |
| 2 | 'Cos I says to her one day , well why do n't you ask yer , your relation , if he 'll er , if he 'll give yer a job . |
| 3 | Mr. Wadsworth submits to us that contempt of court is an offence of a criminal character , albeit it is a civil proceeding . |
| 4 | The Act provides that where ‘ a constable has reasonable grounds for suspecting that any offence which is not an arrestable offence has been committed or attempted , or is being committed or attempted , he may arrest the relevant person if it appears to him that service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate because any of the general arrest conditions is satisfied ’ . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State is not required to entertain an appeal if it appears to him that permission for the proposed development could not have been granted by the local planning authority , or could not have been so granted otherwise than subject to the conditions imposed by them , having regard to the statutory requirements to the provisions of the development order , and to any directions given under the order . |
| 6 | It appears to me that default in the sense of breach of duty must persist after the act or neglect until the damage is suffered . |
| 7 | ‘ If A delivers goods to B on sale or return and B having received them immediately delivers them to C on sale or return , the reasonable time in the one case must , I think , be co-extensive with that in the other case and if that reasonable time elapses and C brings back the goods to B and B takes them back to A , everybody is acting within his rights , and it appears to me that property never passes … if under like circumstances A delivers goods to B and B delivers them to C in each case on sale or return and the reasonable time be , let us say , 14 days , and C after four days sells the goods or elects to buy the goods , I think property will have passed , because C will have done an act which renders it impossible for B to return the goods to A. ’ |
| 8 | [ I ] t appears to us that unity of interest imports the existence of joint rights and obligations . |
| 9 | That seems to me outstanding work . " |
| 10 | It seems to me that art of all kinds emerges out of deep human needs , needs that can not be met anywhere else . |
| 11 | And here it seems to me that music education is one of the most neglected things in our culture today . |
| 12 | It seems to me that music television , like sports programming , mainly assumes that its audiences live in the same world and share the same expertise . |
| 13 | It seems to me that anorexia nervosa acts as a metaphor for all the problems of adolescence . |
| 14 | It seems to me that part of the problem of players complaining about the pressure of the modern game is that they have not attuned themselves properly to what is required . |
| 15 | It seems to me that formulation of the precise grounds upon which overpayments of tax ought to be recoverable and of any exceptions to the right of recovery , may involve nice considerations of policy which are properly the province of Parliament and are not suitable for consideration by the courts . |
| 16 | ‘ I hope I 've misunderstood , but it seems to me that Ace 's romantic attachment has just lost us our last chance to prevent this , ’ she waved her arms in a circle , ‘ this monstrosity from wiping out an entire planetary system and its inhabitants . |
| 17 | It seems to me that lot of it 's been dominated by various sort of rather obscure sounding Germans . |
| 18 | You could I I er it seems to me that body that you should go to with this is the joint sub . |
| 19 | But in any case , it seems to me that resuscitation is a mechanical problem , to do with parts and labour rather than seances or last suppers . |
| 20 | But I have over the last six months had occasion to discuss this very matter with a number of very highly placed Americans , and it seems to me that thinking in that country is much more far-sighted than that represented by their countryman here . |
| 21 | Juliette , it seems to me that openness must be represented not just in the way a school carries out its activities , but also the way it 's run , the way it 's governed . |
| 22 | In those circumstances , under the law as I hold it , it seems to me that rent is payable at the full rate for the quarters ending September 29 and December 25 , 1945 . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’ |
| 24 | That seems to me one way of dealing with inquiries about telephone numbers . |
| 25 | This case seems to me clear authority that the court has no jurisdiction to review the decision of a visitor made within his jurisdiction . |
| 26 | It seems to me this student bar , does have to make a vast profit . |
| 27 | So I must say I entirely agree with Heather on this , it seems to me inevitable logic of Freud 's theory and erm my own view is that group psychoanalysis is a contradiction in terms , you can not do psychoanalysis in a group of this and those who say they can I think have n never understood what psychoanalysis is all about and are misleading the public and people pay good money for it . |
| 28 | It seems to us that research may be needed to identify those non-EC countries compliance with whose laws would result in accounts in minimal form , in conjunction with any monitoring operation . ’ |
| 29 | He laughs again , and crosses to his one way window . |
| 30 | Well , oh my mum 's having such a fit about like on our er , exam leads like er she goes to me this morning , like my da , her and my dad were talking about it she is saying , and she 'll do it ! |