Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mum went to see that with my aunty , she said they both come out of there and they were wetting themselves , well |
| 2 | My set-up seems to suit these fish — my last Plec lived apparently quite happily for 15 years , and the latest arrival has soon settled down and is growing very quickly . |
| 3 | My Bill seeks to address these concerns , which are shared by millions , in a very constructive way and is entirely based on the Keep Sunday Special proposals on rest — meaning recreation , emergencies , social gatherings and travel . |
| 4 | As the years passed , my cousin came to encounter this phenomenon again and again . |
| 5 | So when my dad had to ski all the way down to the bottom , while I 'm sitting on the side of this bloody slide . |
| 6 | I realised it was only my ego wanting to control this thing , and that it was n't a natural evolutionary step as I 'd told myself . |
| 7 | I would spend all my time trying to capture this place on paper . |
| 8 | For many years , with a total income of two pounds and ten shillings , my mother had to provide all . |
| 9 | I could ask my mother to try to remember more than she 's told me , but it 's a long shot . ’ |
| 10 | ( 2 ) Granting the application , that the central objective of the category of public interest immunity involved was the maintenance of an honourable , disciplined , law-abiding and uncorrupt police force ; that therefore , in view of the public disquiet understandably aroused by proven malpractice of some members of the disbanded West Midlands Serious Crime Squad , and of the extensive publicity already attaching to the authority 's documents following B. 's successful appeal , it could not be said that those who had co-operated in the authority 's investigation would regret that co-operation , or that future generations of potential witnesses would withhold it , if the court were to release the documents to the applicants to enable them to defeat if they could an allegedly corrupt claim in damages ; that the imperative public interest in the case was that the applicants had a proper opportunity of obtaining the evidence they sought so that the grave allegations which they made , and were the same allegations that had troubled the Court of Appeal sufficiently to allow B. 's appeal , could be properly tested in the courts ; and that , accordingly , B. 's undertaking would be varied to allow him to hand over to the applicants those of the authority 's documents which were incorporated in his appeal bundle , the applicants for their part undertaking to use those documents only for the purposes of defending the present libel proceedings pursued against them ( post , pp. 927G — 928A , B ) . |
| 11 | We accordingly vary the appellant 's undertaking to allow him to hand over to C.N.L. those P.C.A. documents that were incorporated in his appeal bundle , C.N.L. for their part undertaking to use those documents only for the purposes of defending the libel proceedings currently being pursued against them . |
| 12 | The American girl has her head clamped down on her chest trying to stop this sound technician from Dublin from getting his hands down her front . |
| 13 | Ruth paled and her heart seemed to miss several beats as she glanced past Steve again . |
| 14 | Although they recognize that social relations , discourses , and language are not the same thing , their practice tends to belie this . |
| 15 | She opened her mouth to try to put this fact into words , but he intervened again . |
| 16 | Her grandma trying to light some sticks . |
| 17 | If possible , either the hall porter or receptionist will escort the guests to their room offering to carry any hand luggage and walking a few steps ahead to open any doors . |
| 18 | Her body seemed to droop all at once . |
| 19 | As Tamar progressed to facing easy jumps , her riding began to occupy more and more of her time and her thoughts . |
| 20 | Even then their lorry had to drive some 70 miles up the coast to Harwich to board a ferry with a cargo of ‘ sand ’ . |
| 21 | Mr. Newman also submitted that in the above circumstances the order for committal of the applicant was an abuse of the process of the court , and for that reason the court should exercise its discretion to refuse to make such an order . |
| 22 | It was not a collection so much as a systematized compilation and its arrangement came to influence all further compilations of importance . |
| 23 | Their absence appeared to have little to do with employees ' dissatisfaction . |
| 24 | Many people are reluctant to employ someone who has epilepsy and they might be very concerned if their daughter intended to marry such a person . |
| 25 | The Tominahs and even her uncle seemed to think this behaviour was quite to be expected on an occasion such as this , with so much soul energy flying around . |
| 26 | Its tail began to move this way and that with a faint , swishing noise . |
| 27 | When a patient seems to be developing a pattern of chronic repeats , it is recommended that all staff engaged in his or her care meet to reconstruct each attempt in order to determine whether there appears to be a motive common to each act . |
| 28 | Perhaps this is a question all potential Members should ask is whether their party intend to replace this farce with a more constructive alternative . |
| 29 | Her mother tended to see all expenses as a sign of innate vulgarity , and had tried to instil into her children the view that the truly refined can manage without toys , clothes and entertainments . |
| 30 | Only his beard continued to grow these days , for he had given up shaving ; a bad sign . |