Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is so much ripe fruit that I just ask people to come in and help themselves , also I get to see everyone that way and hear all the news and of course the children love it . |
| 2 | There was a brief pause while the three stood like players who had forgotten their lines , then , turning to Luce , Michele said stiffly , ‘ I must ask you to forgive my unruly tongue and sense of humour . ’ |
| 3 | John was supposed to come and meet me from work to carry my heavy shopping and then changed plans and he had just walked in with JONATHAN ( proper name JIMMY ) . |
| 4 | Doubting whether the traffic jam would have cleared by Wednesday , I finally arrived in time to miss my dental appointment and searched my mind for something pleasant to think of as I rejoined the traffic and inched my way back to the cottage . |
| 5 | I had decided that all my stuff was irretrievably lost ; that I did not want to continue my projected journey but would strike out and do something different — go to Ecuador perhaps and if possible from there into Brazil . |
| 6 | There are , of course , those only too ready to malign my whole project and offer instead a much shorter and simpler account . |
| 7 | In June 1845 he wants to buy a painting of a bear for his room and entitle it ‘ Portrait of Gustave Flaubert ’ — ‘ to indicate my moral disposition and my social temperament ’ . |
| 8 | Well I have to establish my own virtue and distinction . |
| 9 | She asked me if I 'd like to meet her current boyfriend and I agreed . |
| 10 | Both Greeks and Latins had transformed the original Christian message to meet their own condition and both needed to develop a contemplative tradition within this active faith when the time was right . |
| 11 | The lizard loses fat stoned in the tail , and yet has to find the wherewithal to repair its wounded body and regenerate its tail . |
| 12 | The Commissioner feels that trade union members sometimes find it difficult to accept her limited role and that they would like to see her resolve a wide range of problems . |
| 13 | Will she ensure that all encouragement is given to the undoubted expertise in oil and gas exploration and technology in this country to aid the Romanians to revive their ailing oil and gas industries ? |
| 14 | The analogy is with parts of an enterprise that are allowed to establish their own base and make their own financial and marketing decisions . |
| 15 | Feminists who are also black , working-class or lesbian ( or all three ) have been as concerned as any other group to establish their own identity and to reclaim their own realities as women . |
| 16 | When a patient is admitted the nurse should observe the skin to establish its normal colour and tone and identify any problem areas . |
| 17 | In the opening speech , the Malaysian Prime Minister , Mahathir Mohamad , made a strongly worded attack on the rich industrialized countries ' attempts to force developing countries to compromise their economic development and foot much of the bill for environmental protection measures . |
| 18 | We have been campaigning with CPRE to encourage their proper management and protection . |
| 19 | Yeah although the tape 's on I 'll still say I 'll still say I mean there are people within the company as within any company I 'm sure who you when you get to know their technical ability or lack thereof you think well how have they managed to get where they have but they just seem to be able they seem to have this ability to be able to be in the right place at the right time . |
| 20 | Whilst gaining the confidence to know their own worth and express themselves freely , they should also learn to respect the opinions and beliefs of others . |
| 21 | At this school in Oxford they 've been running an arts week , helping the children to write their own play and make the scenery . |
| 22 | Finally at 0015 the casualty was safely under tow to Lowestoft with the master and engineer aboard and the lifeboat was able to retrieve her hard-working crew and return to station . |
| 23 | Barely conscious , Liz had nevertheless recognised Laura , and had clearly been attempting to communicate her deep distress and worry about her children . |
| 24 | This majestic sight , glimpsed through undulating woldland patchwork , or from the flatter marshland , entices all strangers who behold it for the first time to come and investigate the town further ; to discover its rich history and its modern enchantment . |
| 25 | Partner Ferdinand has had his back to the wall in the last few months , a troublesome disc plaguing his attempts to establish himself last spring and resulting in him coming home early from America . |
| 26 | If we ask children or students to recite their favourite passage or line from the Bible , we tend to get some pretty blank looks . |
| 27 | Each Authority has a duty to provide its respective radio and television services as public services for the dissemination of information , education and entertainment , and to ensure that its programmes maintain a high general standard , in particular as respects their quality and content , and a proper balance and wide range of subject matter … . |
| 28 | What he discovered pleased him because his lips softened against hers and his questing hand slid beneath her hair to find her tender nape and soothe wonderfully . |
| 29 | In order to find their own identity and to become persons in their own right , many young people feel it necessary to rebel against the attitudes and beliefs of their parents . |
| 30 | Chopin 's early C minor Sonata provides reassuring evidence that even geniuses take time to find their true voice and identity . |