Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’ |
| 2 | I am sorry to inform you that hair that splits excessively probably wo n't grow much longer . |
| 3 | She wanted me to come er , to meet her next week but really , what with my Chris has come and then , and then |
| 4 | ‘ That dopey mare left about five hours ago to find us some transport so we could all go into Ipswich and sign on . |
| 5 | She 's somebody who comes to the door and tries to sell you some make-up and perfume and toys and things . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't want to cause you unnecessary anxiety until Dr Craig-Dunlop and the specialist consultants had reached a definite conclusion . ’ |
| 7 | To bring false charges against one 's enemy , backed up by witnesses , was to cause him great inconvenience and expense . |
| 8 | In Selfoss the assistant in the chemist 's tries to sell us surgical spirit when we ask for meths and there is a pantomime while Tony explains to her , in best sign language , that what he wants is spirit for a Trangia . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |
| 10 | There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another . |
| 11 | ‘ Look , honey , you want me to help you some way or other . |
| 12 | The lines of his short-cropped ruthless hair were disturbed , as though he had forgotten to comb it that morning or else , having combed , had continually run his fingers through it since then . |
| 13 | So we 've got to have that statement in and we 've got to differentiate it some way or from the |
| 14 | He told Salan to deny them official status and to limit strictly their interference in public affairs . |
| 15 | Now it 's too late to do them this morning cos the van 's already gone . |
| 16 | Most of the action is in the top half of the rod , which is enough to cushion the strike , but is fairly stiff for the rest of its length to give me good casting and striking . |
| 17 | The driver of a passenger lorry stopped to give me some bread and carrots . |
| 18 | ‘ Up until then I 'd been using gas and air and they were just about to give me some pethidine when all this serious discussion began . |
| 19 | She 's promised to give me some schooling if I can get to chapel in the mornings . |
| 20 | The new arrangements had been due for introduction on April 1 but the Government was forced to shelve them last month after dentists threatened a mass exodus from the NHS . |
| 21 | The archers have a lighter corselets of scale mail and powerful bows constructed of alternating layers of wood to give them great power and range . |
| 22 | In the case of the bookmarks shown in the photograph on the opposite page , I drew a border around the section that encloses the flowers , not only to give them additional definition but also because the parallel lines at the base help to decorate the bookmark . |
| 23 | In a letter to my wife I said that it looked as if my job was to try to give them new faith and hope . |
| 24 | One of the first ground rules to be established was the use of point shoes , initially with the characters of Titania and Hippolyta — to give them heightened significance as ‘ sort of goddess figures ’ — but later extended to some of the fairies as well . |
| 25 | I 'm going to give them another hour and then that 's it — they can all go home . |
| 26 | The Gulf War showed that the Services must have the latest technology to give them maximum flexibility and mobility . |
| 27 | We used to put some straw down and the manger and we used to give them some hay and they 'd amuse themselves in there tied up . |
| 28 | Near Fontanellato they had a cousin who owned a caseificio and had promised to give them some butter and cheese . |
| 29 | We hated to give them any encouragement but something might come of his uncle , if he existed . |
| 30 | He soon learns either to give you misleading information or delay sending in the document . |