Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perkins group managing director , Tony Gilroy says : ‘ Despite the current recession in the construction industry , we expect to sell them a lot more than that under the new agreement . |
| 2 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 3 | I 'm just rubbing it out a little bit to give me a bit more space |
| 4 | So if anybody does patchwork knitting or makes blankets or anything for charity and they 'd like to give me a ring any time , I could give you the pattern . |
| 5 | If you had n't stopped to give me a lift this morning , I 'd still be shuffling along the road to Tangiers . ’ |
| 6 | The serenos receive a small salary from the shopkeepers and private houses they keep an eye on , but it is considered proper to give them a tip each time they open a door for one . |
| 7 | Generally speaking , it is better for farm animals to give them a lot more space and a lot more variety in their environment . |
| 8 | Volleyball : Chelmsford Partners women 's volleyball side are banking on a wealth of experience to give them the edge this Sunday in their first English Volleyball Association Cup Final.The team has an average age of nearly 34 , but they still fancy their chances of defeating a younger Sheffield Wednesday at Riverside ( start 1.30 pm ) . |
| 9 | The following May I called him , got through his secretary by saying Mr. Jones asked me to call at this office , which was more or less true , erm , so I got through to him , and said , my name is Ricky Elliot , we met at the N E C , you asked me to give you a call this month about time management training . |
| 10 | A fine , grand lady who 's going to give you a talk all about people what are worse off than you are , so you 'll learn to count your blessings . ’ |
| 11 | Clarissa could only say glumly that according to the newspapers , the Finns were doing very well at any rate , and how mean Charles 's officers were not to give him a bit more Embarkation Leave . |
| 12 | But I do n't have to do it every day all day . |
| 13 | So I decided to give it a miss that day . |
| 14 | However , I 'm not too impressed by the pickups and need some replacements to give it a bit more OOMPH . |
| 15 | Meredith told him twice to give it a bit more blood and thunder , but it was n't in him . |
| 16 | As there is often a strong tendency in our own culture never to read a preface , it may be good to call it something else , to give it a title such as " How best to make use of this grammar " , or " Vital know-how before you start " . |
| 17 | And if we can hold it , the foal will still be frightened of us , and we will have to give it a lot more handling than we would have had to initially to undo its instinctive fear of us and learn accept us instead . |
| 18 | Nero sends his luv , you know he 's coming over here to give us a turn this winter . |
| 19 | Can I ask Mr can I ask Mr Davis to give us a bit more explanation , please , as to his rationale behind continuing resistance to the development of greenfield sites on the edge of York . |
| 20 | Now , we 've got quite a long list , colleagues , of , er , members of the European Parliament and members of Parliament who will be with us during the course of the week for for short stays er Euro European MPs first , er Linden , Cheshire West secretary of the European P L P Steven , Durham , deputy leader of the European P L P Hugh , Strathclyde West Barry , Yorkshire West and from the G M B parliamentary group , er , these MPs may only be present for short periods Nicholas , Newcastle-upon-Tyne East Doug , Newcastle-upon-Tyne North Gerald , George , Hamilton Clive Hammersmith and Giles who 's drawn the short straw , who 's going to give us an address this morning . |
| 21 | then they 'll have to pay you a bit more money , yo you know , to come back like that and say well yeah I do n't |
| 22 | they did obviously have to ask him a lot more questions |
| 23 | The only leverage I have to make the users act rationally is to show them the effect these price hikes have on my book fund , about which they are just a tad sensitive . |
| 24 | But I 'm going to show you a bit more detail for . |
| 25 | By the time I 've finished with this room and had the forensic lab 's report I 'll be able to tell you a lot more than his mother ever knew about him . |
| 26 | But it would have been very different to make him a coach this winter , with all that it entails . ’ |