Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , you wo n't want to input them every time you run the program either . |
| 2 | He strode to her , eyes blazing , and shouted , ‘ Why did you specifically come to see me the minute you found out I had my own investment bank ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |
| 4 | You certainly did n't seem to like me the way I was ! ’ |
| 5 | and ran to meet me every time I sang |
| 6 | ‘ Let me see your jewels , I might be able to find you a buyer who will give you a good price . |
| 7 | In the circumstances the degree of kinship was sufficiently close to secure him the support he required . |
| 8 | He put her suitcases down in the driveway and reached into the boot to pass her a carry-case which Belinda recognised as containing a portable monitor , something like an electrically amplified stethoscope , which meant that it was often possible for a pregnant woman to hear her baby 's heartbeat as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy . |
| 9 | Surtees was a good choice , but I never got to know him the way I did Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodriguez . |
| 10 | Regarding the Marshall , I criticised the fact that you could n't set it up in a rack with , say , a radio system and leave it rigged , because you 'd have to unplug it every time you used it . |
| 11 | Whatever our conscious reasons ( ’ No , I want to remember him/her the way he/she was ' or ‘ Not in front of the children ’ ) , a dead body is not considered to be spectacle for display in Britain , and the rationale which dictates it can sometimes disguise feelings of embarrassment that such a thing could occur in our death-defying , well-regulated households . |
| 12 | If she 'd hoped to unnerve her the way she did Letty then she was wrong . |
| 13 | It used to annoy her the way everybody took no notice . |
| 14 | ‘ My master will take it as a sign , a beacon to lead him the way you wish . ’ |
| 15 | I found a medicine dropper and used that to feed it the milk they left me . |
| 16 | The Cathedral could be got into at any time by the Bishop 's door , given how unlikely it was that the Bishop in his currently abstracted state should remember to lock it every time he used it . |
| 17 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 18 | You got to have a chauffeur , you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to make it worth me while coming off dole at forty pound a week . |
| 19 | You got to have a chauffeur , you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to buy me a hat you 'll have to make it worth me while coming off dole at forty pound a week . |
| 20 | I 'd have cast off in the Angharad to fetch you the minute I knew you were there ! ’ |
| 21 | I want to play you a recording I made last night . |
| 22 | Well , yes , but I wanted them to do me a list you see . |
| 23 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
| 24 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 25 | My wife telephoned to give me the news which had been heard by our daughter listening to the radio . |
| 26 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 27 | " I 'd like you to give me the wedding-dress you got from the children . " |
| 28 | When the studios were built , I wanted to record some of the songs I knew when I was young and I wanted to record them the way I wanted to hear them . |
| 29 | Between these a great deal happened to influence policies and to give them a character they often retain . |
| 30 | A staggering 70 per cent of Britain 's waste comes from packaging alone — plastics , foils , paper and glass — used not only to protect and retain food quality , but also to enhance product appeal , to give them an image which will raise their perceived value . |