Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if you are only seeing a few people there should be someone to greet them on arrival and make them feel they have come to the right place on the right day . |
| 2 | For a moment I thought he was going to get back to the DIY metaphor and start to try to get them to see me as undercoat or Jesus Christ as primer , but , instead , he recovered himself enough to say , ‘ Great News ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You 're trying to kill me with cholesterol and all that E rubbish , ’ he said and stormed out . |
| 4 | ‘ Nurses everywhere are working under intense and growing pressure and today 's announcement will be a heavy blow since it says clearly that the Government does not value their efforts and is not prepared to treat them with fairness or justice . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We will need a Company car to meet them on arrival and get them to Quinn at the apartment , ’ said Odell . |
| 6 | The parents contended that though the injuries were sustained before birth , the child continued to suffer them on birth and up to his death . |
| 7 | In practice , in many industries , particularly the construction industry , such clauses have become standard , and both the courts and the parties have tended to accept them without argument as to their status or the effect of s 13 . |
| 8 | There would be a concern to clarify the confusion which exists as to the " right " and " proper " principles for the British constitution today and then there would be an attempt to secure them against repeal or amendment except by some specially prescribed procedure that would involve more than a simple majority in the House of Commons . |
| 9 | These have led the body representing the interests of the agencies ( and private placement bureaux ) , the Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services ( FRES ) , to advise its members to make explicit in all documentation given to their temporary staff that they have no obligation to provide them with work and , more important , that the relationship they have with them is not one of employment ( interview with FRES ) . |
| 10 | On 11 December 1990 , the General Commissioners issued precepts , under s 51(1) , TMA 1970 , requiring the companies to provide them with information and the accounts relating to the appeals , specifying a time limit of 50 days . |
| 11 | James finally agreed to 70 , and signed a requisition form , agreeing on behalf of the appellants to pay for the services of the men provided at certain specified rates per diem and also for their travelling expenses and to provide them with food and sleeping accommodation . |
| 12 | Dementia sufferers therefore need people to help them with personal and house care ; to safeguard them ( and others who may be affected ) from risks such as gas or road traffic , from harming themselves or others , or from being harmed by others ( for they may become vulnerable to attack , theft , etc ) , and to provide them with companionship and emotional support in their frequent loneliness and depression ( see Norman , 1982 ) . |
| 13 | These might now be labelled ‘ fundamental principles ’ and it is important to bear them in mind when looking at the limitations of the legal aid scheme ( Pollock , 1975 ) : |
| 14 | We shall just introduce them now , but try to bear them in mind as you read on . |
| 15 | But he used to buy them and send them down home by train , and we used to cart them by horse and cart from the station . |
| 16 | A load of camera gear assumes a life of its own , swinging round at awkward moments , trying to catch you off balance and topple you over the edge . |
| 17 | What made me laugh was the Conservative broadcast on Wednesday was real propaganda , trying to frighten you to death that if the Labour got in |
| 18 | It is very important that you do n't allow impatience to tempt you into over-exposure and sunburn . |
| 19 | ‘ To accuse him of failure because your own ego can not survive the knowledge that a man does not want you ? ’ |
| 20 | If it was agreeable with Ellie , he would be delighted to escort her to dinner and the opera on Saturday . |
| 21 | But he had blocked all her attempts to anoint him with love and sympathy . |
| 22 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
| 23 | He sent me a memorandum directing me to inform him in future before I write to any newspaper periodical on matters appertaining to the force . |
| 24 | The hon. Gentleman ought to bear it in mind that the rules are very clear . |
| 25 | It is important for the Opposition to bear it in mind that their opposition to the roads programme is a recipe not only for increased congestion but for increased fatalities and casualties on our roads . |
| 26 | It is necessary to bear it in mind that the vast majority of occupational pensions schemes operate successfully in the United Kingdom — some 100,000 of them . |
| 27 | The Mineral Intelligence Programme is largely funded by the Department of Trade and Industry to provide it with information and authoritative advice on economic minerals and many aspects of the minerals industry . |
| 28 | Not only do we not talk about death , but we do everything we can to hide it from view and pretend that mortality is just a myth . |
| 29 | ‘ I beg your pardon for intruding , ’ she said , ‘ but I came looking for someone to serve me with petrol and I heard your voices and then what you said about Brownies . ’ |
| 30 | An eleven year old boy has been held at gunpoint by armed raiders and forced to lead them to money and jewellery at his family home . |