Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SENIOR Tories in Cheltenham were trying yesterday to persuade Mr John Taylor to remain as their prospective parliamentary candidate after his failure to become the first black Tory MP . |
| 2 | The two books I have chosen to compare for my English open study are ‘ To kill a Mockingbird ’ by Harper Lee and ‘ The Disappearance ’ by Rosa Guy . |
| 3 | These cries and messages cause many unnecessary deaths but yet , the families of these children continued to search for their long lost children . |
| 4 | Malvern had Streather and Blanchet to thank for their decisive third point in the semi-final against Harrow and a win on the 19th . |
| 5 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 6 | They began to acquire for themselves important political positions , especially in Parliament , and the ‘ West India lobby ’ became a powerful political force ( Fryer , 1984 , pp. 40–50 ) . |
| 7 | After all , it is flattering to a hard-working policeman to think that someone as glamorous , or glamorous-seeming , as an author wants to know about his dull daily life . |
| 8 | Married couples need to work through their shared past disappointments and mistakes as much as individuals do . |
| 9 | And the conservative group is running the council in the sense that labour has scrambled , obviously over the last few days , to reduce its tax level to something closer to the tories and I 'm going to stand with my fellow liberal democrats tonight and vote for a higher figure because , not only because I think that there 's sort of things we want to do in our budget , are b are b are better and and would be better done than not done , but because I think there 's a fundamental political ethical issue here and it 's one which has been confronting this country for a great many years and which is going to be crucial in the next election . |
| 10 | Gradually , I learnt to live more comfortably with a ‘ foot in both worlds ’ , and to revel in my new way-of-being . |
| 11 | While officers within General Noriega 's inner circle continued to benefit from their various illicit businesses , the majority of the military has not been paid in three weeks . |
| 12 | I found among my mother 's papers when she died a letter from my grandfather which must have wrung her heart for years after his death : ‘ … ca n't you spare a moment to write to your poor old Dad … ‘ |
| 13 | Coleman , he wrote , a struggling surgeon ‘ condescended ’ ( why condescended ? ) ‘ to come to our only veterinary college and to teach that of which he had absolutely no knowledge or experience ’ . |
| 14 | As a result , UNDCP now intends to concentrate on its other drug-control measures in Bolivia , such as tackling the growing problem of drug-taking among local children , and will leave many of its alternative-development projects in the hands of other UN agencies . |
| 15 | John will have more time to concentrate on his architectural interior design business . |
| 16 | However , the novel 's climax , which sees the Indians successfully assert themselves , reflects Arguedas 's confidence in the ability of Quechua culture to flourish beyond its traditional rural confines and to change the character of national society . |
| 17 | The Institute for Contextual Theology ( ICT ) in South Africa , a WACC member , is looking for two more editors to work on its new monthly magazine . |
| 18 | Pension contributions as well another one Okay , so employed we need to know their gross package , self-employed we need to work on their net relevant earnings . |
| 19 | Who invited Paterson to work on their pioneering ambient LP , ‘ Chill Out ’ . |
| 20 | Last year she had come to his school for the first time , and every eye had turned to gape at her long red hair and golden earrings as she swept into the assembly-hall wearing one of her special dresses . |
| 21 | One frail , thin hand went up to pull at his wispy grey goatee , the other moved slightly on the staff , inclining it towards the distant line of men . |
| 22 | ‘ I used to behave like your adoring little slave girl ! ’ |
| 23 | The mingling of the two can be seen clearly in ‘ Kubla Khan ’ , where ‘ Alph , the sacred river , ran through caverns measureless to man down to a sunless sea ’ ; here our conscious perception of the river is obscured as the river runs away from our field of view and begins to mingle with our subconscious creative side ; critically , at this point in the poem the emphasis switches to the more ‘ fantastic ’ scenery of Xanadu , where we are informed of ‘ incense-bearing trees ’ and similarly exotic imagery . |
| 24 | ‘ In other words , you do n't want me to behave in my usual bull-headed manner . ’ |
| 25 | Old : Take the steep path leading up through a re-plantation scheme until it is possible to exit from its left-hand top corner to gain steep scree . |
| 26 | He paused only to smooth down his unruly black hair and tuck his vest into his pants before groping his way down the long dark corridor to the kitchen door . |
| 27 | She is out for the evening to celebrate at her favourite local restaurant . |
| 28 | A grande dame of a grandmother , Mrs St Maugham , hires an enigmatic companion , Miss Madrigal ( such names ! ) , to look after her troubled teenage granddaughter . |
| 29 | I remember saying to him ‘ I have to look after my national sporting body ’ . |
| 30 | What were the problems these people were trying to handle with their various religious rituals and beliefs ? |