Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never tried to copy those guitar players , but I tried to steal it and kind of change it a little bit . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm still sort of puzzling what the best thing , best thing to do for that hedge down there . |
| 3 | erm it seemed so disappointing to me that I mean we go to the bother of producing what a fifty odd page telephone directory and people do n't even look at it |
| 4 | She gulped , barely capable of denying herself the inevitable . |
| 5 | For my benefit would you just like to sort of give me a quick rattle through as as as to what you intend to do . |
| 6 | and er obviously I want to sort of give you the best possible price |
| 7 | Fearful of waking him a second time I waited . |
| 8 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 9 | erm so er tt I think the other thing that 'll be nice if erm er given , if the first years are filling it in er in about a week and a half 's time , if we could if you could try and bash some of the data in fairly rapidly so that , you know kind of before the end of term we can , you know , kind of give them a brief digest of how , what , what the results were |
| 10 | You know , sort of give it a good chance . |
| 11 | I saw a school essay containing the word ‘ yrnetn ’ for wire netting ; and only the other day the Independent Magazine carried an advertisement for Philips Dictation Systems with the interesting sentence : ‘ In the time it took Dickens to write A Tale of Two Cities he could of told us a dozen more . ’ |
| 12 | I did think of paying them a non-means-tested benefit in exchange for abstention , but I 'm sure I 'd never get the figures past Margaret Beckett . |
| 13 | Instead of paying everybody the same state pension , the state should protect those in need adequately , and leave the rest to look after themselves . |
| 14 | Strategic planning is the business of deciding what the main goals of the organization are and what policies should be adopted in pursuing them . |
| 15 | On the outbreak of World War I Herbert joined the Irish Guards , despite his near-blindness , by the simple method of buying himself a second lieutenant 's uniform and falling in as the regiment boarded ship for France in August 1914 . |
| 16 | This distinction between the effort of the CBHPs and the effort of communities is a useful one in that CBHPs can not take upon themselves the role of providing what a national government can not or will not provide . |
| 17 | No , I 'd have to sort of wash it a little bit so I |
| 18 | Damon Hill produced the performance he had dreamed of to give himself a great chance of finishing on the victory podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 19 | The thought of facing her the next day was quite terrifying , but not an obligation Meryl intended to shirk . |
| 20 | I must take the opportunity of saying what a marvellous job I thought both Captains did . |
| 21 | I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time . |
| 22 | Some years later the influential Republican senator , Robert Taft , was still exploiting the American belief that the British were " the best propagandists and the most unprincipled people " in the world when he accused Acheson , the then US secretary of state , of doing whatever the British asked him to do . |
| 23 | What she did n't like , and what very seriously worried her , was the way , after long moments of giving her a cold-eyed stare , Naylor Massingham should suddenly look at her with such a degree of pleasantness that she just knew she was n't going to like what was going through his brain . |
| 24 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 25 | This has the positive advantage of giving them a broad-based appeal across a diversified range of industries and functions and always having somebody in the team who can potentially suit the chemistry of a particular client . |
| 26 | ‘ We will make sure they go to families who are capable of giving them a good home , ’ said Mrs Henderson . |
| 27 | Much as the regimes of Eastern Europe might welcome the support of their neighbours against Moscow — and hence a strengthening of such multilateral forums — they also view their neighbours as rival claimants to Moscow 's favour and are wary of giving them a greater voice in their own affairs . |
| 28 | You will stand a far greater chance of giving yourself a hassle-free journey if you leave your trusty vehicle at home . |
| 29 | If he fails to do so , the mortgagee will be entitled to an order of foreclosure absolute , the effect of which will be to vest the mortgaged property in him absolutely , but at the same time to prevent him — even if the property should prove insufficient — from claiming payment from the mortgagor , except upon terms of giving him a fresh right to redeem . |
| 30 | All of us at John Fowler Holidays will be pleased to see you at any time and hope to have the pleasure of giving you a good holiday . |