Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] the [noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bicester Friends of the Earth who describe themselves as politically neutral are trying to encourage all the parties to improve their green records . |
| 2 | She had owned good horses such as Manicou ( who had won the King George VI Chase in 1950 ) and Monaveen ( who had finished fifth to Freebooter in that year 's Grand National as his royal owner 's first runner in the race ) , but in Devon Loch she had a chaser who apparently had all the attributes to win her the greatest steeplechase in the calendar : he was a big horse , strongly built and bold yet intelligent enough to look after himself in the hurly-burly of four and half miles and thirty fences . |
| 3 | I think you asked all the children to help you did n't you ? |
| 4 | Under normal circumstances , understudies would be expected to attend all the rehearsals to familiarise themselves with the production , but , because Alex and Charles knew the play so well , they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off , which would save both them and their replacements the embarrassment of the early stumbling rehearsals while the newcomers were trying to memorise the lines . |
| 5 | Yeah and Mike 's seen him like that and mum went round the ward and she made all the beds to help them and all , we had to bribe them to look after him , but was he looked after in the end , on Saturday I said look , I said do n't fucking come over here and tell me my dad 's gon na be turned in a minute I said because a minute is a minute , I said but when you come over here three and a half hours later to my dad that 's like three years , he 's in excruciating agony , he wants to turn him when you tell him you 're gon na turn him |
| 6 | Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’ |
| 7 | Drawing on our knowledge of the city we can tailor make all the arrangements to suit your particular requirements . |
| 8 | ‘ That was the same night I was crouched on the pool table getting all the fellas to aim their shots between my legs , ’ she laughs . |
| 9 | While other girls with real mothers resisted all the attempts to gentrify themselves , Eve and Mother Francis studied books on etiquette and looked at magazines to see how nice people dressed , and to pick up any hints on behaviour . |
| 10 | You 've lo lost all the opportunities to make yourself a bit more money which is what we 're talking about here . |
| 11 | Its not a case of backing all the horses to ensure you win , Allen insists , but a reflection of the heterogeneous nature of corporate computing needs . |
| 12 | J.F. Lazartigue have all the essentials to prevent your hair from frazzling on your honeymoon . |