Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking the radical students ' ideals at face-value one might have expected them to see this incident as yet another example of oppression by a fascist regime and protest against it — after all , they protested enough when it used such methods against its own people . |
| 2 | The aim was to ensure that subjects had been fixating correctly by requiring them to report this digit immediately prior to recalling the stimulus . |
| 3 | Nor does it impress Freud to be told that religious propositions are ‘ as if ’ types of proposition , and that one should live ‘ as if ’ it were true that there were gods , or God , for there is nothing to lose this way . |
| 4 | Studies carried out in Hull , did nothing to confirm this prediction . |
| 5 | Do you want me to sew this back on for you babe ? |
| 6 | Doctors can ask us all sorts of intimate questions and expect honest answers ; in return , we expect them to treat this knowledge confidentially and not to gossip about the state of our health . |
| 7 | ‘ When I saw death coming towards me I began to think it had been a bad business for me to kill that guy . ’ |
| 8 | There were an awful lot of tedious hours for me to kill that evening . |
| 9 | Erm , I do n't know how , what we can do , I , I would suggest that we er , the Council writes to the President of the Board of Trade , making representations in support of the original boundaries of the bid , and , and also writes to our M Ps , whose constituencies are involved in this bid area , asking them to support these representations , er , er , and do the best we can to make sure that the , the five B area is as we submitted it . |
| 10 | ‘ You can come and help me to carry some pictures , George dear , ’ she said to young Curdle , who was skipping about the playground . |
| 11 | There was , nevertheless , an element of truth in both these allegations , but Wigg was the wrong man against whom to hurl such invective and he launched a libel action . |
| 12 | ‘ Clever of me to acquire such information , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 13 | They wanted me to wear this wig , a gross , thick , nylon thing like something out of the Nolan sisters . |
| 14 | He urged them to compare any sum they had in mind with damages that might be awarded for physical injuries that lasted a lifetime . |
| 15 | The pity is that we do not sufficiently encourage them to conduct those explorations . |
| 16 | In any case , there was not enough time left for me to go that way to look for him . |
| 17 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ To allow me to see that woman in the land . |
| 19 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 21 | ‘ You want me to see this guy , sir ? ’ |
| 22 | She has woven her spell and allowed me to see another world , another life , a life of the spirit . |
| 23 | I was surprised it had both a sunroof and air conditioning as they seem to me to cancel each other out . |
| 24 | At first neither Ceauşescu 's guards and officials nor the older professional participants in the display wanted to let the young woman take part , but she did nothing to banish any assumption that her surname indicated a relationship with the First Lady . |
| 25 | On the basis of our stated principles we can therefore say that unc and unc are both real properties of the proton B. However quantum mechanics does not permit them to enjoy this status simultaneously , since they correspond to operators which do not commute with each other ( p. 28 ) . |
| 26 | It did not take long for the two of them to agree that cost-cutting and restructuring were required . |
| 27 | I sat down with LIFE and worked through their philosophy , erm in line with our own as it were , and they agreed , and I would ask them to agree this year that any paperwork or any leaflets they distribute make it very clear that a choice remains for a woman in terms of whether or not she should have an abortion , because LIFE is fairly , yes , Michael ? |
| 28 | The final withdrawal without major disaster enabled them to preserve some profit . |
| 29 | Henry Ratter had arranged for me to attend several training courses , including the two-day ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 30 | And you would like me to provide that management ? ’ |