Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I congratulate my hon. Friend the Minister on securing a 40 per cent . |
| 2 | I do n't want my black bobble in ! |
| 3 | So , on the one hand I could n't pretend to myself that Meredith-Lee was n't justified in doing something to put things right , on the other hand I did n't want my comfortable life messed up . |
| 4 | It would be unfair to pretend that , but I do not want my hon. Friend to be carried away by the importance of it . |
| 5 | ‘ I should n't want my little brother to be upset . ’ |
| 6 | But I do n't think my long walk through the forest in an April dawn was . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think my private life is any of your business , Mr Bryce . ’ |
| 8 | But I do n't think my amorous rival Pascoe was too delighted to receive advice and assistance from me . |
| 9 | Next month I will explain my jumping training methods . |
| 10 | When I stopped walking , my temperature dropped below normal , which might explain my confused state . |
| 11 | I first went into therapy because my doctor could n't explain my constant flu symptoms , and because I carried so much tension . |
| 12 | I was no longer ill-digested curry , but a human being , whose imminent launch into a difficult , hostile world , would make my poor mother , labouring in the steamy heat of Calcutta , scream with agony . |
| 13 | Can someone make my simple wish come true ? |
| 14 | Can someone make my simple wish come true ? |
| 15 | Can someone make my simple wish come true ? |
| 16 | Can someone make my simple wish come true ? |
| 17 | ‘ I shall make my final decision in the morning , ’ she said . |
| 18 | It 's something I ca n't make my Pictish editor understand . |
| 19 | ‘ If you 'll wash the lettuce I 'll make my special dressing and we could pick some wild sorrel and chop it in at the last minute . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ My surgeon says further surgery would be morally wrong as it could affect my future health but I had to make an effort to get back after the England tour went wrong . |
| 21 | I do n't want to make a decision that will affect my whole life while I 'm still — intoxicated . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Just you tap away , Mr Auguste , and if you 'it the little feller on 'is back you 'll 'ear 'is 'ollow sound like . ’ |
| 23 | I can reassure my hon. Friend that nothing in the Bill will make that sort of rationalisation necessary . |
| 24 | I can certainly reassure my hon. Friend in that regard . |
| 25 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 26 | I recall the days when the unseen sounds of a muck spreader would seriously unsettle my solid cob . |
| 27 | I 'll mortify my surplus flesh , |
| 28 | I will certainly consult my noble Friend Earl Ferrers , who is directly responsible for those matters , and will draw my hon. Friend 's remarks to his attention . |
| 29 | ‘ You do not answer my other question , Human . ’ |
| 30 | Will the Minister now answer my hon. Friend 's excellent point about why the Government have cut the acquisitions budget of the British library by 41 per cent . |