Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young people must discover faith for themselves and make it truly their own if they are to find a foundation for life . |
| 2 | This provided for arrangements to secure ransom money if necessary , to pool any gains of war and invest them profitably , and , if one left a widow , to make some provision for her and give some protection for surviving children . |
| 3 | ‘ At first we wanted him to contract the majors for us and go and talk to Mr CBS or whoever , ’ says Gedge . |
| 4 | But write a simple part for it and do not keep it going long without rests . |
| 5 | She felt , in her new severity ( for want of a better word ) only half alive , she knew she wanted the old enthusiasms and passions and expectations to course through her and arouse her . |
| 6 | I spoke of fate — surely if you listen to your heart , you will see that she has plans for us that go far beyond the merging of our two practices . ’ |
| 7 | And then er we 'd maybe get thruppence between us and let one go and pay to g to in the pictures and open the , lift the bar up , the emergency exit , and get in on our hands and knees behind the curtain . |
| 8 | I was about to take the line and hook off him and tie the knot , when my rod-tip dipped . |
| 9 | Why not , my wife says , knock a hole through the boys ' bedroom wall , pinch a three foot six strip off it and make a new landing passage and extend the walk-in cupboard , forward to take up the old landing and sideways to build a space out to the main part of the stairs . |
| 10 | I 'd have to talk about wi I could talk to Roger about it and see what |
| 11 | They actually start to take responsibility for themselves and become empowered in some way . |
| 12 | It was pointed out in Chapter 4 that most patients who take overdoses or injure themselves do not require psychiatric inpatient care because they are able to take responsibility for themselves or have sufficient support available . |
| 13 | I think that the mass of the people , as far as I can see , want the state where they can er well economic climate in which they can make money for themselves and get on top . |
| 14 | The union will fight your case through the courts if someone tries to rip you off , it will check over contracts for you and offer cheap instrument insurance ( see the Musicians ' Union article for details ) . |
| 15 | As we give thanks , we take our eyes off ourselves and look again to God . |
| 16 | An intermediary will provide information on the best overall deal for you and work to obtain the most competitive premium from the wide range of insurers and policies on offer . |
| 17 | I know what kind of an ordeal you 've had tonight , and , although I might have been willing to tease you before to take your mind off it and give you something else to think about , I do n't intend to ravish you to complete the treatment ! ’ |
| 18 | There will certainly be no more trips for her that involve political importance . |
| 19 | For his part Michael Fallon dismissed the 11.3 point gap between himself and Milburn as ‘ ludicrously out of line ’ with national polls and that of Conservatives . |
| 20 | ‘ Collar ’ was thus often used as a way of asking to go outdoors , and after saying ‘ Collar ’ , the chimpanzees would often go search for them and put them around their necks while pant-hooting in anticipation . |
| 21 | The terms underemployment and ‘ disguised ’ unemployment have a negative ring about them and do little to help our understanding of this type of work . |
| 22 | I supervise the workroom for her and keep the girls in order as best I can |
| 23 | It seems to me that he ca n't be that unhappy because he 's currently managing twelve vacancies deliberately , in order to produce underspend so that he can re-surface his car park , maintain privileged restaurants for his erm , senior officers , chauffeur driven car for himself and build a new hangar for his helicopter . |
| 24 | One had raised his baton but the others opened a gap for her and let her through . |
| 25 | He decided then and there to take the carrion off her and have it back for himself and so leaned out into the void and tilted into the wind towards her far below . |
| 26 | This can be done by asking them to complete questionnaires for us or talk to us . |
| 27 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 28 | ‘ The gigs we enjoy best are when the audience are willing to make total assholes of themselves and go really goofy . |
| 29 | ‘ Why do n't you just turn around , get back in that pathetic jeep of yours and go home ? ’ |
| 30 | And if we can hold it , the foal will still be frightened of us , and we will have to give it a lot more handling than we would have had to initially to undo its instinctive fear of us and learn accept us instead . |