Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to wait while the Substitute put on his new galoshes , murmuring with a cigar between his teeth : ‘ Do n't want to miss anything this time … ’ |
| 2 | It would 've given us another month to play with at least . |
| 3 | My son Jonathan , who turns two on Christmas Day , was fascinated to see his own image when I captured him on home video . |
| 4 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 5 | The exchange , the CFTC said , had failed to notify the agency of serious deficiencies in Stotler 's financial records as early as 1987 , failed to enforce its own capital requirements , and failed to tell the CFTC that Stotler was undercapitalised by as much as $1.1m between October 1989 and April 1990 . |
| 6 | James Halden , of course , had no idea that he was helping to support his own daughter . |
| 7 | During the days , the various sections met to conduct their own meetings , hearing papers from both eminent and unknown men of science . |
| 8 | ‘ We agreed to go our own ways a year ago . |
| 9 | Once the war was over , however , the diversity of the Nationalist camp resurfaced , as each group sought to promote its own cause . |
| 10 | When I am so self-centred that I would not dream of asking the Spirit for his strength , preferring to go my own way , I am encouraged to recall that ‘ God is at work in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure ’ ( Phil . |
| 11 | If they were Doreen 's jodhpurs she had no wish to wear them , so she said , ‘ I 'd prefer to wear my own trousers . ’ |
| 12 | Regarding the second theme , market liberals concur with radical liberals like Illich that professionals and bureaucrats tend to promote their own interests rather than meeting the needs of their clients . |
| 13 | Why on earth would Parkin want to kill his own mistress ? |
| 14 | It meant the pound was set free to float to find its own value in world markets . |
| 15 | They were not all written at the same time , or in that order : I had to keep struggling to write my own work as Dana 's poetic demands became more and more insistent . |
| 16 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 17 | Most attacks on stock occur in the autumn , when the young mink disperse to find their own territories , and in the spring , when males wander in search of females . |
| 18 | If imbalance occurs , then the star may explode as a supernova , or implode to entrap its own radiation in a black hole . |
| 19 | The strength and breadth of these definitions and emphases were to prove encouraging to many institutions , and people in institutions , struggling to establish their own research policies and activities . |
| 20 | Most recently , second phase schools were sent question and pupil answer sheets as before but asked to provide their own apparatus from a detailed list supplied along with administration instructions by NFER . |
| 21 | And during the war , while the Party failed to increase its own popularity , Hitler could benefit as the focus of a widespread consensus between 1939 and 1941 among the vast majority of the population about the successful course of the war and the favourable prospects for an early and glorious peace . |
| 22 | The staff appraisal interviews were conducted by the Head and the Deputy Head ( Staff ) , who claimed that the main benefits were : a report on individual teachers , agreed with them , on their personal file ( to which the Head added ‘ they 're helping to write their own references ’ ) , and clarification for the Senior Management Team as to what INSET actions they ought to take on the individual teacher 's behalf . |
| 23 | At one time the Institute had intended to establish its own college for training , and this was still essential . |
| 24 | I want , I 'm just saying to you what I want to do I actually want to consolidate my own qualifications |
| 25 | The testator allows for the fact that his daughter will want to benefit her own children if she has any , and therefore restricts his limitation until such time as they are born . |
| 26 | They want to see their own chaps , keen as mustard , potting Jerries ( or Tommies ) whenever the opportunity arises . |
| 27 | This is usually a very popular event as parents want to see their own children involved in something special . |
| 28 | Parissien acknowledges another benefit : ‘ the bottom line , for those who want to see it that way , is that the course is also a guide to how to put money onto a house , rather than take it off . ’ |
| 29 | The group has revised its own specification to require most of the recommended items to be incorporated in any new vehicles that are purchased . |
| 30 | More importantly , however , teachers want to enjoy their own teaching . |