Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Helen Chalmers and I would like to thank everyone who supports the Birthday Scheme . |
| 2 | Erm , it 's very important that we find a joint way forward to make sure that whatever the future of local government is in this county , there is an effi effective and efficient purchasing erm , er service me who did the moving . |
| 3 | Well I mean I you know the let's have a discussion . |
| 4 | I mean I I had the guitar stuff done within an hour but it getting all vocals over-dubbed and doubling everything up and then , it took forever to mix it together . |
| 5 | Right has the board consider giving this place I mean I I understand the the trouble with money etc but looking at making this place more inviting , at all ? |
| 6 | Right you have to come I think the basis of this evening was to get people to come along and put there points of view and to say what 's happening and what is n't happening and I think we can take that take that away and considerate it yes I mean I I think the board or the management committee will be happy to meet with people to discuss the use of the theatre er what it 's used for what might what the unhappiness is if there is unhappiness and the positive and the positive as well as the negative points yes . |
| 7 | Well I mean I I think the grafts that they 've done , the major grafts anyway , are finished and er they seemed to have taken really well , so I mean it 's just a matter of time , really , for them to settle . |
| 8 | Some seem flower-like yet when you touch them they have the incongruous scratch of stone . |
| 9 | Thankfully it is comparatively rare for human beings to seek to exterminate those creatures whom they regard as very much their inferiors — it is hard to find someone who favours the meaningless slaughter of dogs , for example . |
| 10 | Check that I 'm alright and then when I do or suggest you you get the hump . |
| 11 | Good manners forbade you to riffle through the pile , lift the layers until you found one you liked the look of . |
| 12 | and everybody seems to keep burying their head in the sa well when I say everybody I mean the Tech particularly are burying their head in the sand , they do n't seem to want to invest anything in preparing for , they 're called Youth Credits now are n't they ? |
| 13 | But he knew why the moment he entered the old schoolroom , for after allowing him to pass her she closed the door and stood with her back to it , her pale face , now tinged to a deep red , thrust out towards him as she cried , ‘ Think you 're smart , do n't you ? |
| 14 | ‘ I might understand it but I do n't know anyone who enjoys the criticism . |
| 15 | Police in Lurgan want anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them on 0762-325144 . |
| 16 | Such is the mood of pessimism here it is hard to find anyone who believes the All Blacks , having won their seven matches in Wales , will face any significant threat during the next fortnight . |
| 17 | People seem to want health economists , up to a point , and even epidemiologists because they boast a set of tools to offer managers and doctors for opening what you called the black box . |
| 18 | So maybe what we call imaginary time is really more basic , and what we call real is just an idea that we invent to help us describe what we think the universe is like . |
| 19 | Van der Pool described what he called the ‘ ageing ’ process in direct files , pointing out that performance degrades over time due to additions , even if the packing density does not change . |
| 20 | They eliminate what I call the " instinct " reporter , who perhaps can not pass exams but who is still street-wise , intelligent and eager . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to know what you told the copper , what he told you , why you sent Sal down to Cawthorne 's place at the weekend , what you 're going to do about her now , what you intend doing about Alec Reynolds now that he 's dead and why you 're trying to give me the bum 's rush . |
| 22 | Nicholas Ridley was a political firebrand even keener than Mrs Thatcher to dismantle what he called the nanny state and roll back the effects of years of nationalisation . |
| 23 | On the other hand , the parties will usually be only too eager to let him know what they think the answer should be . |
| 24 | I do n't know what you call the boss to be right drag point for |
| 25 | He 'd fucking had his dinner at six o'clock , I do n't even know what I rang the club later , I tell you like , twenty past he 'd arrived at the club and he was early , where 'd you go ? |
| 26 | and do you know what she had the nerve to say afterwards ? , |
| 27 | I forget what they call the men but the men used to sit in groups , I can see them now siting in groups . |
| 28 | The Bavarian Prime Minister 's recommendation appeared on the publicity pamphlet below excerpts from a similarly glowing review by the ultra-Right wing newspaper Deutsche Nationale Zeitung , which tries to boost its fringe circulation by challenging what it calls the ‘ Auschwitz lie ’ that millions of Jews died in Nazi extermination camps . |
| 29 | He has attacked what he calls the ‘ practice in many of the country 's paediatric units to avoid performing life saving operations unless their parents insist ; |
| 30 | Mr Toubon has frequently attacked what he termed the ‘ pharaonic ’ ambition of President Mitterrand 's ‘ grand projet ’ building projects such as the Louvre pyramid and the new Bibliothèque Nationale . |