Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I find I can get up a rhythm with this simple notation , more irregular passes with the lace carriage make me lose count .
2 The driver 's quick action helped him escape injury when Ian Hooker 's black Ford Escort car crashed into him in Marton Road , Middlesbrough .
3 Akram 's hour at the crease saw him punish Salisbury , take his side into the lead , survive at catch to Malcolm 's outstretched hand at deep mid-off , and finally go , bamboozled , when Salisbury put a googly , from wide of the crease , around the wicket , between the batsman 's legs and into the stumps : 263 for 7 .
4 Because , providing you have the money in your account , the BarclayPlus card lets you withdraw money anytime .
5 Your special BarclayPlus card lets you get cash from dispensers throughout the country at the touch of a button , 24 hours a day .
6 Fishbase lets you record factors such as the water temperature and its pH , the air temperature and humidity , the barometric pressure , water clarity , as well as the location , bait/lure type and size , and also the general prevailing conditions .
7 English department did it last term .
8 Only on the final climb of Sally Gap did he clinch victory as his rival , Gary Baker , was struggling back from two punctures .
9 In contrast to these reductions in the rate of stroke , the effect on heart attacks was much less : only in the systolic hypertension in the elderly programme did it achieve significance .
10 What kind of deal do they think Americans Indians have had over the past 200 years ?
11 They have already said it to the Wilson Committee : we are doing our best to preserve the value of the funds entrusted to us , and any attempt to force us to invest in projects offering sub-optimal returns for ‘ social ’ reasons is an attempt to make us break faith with our customers .
12 Jamila makes me do shopping and washing and cleaning .
13 For the last twenty years of his life his bronchitis made him take holidays on the French Riviera ; Frith says of these later years that he ‘ fell back upon books and art , nature , love and poetry ’ .
14 A small number said that pressure of work made them take risks .
15 For those employees who may need some encouragement in the privacy of their home to help them stop smoking , Andrew has a video which is available on loan .
16 A plan to let you see LA
17 ‘ Having a child makes you see things differently , your view of things changes in many ways and that 's major .
18 On July 27 , 1989 , the Pakistani Minister of State for Finance , Ehsanul Haq Piracha , opening the third session of the Nepal-Pakistan Joint Economic Commission in Kathmandu , assured Nepal of support to help it overcome problems resulting from the trade blockade with India .
19 IF YOU are planning your 1993 programme of activities , why not invite Cato Crane and Co to help you raise funds ?
20 The photo in Conchis 's room made her look heavy-chinned , but she was n't .
21 In reality most of the complaints came from those whose nature made them dislike change at any time , while the comments of other critics had a political bias .
22 Supply problems during the war made it seem madness to postpone further the steps necessary to improve communications and construct strategic railways .
23 At this point let us take stock of the limitations we have put on our research .
24 MOYRA FRASER , Cookery Editor , introduces Slim Plan — the tried and tested New Year diet to help you lose weight and enjoy it too !
25 It 's a Crime Prevention Officer 's job to help you stop crime .
26 Interpet 's clever device lets you change water without spilling a drop — we use one in the office .
27 ‘ About the Journal do you think William might edit it for us ?
28 Do n't you think , Mr Vansitart , that the really nice thing about human beings is the notion we do have that things ought to be somehow fair — though nowhere in nature do we have evidence that God understands the concept at all .
29 Bush was not subjected to a general anaesthetic during his hospital treatment , and at no point did he relinquish executive responsibility to Vice-President Dan Quayle .
30 In what order of importance do you place them' ?
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