Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I tried to pull his nose and he relaxed the tightening around my neck . |
| 32 | In 1980 , it seemed unlikely that the elderly Ronald Reagan , lacking in Washington experience and with an insubstantial mandate , would be able to impose his will and his policy preferences on the political system . |
| 33 | Terence seemed thrown to find his cousin and her friend there , and approached with a cautious , questing smile . |
| 34 | Mr Wyatt is determined to find his brother-in-law and I do n't want that to happen when Dana is with him . ’ |
| 35 | There 'd have been no need for Ephraim Cook then to manage the business when he was gone ; an upright , Nonconformist — Mr Cook — the kind who never allowed a drop of alcohol , or a smile , to pass his lips and whose well-trained conscience would never allow him to cheat Gemma nor to waste a penny of her money , no matter how hard Tristan tried . |
| 36 | Before you try to influence anyone , you want to establish your purpose and your motives . |
| 37 | ‘ You must be good at listening and observing ; good at oral and written presentation of complex tax problems so that your client can understand them , and you have to know your accounting and you need a high level of commercial awareness . ’ |
| 38 | We think this is an excellent way to get to know our country and our people , and , if you are travelling with children you will be even more welcome . |
| 39 | Cease to neglect your wife and she may not neglect your home . |
| 40 | We hope we will continue to deserve your attention and we wish to subscribe to your monthly New Internationalist magazine for a year . |
| 41 | If any changes take place , either physically , mentally or emotionally , be sure to inform your teacher and he or she will be able to reassure you that it will soon pass . |
| 42 | The advocates were informed that the justices would meet at 10 a.m. on that day to continue their deliberations and their drafting , that the exercise would be completed by 12 noon , and that the advocates should attend at that later hour to receive the court 's judgment . |
| 43 | You are bound to lose her trust and you could wreck your marriage . |
| 44 | You are bound to lose her trust and you could wreck your marriage . |
| 45 | His transactions with his fellows began to lose their artificiality and it was generally admitted that the Prince was losing his rough edges . |
| 46 | They do n't have to make those initial decisions of how to plan their time and their work . |
| 47 | It therefore recommended that the WEA should continue as a teaching as well as an organising body , while suggesting that some increase in financial contributions from voluntary sources ‘ would materially help to preserve its independence and its status as a voluntary body ’ — a hint that the WEA could not expect to rely too heavily on government or local authority aid and that its members and friends must continue to dig deep into their pockets . |
| 48 | It is fighting to preserve its privileges and its pensions . |
| 49 | ‘ She 's always talking about going to see her nephew and his children , but she 's never gone and it 's only because she has n't enough money for the ticket . ’ |
| 50 | Dorothy Croft , 68 , from Rochester , Kent , had planned to fly to Australia in the New Year to see her son and his family . |
| 51 | Nobody asked to see their passports and they were airborne half an hour later , on their way to Keflavik on the western side of Iceland , where they landed seven hours later . |
| 52 | Yes I put out an appeal to er my readers to search their attics and their er lofts and their garden sheds for all the things they might have left over from the second World War . |
| 53 | The influence that local government units , for example , in the United States and Britain possess through the ‘ intergovernmental lobby ’ ( i.e. through national pressure groups of local government and local government professionals ) rests upon their ability to provide central or federal government with valuable information , to mobilise legislators to support their cause and their position and expertise as major providers of welfare state services . |
| 54 | Ultimately , their efforts brought those ‘ Peace People ’ the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1977 , but controversy over that award added to the movement 's inability to sustain its momentum and it faded from the newspaper front pages . |
| 55 | Instead of finding students impossible to put up with , he appears to enjoy their company and they in turn appreciate him . |
| 56 | In reality they will do everything in their power to avoid this , because the primary function of their venom is to incapacitate their prey and they can not afford to waste it unless they are driven to extremes . |
| 57 | They all said they wanted to visit my country and I nodded my head , promising it would n't cost them a penny , thinking how the people in the village would crowd around them , look at their coloured hair , some of it short and some long . |
| 58 | ‘ I had planned to visit my sister and her family — ‘ |
| 59 | Maybe you 'd like to come down to visit my father and we could look around there , too . ’ |
| 60 | They 're going to replace my dad and my brother with robots . |