Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said you had to kill the guilt you felt at Grandpa Tiao 's death . |
| 2 | And she had dragged herself to her feet again and watched as the man called Duvall had sadistically begun to kill the boy who had protected her . |
| 3 | He wanted to blurt out that she looked beautiful in blue , that he 'd like to kill the man who 'd been in her flat the previous evening , that he hoped her date with him had been a miserable failure , that he had hardly slept a wink all night , beside himself with jealousy . |
| 4 | You are hurt , I know , and unable to believe in any man 's decency , but try to believe that whatever happened to you I still love you ; you have not changed for me , it makes no difference , no difference whatsoever — except that I want to kill the man who hurt you . ’ |
| 5 | To kill the witch you need a silver bullet . |
| 6 | I decided that the best thing to do was to leave the porch just in case anyone came along , and to kill the time I needed to kill somewhere else . |
| 7 | The South Africans have threatened to kill the guerrillas who do not surrender , while insisting that for their part they have scrupulously observed the agreements . |
| 8 | In both stories the children used their powers to kill the people who had tortured them and used them . |
| 9 | ‘ She 's probably feeling bitter and angry and wants to kill the people who did it . |
| 10 | The provision of appropriate help to enable the patient himself to resolve the crisis and eventually overcome his problems . |
| 11 | As the marble attempts to surmount the obstacle it looses speed . |
| 12 | Shafts of sunlight gleamed through the avenue of trees , warming the air so that she felt no need to wear the jacket she had brought with her as a precaution against the temperamental nature of Danish weather , holding it casually instead over one arm , perfectly comfortable in the same linen dress she had worn the previous evening . |
| 13 | The feast gives us a graphic picture of the character of God , showing how he loves to redeem those who have been lost , to restore the lives which have been wasted . |
| 14 | Inside , much remains to be done , especially to restore the frescoes which cover all surfaces of walls , vaults , piers and capitals , as at Chauvigny in France . |
| 15 | It is said to have made no provision for the protection of sea lochs , to operate without an overall development plan , and to have made little attempt to monitor the farms it has approved . |
| 16 | She says there is an urgent need to monitor the process which leads to the decision to videotape . |
| 17 | Earlier we might have said his conduct and manner of speech were appropriate for one who wished to renounce the status he had stolen , and show his recognition of Esau 's authority as the elder son . |
| 18 | Eliot was unable to renounce the world he knew . |
| 19 | In other words , the guitar is going to sound the way it wants to sound , and there 's not a lot you can do about it . |
| 20 | Mrs Thatcher was cute enough to see the need to cultivate the backbenchers who made up her lobby fodder and the knighthood became once again the reward for wrecked marriages and broken health caused by sitting up all night to vote as the whips instructed . |
| 21 | Just remember that we aim to make it as simple and straightforward as possible for you to borrow the amount you require — with confidence . |
| 22 | What the clergy particularly wanted confirmed was the freedom of the church , notably from the kind of arbitrary seizure of its property and goods so recently experienced ; but all subjects were eager to curb the malpractices which accompanied ( in these years and for long afterwards ) the collection of prises or purveyances as well as the uncustomary burdens by which Edward tried to augment his revenue . |
| 23 | I 'm sorry he had to go the way he did , but it was always going to happen , the sort of man he was . |
| 24 | She must be careful to betray it as little as possible if the interview were to go the way she wanted . |
| 25 | I did n't mean it to go the way it did . |
| 26 | But they would n't let us in , if we wanted to go the match we had to pay . |
| 27 | THE TRUE-life story of New York mobster turned FBI witness Henry Hill presented Martin Scorsese with a ripe opportunity to re-examine the milieu he uncovered in Mean Streets . |
| 28 | Clearly results must improve quickly if Darlington are to preserve the status they attained with such distinction under the leadership of former manager Brian Little . |
| 29 | Their under-officers fell out one by one and took station along the way to preserve the channel they had opened . |
| 30 | The secret which Carol has faithfully kept for more than four months was finally out yesterday as Commander Tim Laurence and his bride-to-be allowed her to claim the credit she deserves . |