Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] [adj] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it is the owner 's view that Jimmy does not suit Cool Ground , and he says he prefers a jockey who sits still and allows the horse to take him along to his fences . |
| 2 | For example , each person aged 65 and over who lives alone and has mobility problems attracts £729 for personal social service provision , which is by far the largest component in the relevant formula . |
| 3 | The person who stays calm and takes steps to control the fire , or manages to get their child to the hospital before their appendix bursts , will undoubtedly be reducing the chances that the event will have serious long-term implications . |
| 4 | A workaholic who rises early and plays hard , he has eschewed the cult of personality which accompanied the rise and fall of so many high-flying retailers of the 1980s . |
| 5 | Under regulations introduced in 1982 , any overseas visitor who falls sick and requires treatment other than in an accident or emergency will be charged for his or her treatment on a special scale of charges reflecting the ‘ full cost ’ of the care . |
| 6 | Now suffering is a vast and many-sided fact of Crime and Punishment , as of all mature Dostoevsky — larger than the ‘ loose end ’ idea of The Drunks which produced Marmeladov the marmeladey wallower in abasement and humiliation , the man who seeks suffering and finds it ( and so finds satisfaction too ) at the bottom of his vodka jug , who screams ‘ I 'm loving this ! ’ when his wife pulls him across the room by his hair ; and larger than the ‘ out of the practical swim ’ idea of ‘ A Confession ’ from which emerges the murderer , the man with something to confess , who does n't seek suffering but learns , though only in the Epilogue , to accept it . |
| 7 | Who wants to write plays or biographies about a man who works hard and does n't have much luck with women ? |