Example sentences of "to [pos pn] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet I still do n't understand you — remember when you put a stop to my having dinner Chez Auguste ? ’ |
| 2 | At a horse show anyone can recognise the horse that is saying , ‘ You 're annoying me ! ’ , by the swishing of its tail ; or the horse that announces to its spurred rider , ‘ You 're hurting my sides ! ’ , by tightened muscles making a clear line along the lower edge of its ribcage ; or the halter horse , taut with anxiety and showing the whites of its eyes , telling all but its insensitive handler that it is afraid ! |
| 3 | PROTEON ATTRIBUTES LAY-OFFS TO ITS PUTTING MANUFACTURING OUT TO CONTRACT |
| 4 | And then stick with them , build them , help them to add to their earning power . |
| 5 | Note that this duty does not extend to the quality or performance of the goods , but only to their causing injury or damage . |
| 6 | There would seem to be no problem about proving enactment — the Royal Assent is today granted by Commissioners and there would seem to be no privilege bar to their giving evidence as to the grant . |
| 7 | Editors , therefore , elide the problem posed by Shakespearean plays being generated during a period when their textual status was secondary to their performed status . |
| 8 | He caught Duran with a solid left hook and when Duran grabbed for cover Leonard wanted to get out and back to his sniping post . |
| 9 | Britain 's javelin maestro confesses he has no idea when he will be back in action as he struggles with a stubborn injury to his throwing shoulder . |
| 10 | In theory , a positive answer to one or more of the following situations could open the door to your regaining weight after this diet . |
| 11 | Politicians , bankers , Fleet Street editors — all are grist to your kiss-and-tell mill . |
| 12 | The whole nation now exceedingly alarmed by the French fleet braving our coast even to the very Thames mouth ; our fleet commanded by debauched young men , and likewise inferior in force , giving way to the enemy , to our exceeding reproach ; God of his mercy defend this poor … nation . |
| 13 | I think the evidence though is that men like okay , we 're talking generally , but if you look at the evidence of how many women are raped , one in four of girl children are molested before the age of sixteen , that to me suggests hatred ! |