Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 In my experience the most effective way to resist his attempts to snag you is to heave at him with as much side-strain as your tackle strength will allow .
2 The chief purpose of the chapter is to outline how the two opposing groups in Ireland developed their dominant beliefs in the context of the new states of Ireland , and moulded the states to support them , strengthening antagonisms between the two groups .
3 In the end there was a tremendous battle because , although Mrs Christie expressed a wish in her will for the island to become a nature reserve , she left no money to carry it out .
4 I 'm not against the principle as I said when I came , when I was on the Council previously , when this was first hanging about , that there 's little doubt about it as , it 's a good policy , but will we get the money to carry it out .
5 Because her social isolation was made worse by her inability to drive she agreed , before the next session , to take the therapist 's advice to arrange driving lessons .
6 But perhaps a pink Cadillac and James Dean to drive you away are the most desirable extras .
7 In fact no recent government has reduced local authorities ' statutory duties , only the money to perform them .
8 He said he only needed to do two or three locums at these school clinics to see him round the other half of the world and he went off .
9 For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better .
10 Wilful and wasteful of such innocent , joyful music , Mordkovitch wrenched at the tempi , disregarded the dynamics and , showing a wanton unfeelingness for the orchestra 's commendable attempts to accommodate her in a notey accompaniment , trailed Yuasa reeling in her wake .
11 They were therefore leaving it exposed to the elements until it reached the point where ministers decided it was a waste of time and money to restore it .
12 And skin to skin we cling once more Then you shower love away ,
13 The opportunity to buy two outstanding adjoining properties in that location was extremely rare and the Perots had the opportunity to acquire them both as a family compound .
14 She had the sad and deflated appearance of somebody who had once lived life to the full but now had only the memories of such times to sustain her — like a galleon whose sails sag limply round the masts where once they have billowed majestically .
15 Once the fear of unwanted pregnancy is past there is greater freedom to enjoy it .
16 But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street .
17 Whether he wanted to be hurt and suffer , or an excuse to hit me back , I do n't know , but I 'm sure he wanted me to hit him .
18 The problem this poses for the educationalist is formidable because , as well as designing curricula that will help the surveyor cope with future changes , he has also to provide the basis of a training experience to enable him to cope with contemporary practice .
19 It has never been the case that central Government would indemnify local authorities for expenditure when they are already given money through the revenue support grant to enable them to undertake their responsibilities , and that is not a way forward .
20 We 've received help from the Countryside Council for Wales towards the costs of writing and research , and we have a Welsh Office grant to enable us to translate it into Welsh .
21 We 've received help from the Countryside Council for Wales towards the costs of writing and research , and we have a Welsh Office grant to enable us to translate it into Welsh .
22 Some of the details are nicely done such as the antiquated ceramic water bottle offered by the porter to enable them to cope with the freezing bedrooms .
23 During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it .
24 I was glad of Ika 's presence to support me and supplement my responses :
25 Young women had travelled from all over the country during his trial to see him and meet him .
26 So now he walked , still angry with them , but glad to be away , glad to have salvaged something from yet another of their attempts to grind him down .
27 Until I can persuade her to unbind me — or make contact with Mephistco and convince someone back at base to forgive me my trespasses just long enough to do an override — I am confined inside the plane of reflected light .
28 They refused to leave on request and attempts to eject them failed on account of the sudden arrival of reinforcements from the local station .
29 Cos she was trying to find a , a reason or an excuse to sue them for it .
30 The Pyramid Texts are concerned with the eternal life of the god-king and with the necessary rituals to enable him to join the gods and to travel in the boat of Re .
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