Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to see them actually promote the fact that it 's very much an independent assessment . |
| 2 | Increasing dissatisfaction among both teachers and students led them frequently to ask the question , ‘ Why study at all ? ’ , with some justification . |
| 3 | Advantage of this can be taken by widely-held public companies to enable them temporarily to freeze the list of those who are entitled to receive an annual dividend or to vote at an annual general meeting . |
| 4 | As we shall see later in the chapter , however , there is a potential conflict between using interest rates to control the demand for money and using them also to control the exchange rate . |
| 5 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 6 | Those reactions which require energy to drive them also require the presence of ATP . |
| 7 | Pour some oil into a small dish ( do not pour oil onto your partner 's body , it can be quite a shock ) , oil your hands , then rub them together to warm the oil . |
| 8 | I had to conform ; I do not think I ever used the term in my reports , except in parenthesis to denote a sort of dirty word . |
| 9 | I do n't think I ever opened the score . |
| 10 | I do n't think I really know the answer to that question . |
| 11 | I even tried laying trails of cheese that led to my feet , which she scoffed up , but she did n't trust me enough to take the cheese from my hand . |
| 12 | He must have managed to purloin a copy of the house key from somewhere and was obviously astounded to find someone already scouring the house , especially her . |
| 13 | And if want to check quickly in a car and I 'm driving I automatically put the hand |
| 14 | When Andrew returned he found himself almost asking the question , ‘ so how long have you been disabled ? ’ . |
| 15 | Worse than that the home team was behind in all but three of the matches on the course when a dramatic change in fortune occurred which completely transformed the match . |
| 16 | Indeed in the Future of the Profession Report of 1970 , the text preceding a recommendation that the Institution have a structure of three chapters , stated , inter alia , that ‘ there is an historical nexus between land agency , general practice and building surveying which still validates the view that they are different applications of the same basic skills . ’ |
| 17 | Once installed you then have the choice of running the Thesaurus as a standalone program or as a memory resident one . |
| 18 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 19 | Laney suggest you simply remove the speaker jack when using headphones , but surely this is like saying it 's okay to point an empty gun ; forgetting to re-connect the speaker can prove disastrous on some amps , and inexperienced guitarists should be dissuaded from the habit from early on . |
| 20 | ( Case in point : has she even noticed the metamorphosis I 've achieved in her flat ? |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , Heather , d' you really think the hay is on fire ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Of course we believe you when you say you never met the girl . |
| 23 | Until the ‘ official ’ pilot schemes are instituted we only have the experience of the formative approaches in the UK to guide us on how appraisal is to be conducted . |
| 24 | One of the practice 's vans was at her disposal , and Robbie found herself almost enjoying the drive . |
| 25 | It was n't difficult for Rachel to understand what her sister had seen in this man , and just for a moment she found herself reluctantly acknowledging the fact that if she did n't know what she did about him she too would find him very attractive . |
| 26 | Stone seems to think that feminist history would insist on an active campaigning role for women , and this unfortunately causes him also to dismiss the significance of gender as a category for historical analysis on the grounds that it comes with too much ‘ ideological baggage ’ ( p. 12 , n. 19 ) . |
| 27 | In a Commons motion they say they deeply regret the decision to shut the hospital which they argue is a direct result of Government reforms in the National Health Service . |
| 28 | In a Commons motion they say they deeply regret the decision to shut the hospital which they argue is a direct result of Government reforms in the National Health Service . |
| 29 | The council say they only pay the level they see fit . |
| 30 | Has it even helped the auction houses ? ’ |