Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you present someone with a set of stripes on a TV screen and make them move at right angles to their long axis , that is the direction in which the person will see them move . |
| 2 | And if you think a pike has teeth , well these fish make them look like toothless gummies ! |
| 3 | More recently , industrial contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls ( PCBs ) have accumulated in the liver and kidneys of pilot whales in quantities which make them unfit for human consumption . |
| 4 | Although their names make them sound like large predators , they are actually tiny insect larvae . |
| 5 | Looking at the present state of the Top 40 singles chart , the recent appearance of a song entitled Dolphins Make Me Cry by Welsh songwriter/guitarist Martyn Joseph was especially surprising . |
| 6 | ‘ YOU WANT me to talk about Irish history , you want me to go back that far , do you ? ’ asks Neil Jordan , not wanting to believe it . |
| 7 | You say I look like Red Riding Hood . |
| 8 | You know what I mean : people expect you to talk about dark strangers from over the water and golden fortunes coming their way . |
| 9 | The French say she died of ill health ! |
| 10 | Reports of sea serpents say they look like smooth snakes , but they are many times larger than the biggest snakes on earth : the longest seem to be about 200 metres . |
| 11 | The first place it reaches in Israelite territory is Bethshemesh . |
| 12 | They welcome a new investigation , but they want it done by independent officers . |
| 13 | They accept the goal of an enterprise economy , but want it tempered by social concerns , with a place for worker-ownership . |
| 14 | well I do n't think so , I mean its getting beyond real perspective I think sometimes . |
| 15 | The play is enlivened by the vicious energy of the performances and by a variety of Irish music and dance which ranges from mournful ballads to the jolliest of jigs , transforming what could have been a dreary harangue into an invigorating ensemble work . |
| 16 | Let them flow in ceaseless praise . |
| 17 | They review this possibility annually and he explained that when they have identified children who will go back they let them go into mainstream school for at first a morning and then one day a week . |
| 18 | If you have any recipes that work particularly well , please let me know for future editions of this book . |
| 19 | The disinterested passions compel me to see from other viewpoints , but also blind me to the equality of viewpoints . |
| 20 | There are anti-avoidance provisions which prevent you gaining from cunning manoeuvres such as arranging for different companies within your employer 's group each to contribute a share of the total pay-out ; if this is done , all the sums will be aggregated . |
| 21 | ‘ Haff you heard at aal apout a maan caald Menzies ? ’ one asked the other in a broad parody of the Gaelic accent . |
| 22 | A special message goes to the key member of the team who missed photo day — transport manager We hope you return to good health soon ( They told you I was visiting then ! |
| 23 | The postures and exercises compel one to break in certain ways — the flow of breath being influenced sometimes through exertion , or through stretching , or through carrying a movement to its ultimate limit . |
| 24 | His first student essays in photography show him fascinated by natural order and symmetry , the geometry of nature , the abstract face of concrete things . |
| 25 | When you are back in the main square of the Malá Strana , imagine it encircled with medieval houses set above arcades . |
| 26 | let it go on general consumption |
| 27 | Or bottle all my aggression up and let it turn into high blood pressure ? |
| 28 | It 's far better to ruin a feather pillow than let yourself overflow in violent behaviour . |
| 29 | They were people who really let themselves go on high days and holidays , not likely to fuss about anything left over . |
| 30 | In so doing , they imagine themselves set in diametrical opposition to their society where in fact they have unwittingly accepted its crucial structural elements . ’ |