Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Seeing me the CFI said " Ah Mahaddie , I wanted to have a word with you , sit down " .
2 Worse still , the new Leeds are as sly and provocative as Don Revie 's sides , with none of the skills which made them the Liverpool of the Seventies .
3 Go on , Emma snatch that and read me the Gilbert and Sullivan clue .
4 Not only did the Bills fail to get the win which would have won them the AFC East division and secured home advantage throughout the play-offs , but finished the game with quarterback Jim Kelly nursing a knee ligament injury .
5 Party members and SA men , who in 1933 had seen themselves as posing a radical , populist alternative to the conservative Reichswehr , now took a back seat and simply provided the setting for the triumphant reception of young officers of the Wehrmacht , heroes home on leave from the Front recounting tales of stirring deeds which had earned them the Ritterkreuz .
6 He then went on-to become a valuable back-up member of the squad that took Palace to promotion in 1989 and , after a useful spell on loan with Hull City in midwinter , returned to claim the left-back position for the remainder of the season , gaining himself the Barclays Young Eagle of the Month award in March 1990 , sharing in some excellent 1st Division results , the FA Cup semi-final victory over Liverpool and two Wembley appearances against Manchester United .
7 Most of you wo n't even know who the MCofS are ; you 're certainly not all members ( did you know you could be ? ) and you probably do n't belong to an affiliated club .
8 I do n't know who the Saintes-Maries were , or why there are more than one . "
9 Well he wanted to know who the Traidcraft person
10 ‘ By now , both the Americans and the Russians will be trying to discover who the Lucy Ghosts are , ’ Billie took over .
11 Not long ago , a piece in the New York Times Magazine pronounced him the Ali of old , just about terminally perky .
12 Though he did not know it the San Antonio had turned tail and was even now on her way back to Spain , ‘ bearing a cargo of falsehood against Magellan ’ .
13 I never understood where all these squares of material came from because the demand was enormous ; to meet it the Madonna 's dress would have had to be changed almost every week .
14 I suggested we might use it for publicity , ie the costs of producing and printing a leaflet explaining what the SCC is and its aims , for a general audience , especially the participants of mass bike events such as St Andrews ride , Tour de Forth etc .
15 Can you describe what the Higgs boson is — and why you would like to find it — on single sheet of paper ?
16 Japan 's growing influence as a member of the Western camp has encouraged a greater questioning within Japan of how far to accept what the West has to offer .
17 The real problem is that the Government refuses to accept what the Maastricht Treaty is about .
18 She wanted to know what the UK Vehicle Division was doing to correct its appalling track record of recent years , particularly when compared with its Continental plants .
19 IT is impossible to know what the IRA hopes to gain from its current wave of bombing .
20 To know what the RC will show when track is intercepted simply reverse the Minus 50° to the opposite , Plus 50° i.e.
21 A letter to the Japanese ambassador in Washington , signed by all 100 members of the US Senate , had preceded what the US saw as Japan 's belated Aug. 5 commitment on sanctions .
22 ‘ Do you know what The Beatles are ? ’ he asks , letting me climb into his baby pedal car .
23 Most of them do n't even know what the Imajica is .
24 I do n't know what the Carters can be thinking of . ’
25 He said he did n't know what the UK operation would look like after the restructuring but said most resources would be concentrated in Switzerland : ‘ support and marketing is here , so there 's not much point in having it in the UK too . ’
26 Most new mothers do not know what the Guthrie test is for : a considerable number incorrectly believe that it will detect more disorders than is the case .
27 I show them the Camden Market , and my brother , Winchell , buys an old , funereal coat by the Lock , while I stand by and smoke spliffs with the bootleg sellers in bright berets .
28 When she decided , with the rest of the children , to go to Waco Monday and they told me the Sunday .
29 Told me the Emma Bates got a direct hit .
30 Over the years we have many times benefited form the advice and support which the CCPR gives so generously .
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