Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His rare combination of mechanical and drawing skills enabled him to find work quickly , soon becoming works manager at Bramahs , and by 1815 he was chief draughtsman at Maudslay , Sons & Field . |
| 2 | ‘ I will find work and make money to keep us , while you look for something . |
| 3 | ‘ I asked Mum to help me . |
| 4 | He was on the edge of weeping , but did not want Murray to realise it . |
| 5 | The mestizo looked up to see Trent watching him . |
| 6 | Most of the publications which are likely to be interested in using pictures like these do not use colour photographs , so there is no point in wasting money taking them . |
| 7 | It was this that led testators to value them and to confirm their wills in trust form . |
| 8 | She would tell her twin about Berenice 's baby , and if she knew her sister , she would make Garry see he must return to his wife . |
| 9 | If you 're wearing , if you 're wearing headphones right you do n't stop everybody 's bound to work out and everyone lets you wear them , everyone 's bound to work out you 've been given permission to wear them . |
| 10 | It was not until Lady Diana Spencer was formally engaged to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales that she was given permission to call him ‘ Charles ’ . |
| 11 | Then some lads from the Cameron Highlanders were given permission to bury him . |
| 12 | The group left , reportedly after being told by Papua New Guinea officials that the Indonesians would be given permission to remove them by force . |
| 13 | The waiter , a cocky Italian who flicked his buttocks at her at the least opportunity , eyed her patronisingly and made attempts to chat her up in feeble English . |
| 14 | I mean signs to tell us your father may be wishing his burden lightened somewhat ? |
| 15 | The way I would see it is that there is a need for a broad consensus between government , IDB , LEDU , DED and all the various government agencies and community groups , economists and experts and the people on the ground themselves , because I do n't think the government has it within their power to solve the problem and I do n't think experts have it within their power to solve the problem . |
| 16 | He asked permission to leave it for her the following day . |
| 17 | Pink flowers like willow herb clustered along a dried-up river bank , circling birds reminded her of the vultures in westerns . |
| 18 | She had heard Ben tell her it was about time , too , but almost too late ; that was when she had stopped pushing the hand-cart and bought Laddie and the flat-cart . |
| 19 | They were having trouble with the close-up , until DiCillo finally asked Brad to give him ‘ a deer caught in a car 's headlights ’ . |
| 20 | DARLINGTON Conservatives say they are pleased with election canvassing returns showing they have the support of half the townspeople they contacted . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Peter was a pianist , had a job as a pianist , and always seemed to have money , which made Cecilia see him as a potentially good husband . |
| 23 | She hardly ever read it herself now , preferring Alexandra to read it to her , but some mornings , when she felt stronger , she would be propped up on extra pillows and given the paper and her glass . |
| 24 | On Dec. 18 , as part of the first round of the CFE talks , the US Defence Department announced proposals to cut US forces by 55,000 , an increase of 22,000 on Bush 's initial proposals in July 1989 . |
| 25 | Develop skills to enable her ( the nurse ) , to assist in the implementation of nursing care under the direction of a first level nurse . |
| 26 | Spokeswoman Sue Heyslop said : ‘ Pupils will be encouraged to become as independent as possible and develop skills to help them on their way . ’ |
| 27 | To do that , on May 18th the prime minister , Leonid Kuchma , asked parliament to grant him a range of extraordinary powers : to rule the economy by decree , control the central bank and the state privatisation body and have jurisdiction over the president 's satraps in the regions . |
| 28 | Occasionally a garishly painted truck passed us , raising a cloud of dust , and away to the west , hanging over us and clearly visible now that the clouds had lifted , the coastal range of the cordilleras towered pale and trembling in the heat . |
| 29 | How else do you think Al-Makesh knew we were from UNACO ? |
| 30 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |