Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime all those due to appear in the FA Cup third round in the New Year have received a letter from Lancaster Gate reminding them that the FA has the power to throw them out of the competition if their players become involved in mass brawls . |
| 2 | It has taught me that the world does n't revolve around me . |
| 3 | Although we would not be able to see them because the light from them would not reach us , we would still feel their gravitational attraction . |
| 4 | Nancy enjoyed seeing them and an occasional painter or writer who asked to renew acquaintance with Arnold 's collection . |
| 5 | Later that year , when the giant 's favourite boar was killed by an arrow fired from an unknown bow , he was so enraged by this that he took the first-born of all his tenants and threatened to kill them unless the guilty one came forward or some other person informed on them . |
| 6 | Corbett was nodding in agreement when a knock at the door interrupted them and a short , dumpy figure entered . |
| 7 | You list all your interruptions , when they occurred , who made them and the reason . |
| 8 | Later in the book , Mars attempts to put fiddles into context , to point out the conditions that favour them and the places where they are most likely to flourish . |
| 9 | Instead , they ask users to return their disks for upgrade , and will notify them that an upgrade is in the offing . |
| 10 | I was on my way to the bank with £7,000 when a masked gang , carrying guns , attacked me and a friend who was with me . |
| 11 | One interviewer asked me whether the riot was not a cry for help by the rioters . |
| 12 | ‘ Y-you asked me that the first time we met . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You asked me if the garage had returned my car , when you 'd got it under lock and key all the time ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ A lot of people asked me if the staff would lose their jobs . |
| 15 | Your natural long-range weapons are your feet and hands ; keep using them until the attacker backs off or lets you escape . |
| 16 | Employers may be reluctant to admit using them because the terms of their employment are embarrassing . |
| 17 | It was decided to stop using them because the stress of the three hundred and sixty-degree swing made the whole spire shake . |
| 18 | And we , we were talking about erm this with Mr I said yeah it 's really annoying me cos every night |
| 19 | The police were trying to interview them and a TV reporter was talking into a camera , his face lit with a bright light . |
| 20 | Many Creole and Cajun cooks set great store on the mixing of a good roux — blending flour and fat ( often lard ) and cooking them until the correct golden brown degree is achieved . |
| 21 | That message , and the wearing of the rings , are all that now bind me and the Queen of Ruritania . |
| 22 | But it soon became evident that there were many kinds of interferon , all produced when cells were exposed to particular viruses but varying in their exact nature according to the cells which produced them and the species of animal from which the cells originated . |
| 23 | Objects ought to lead to investigations about the society that produced them and the people who used them . |
| 24 | It angers me that an insurance company attempted to kick us in the teeth when all we were trying to do was protect ourselves . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The nurses panicked and made me and the other mother sign forms saying that we definitely had our own babies . ’ |
| 26 | The ANC conference held in Johannesburg on Dec. 14-16 ended with a commitment to continue negotiations but with a threat to suspend them if the government did not take action before April 30 , 1991 , to halt township violence , release all political prisoners , allow exiles to return , repeal remaining " repressive " legislation and halt political trials . |
| 27 | The blocks were placed in a long tray which was just wide enough to accommodate them and the tray was then subjected to a series of sharp shocks , very similar to the succussion process . |
| 28 | Its honours for impresarios and maverick businessmen — what The Times called examples of ‘ unrepentant Darwinism , of the business survival of the fittest and of nature red in tooth and claw ’ — so appalled them and the Palace that it took several weeks for approval to be obtained . |
| 29 | When dealing with previous Bills affecting the armed services , the Minister and his colleagues have always sought to assure me that the armed forces are keenly aware of the need to treat complainers — irrespective of age — in a sympathetic manner . |
| 30 | But , but , BUT … it is entirely up to you to find these faults , if they exist , and to report them before the particular guarantee periods expire — and how can you do this without a structural survey ? |