Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Accessibility is not so important with the small , closed conferences because the participants are usually either highly motivated in the first place ( because of specialist interest or commitment ) or their employers require them to go or at least agree that they should . |
| 2 | He pulled on the goggles but still there was nothing to see except for the red embers of a dying fire emanating from some unknown source . |
| 3 | Lady Horne told them to sit whilst behind them the girl lit candles . |
| 4 | She 's never asked me to go since before the big holidays . |
| 5 | In the end the doctor , being far-sighted enough to believe in the value of hypnosis when properly practised , sent her to me to see if between us we could unearth the cause of the problem . |
| 6 | Relatively ‘ self-contained ’ and cohesive social groups such as peasants and church-going Catholics , generally knowing whom to trust and with a low level of organization in the NSDAP , were now often unrestrained in their attacks . |
| 7 | We want it to give them back their self respect , help acclimatise them to work and above all to give them something positive and worthwhile to show an employer . |
| 8 | It might also have disturbed them to know that in such circumstances what is still a fairly new and effective lifeline for them would have been ruled out — insurance . |
| 9 | Wulfstan 's Sermon of the Wolf refers to English powerlessness against the enemy as shameful ; Ælfric to the heathen army holding them to scorn and of days when English kings had been strong and theirs the only fleet around . |
| 10 | He will be as pleased as I to know that in Essex there are now sixty three secondary and fifty five primary schools operating with grant maintained status . |
| 11 | My experience in Texas and with other large contemporary prison systems leads me to wonder whether in future the best we can hope for is to obtain some kind of a mix of the two , and avoid the worse features of each . |
| 12 | He could always pick and choose over whom to arrest and on whom to give the Nelson touch . |
| 13 | There 's nothing to inspect and without my words the photographs are useless unless Mitch decided to sell them to the national Press . |
| 14 | Jesus allowed himself to see and to be bothered . |
| 15 | The different combinations of colour , beautiful designs , textures , fibres and weaves all add up to a vast range of fabrics from which to choose and at enormously varying prices . |
| 16 | A power for nobody to determine or for one party only to be able to determine is inconsistent with the concept of a term from year to year : see Warner v. Browne , 8 East 165 and Cheshire Lines Committee v. Lewis & Co . , |
| 17 | OEDIPUS can potentially save fuel by choosing the best possible route and altitudes at which to fly and by predicting more accurately how much fuel is to be carried thereby reducing aircraft payloads and fuel use . |
| 18 | Lakeside resident Denton Bell said : ‘ Will we have to wait for somebody to die or for a building to burn down before something is done ? ’ |
| 19 | There are , however , ambiguities in such a situation , as the lives of minority governments may be perpetuated more by a reluctance to force them to resign than by any positive commitment to their support . |
| 20 | Now lastly er just to er just to indicate that virtue has its own reward , there 's the record operating cash generation for you to see and on that note I 'll pass you over to James . |
| 21 | ‘ Matthew , I 'm trying to be very understanding and modern about this , but I want you to realize that for women of my generation , it 's difficult to accept the prevailing mores . ’ |
| 22 | Erm that might , might interest you to know that during the past ten years I have personally entertained something like a hundred visitors from the States who are with their families er , of course , er returned here for a look , look round . |
| 23 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 24 | Now this may not be the most compelling subject but it is important for you to know that throughout our term in office , we 've not left you on your own as you carry out the task of raising funds for your programme . |
| 25 | If it is difficult for you to visit because of travel costs please discuss this with your social worker as we can usually help with your fares . |
| 26 | And Goldberg , in his pad : Dear Harsnet , it may surprise you to hear that after all these years I am finally at work transcribing the notes you entrusted to me so many years ago , with a view to eventually publishing them . |
| 27 | Okay what I ask you to do as with being assertive , first of all be clear about what it is that you 're going to try and do , be clear about what it is and what the situation is , explain it to the partner and then try it and let's see how it doing . |
| 28 | It 's a pretty complicated diagram , I would n't expect you to draw that in fifteen minutes , and explain the , the |
| 29 | ‘ It must seem impossible for you to believe that in a civilized society so abhorrent a practice as the enslaving of one person by another still continues , but I will ask you to try and imagine what it must be like . |
| 30 | ‘ I ask you to believe that in normal circumstances he would not behave like that , but he is still not quite himself … the death of his friend , you know … ’ |