Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She closed her eyes for a second , and then opened them to see a glimpse of concern on Guy Sterne 's dark face . |
| 2 | To make a start , drill a number of holes close together then join them using a chisel which can be tapped with a mallet . |
| 3 | You switch between them using a memory — resident utility . |
| 4 | Even having formatted column C to show dates you have to enter them using a date function . |
| 5 | It is therefore necessary to pick up the optical signals , convert them into electrical signals , amplify them using a repeater and re-convert them into optical signals every so often along the way . |
| 6 | with the thought of them using a saucepan . |
| 7 | A passenger sitting next to me flung a coin into the river with great enthusiasm . |
| 8 | This hatred of Lloyd George on the part of both Baldwin and MacDonald made it very difficult for the Conservative or Labour Parties to contemplate either coalition with the Liberals , or even a tacit understanding with them to sustain a minority government ; and the politics of the 1920s can not therefore be understood without appreciating the widespread antagonism both to coalition and to Lloyd George personally . |
| 9 | Two thirds of them scratch a living from the soil . |
| 10 | If we look at the Church we find the numbers of monks and secular clergy growing , especially in the eleventh and twelfth centuries ; we also find that more and more of them lived a life of celibacy after the papal reform . |
| 11 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 12 | ‘ I believe I have two more years of top-class rugby in me and I want them to include a return to the England team . ’ |
| 13 | One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't be so fucking patronising , ’ she said , turning her back on me to continue a conversation with Geraldine Porter . |
| 15 | Exchange visits between company and school have kept the project going and Courtaulds is now looking at the possibility of helping them design a fibre spinning rig . |
| 16 | Shortly after the formation of Apple Films ( a subsidiary of the Beatles ' Apple Corps Ltd ) , Ringo and his associate Hilary Gerard had approached us to help them make a film about Arthurian legends and " Magical Britain " . |
| 17 | But do n't let them make a pig of you . |
| 18 | you know I can understand now the people that have n't got the truth , when one of the , the mate , when the mate dies whether a woman or a , or a , or a husband dies , they want to die , they do n't want to live because I felt that , I felt that , what 's there , what 's there me left to live , my kids they 're , they have their own families , there all time , they have no time , I brought up three children , I have a full time job and I have time for every one of them to look after and to bring them up and to set them on their way to live and not one of them became a prisoner or something , you know , they 're all have nice jobs and , and nice kid nice people , one , nobody 's in the truth the boys |
| 19 | One of them became a cardinal , and , in 1130 , pope — or , as he came to be reckoned , an anti-pope . |
| 20 | Carvajal was survived by a wife and two sons : one of them became a broker on the exchange , but neither of them seems to have married . |
| 21 | But erm , yes , so I still do n't know what 's happening with that yet , and I 'm waiting also for them to confirm a date for this first sort of Do Business in France seminar , that we 're going to help them with , which was originally going to be February , and is now going to be March . |
| 22 | ‘ It would appear there is every chance of them maintaining a relationship in the future . ’ |
| 23 | ( You 've made me make a mistake . ) |
| 24 | Have your tea , then you can either go up to the nursery and play or come in the kitchen with me and help me make a pie , whichever you like . ’ |
| 25 | Let me make a toast . |
| 26 | ‘ You mean , you knew all along , but you let me make a fool of myself ? ’ |
| 27 | Can you help me make a shopping list ? |
| 28 | I use them to help me make a record , to make the band sound tighter than they would do otherwise . |
| 29 | They make me want a lot of things that I never had . |
| 30 | Please contact them to arrange a meeting if you so require . |