Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But further acquaintance with the latest model forces me to acknowledge that the 1993 Applause is a well-equipped and well-finished machine . |
| 2 | They 'd like me to retire if the truth was told , but what I say is , why retire when you do n't want to ? ’ |
| 3 | It was he who told me to see that the room was prepared for you . ’ |
| 4 | For example , adding a little recycled paper to a package enables them to claim that the item is made of recycled materials and convey a sense of ecological responsibility . |
| 5 | Would it not have been better for them to wait until the children came home for Christmas ? |
| 6 | We shall return to this issue later , but it surprised me to discover that the population of Waltham Forest needed more expenditure per head for such deprivation than that of Cleveland and about the same amount as Knowsley ; similar observations stem from the comparison of Hackney and Westminster , although this is hampered by including components referring to ILEA . |
| 7 | So it should have come as no real surprise to me to discover that the ’ gear ’ Penny so briefly dismissed included a 17 foot aluminium boat , 24hp outboard , a trailer ( obviously ) , a seine net and a lot of angling equipment . |
| 8 | So , and she knew about the office , and I knew about the office and knew everything they were wanting me to know but a man got it from outside so |
| 9 | It was a mixed class and the students … regular in attendance and conscientious about the work for the class … . although the amount varied , one student produced some written work every week , two or three others did eight or nine papers … enough was produced for me to know that a real interest was being taken in the class . |
| 10 | That morning , as usual , he found nothing to complain of , so instead he wheeled on me to demand whether the boat 's electronic instruments were functioning properly . |
| 11 | It was disappointing to discover on asking if I could have them to find that the museum had only just got round to registering what appeared to be Audubon 's proofs . |
| 12 | She opened them to find that the priest had come in and was blandly regarding her and her father . |
| 13 | ‘ How was I to know that the backups would n't restore ? ’ |
| 14 | They should n't walk on the edges as that is what causes them to widen and the erosion to spread . |
| 15 | Goulston and McGovern found no benign strictures in the right colon among their 13 patients , leading them to speculate that a stricture on the right side is more likely to be malignant than benign . |
| 16 | The blood spot on the nose of the last fish leads me to wonder whether the fish were initially suffering from some infectious agent , such as a bacterial pathogen . |
| 17 | The Statutes of Westminster apparently extended the law of rape to cover all women , not merely virgins , but there is nothing in them to suggest that a man could be liable for rape of a woman with whom he had previously had consensual sexual intercourse . |
| 18 | ‘ There was every reason for me to suspect that the present was just such a case : the medical cause of the death was perfectly well known to the family — indeed I had sent them a copy of the pathologist 's report . |
| 19 | But Ferranti said yesterday : ‘ The report confirms that Coopers & Lybrand have found no information which would lead them to suspect that the Ferranti International balance sheet exposure to fraud was any different from that referred to in the letter to shareholders dated 29 September . |
| 20 | Andrew Bailey , an A&R man also at Arista , asked me to look after a young guy named Roy Hill . |
| 21 | I felt a burning , splitting sensation , and Dick told me to look as the head had crowned , and I could see she had dark hair . |
| 22 | In the wild this may allow them to escape as the predator may lose interest in them , but in the laboratory the length of time they remain in this state before righting themselves is a good measure of their fear level . |
| 23 | We 're not diving into anything , in fact all we 're asking really is inviting you to agree that the C E C might go for a collective paddle with the T & g to see the temperature of the water . |
| 24 | now some of you will also have seen a form being circulated , asking you to agree that the recordings that are being made of the discussions , can be used as part of a research project . |
| 25 | And it may surprise you to know that a number of the county people are not what they appear . |
| 26 | ‘ And I want you to know that the decision I have made has been mine and mine alone . |
| 27 | It only has to come out wrong once for you to know that the hypothesis is wrong . |
| 28 | The old man wants you to know that the lion hunt for the producer fellow … ’ |
| 29 | Well , I shall move out when it suits me but I want you to know that the contents of these rooms are mine and I shall fight for them in Court if need be . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll know what she wants you to know and no more . |