Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They often do this by letting out or bringing in their mooring line , so keep an eye on them to see which direction they move it in , if at all . |
| 2 | He was watching them to see which way they would go . |
| 3 | I have seen enough to believe that the materials , over time , will prove to be of real help to teachers trying to solve their own problems by enabling them to see what support there is in the sharing of difficulties and by strengthening the belief that efficient discussion can lead to effective action . |
| 4 | At all stages , pupils learn about France and about French customs , and we encourage them to see their study of French as the key to real communication with real French people . |
| 5 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 6 | We could point out further that the ancient Israelites had not yet developed any notion of supernatural evil forces in opposition to God , and that this also encouraged them to see his hand in dark and terrible events . |
| 7 | So money can be found when the Government feel that it is necessary for them to sustain their vote throughout the country . |
| 8 | The Corpo di Truppe Volontarie ( CTV ) had taken part in the occupation of Malaga , on the south coast , in the first half of February , but Franco had refused to allow them to continue their advance eastwards , towards Valencia . |
| 9 | And that we actually op adopted a b a modern sensible er , reasonable attitude towards all living creatures and that we do today vote to ban fox hunting it is anachronistic as I said earlier , it is not necessary it actually causes harm , not only does it cause harm to foxes , but at least in one case , which is sufficient for me to continue my support for the ban damage to the people in my area . |
| 10 | This loss of control is frightening and therapy has helped me to acknowledge its existence , although I still do n't know why it happens . |
| 11 | Think back to Jem Higgins and ask yourself of what use it would be for me to preach your message to him . ’ |
| 12 | Fearing the arrests might cause an embarrassing international incident , they merely lectured the five Scots and allowed them to weave their way back into the night , to more drink and more disruption . |
| 13 | These help them to recollect their homeland and the families they have left behind . |
| 14 | Children could convince their parents that ‘ nothing much was happening ’ at school and persuade them to support their non-attendance . |
| 15 | When you 've taken the splints off your leg you can use them to strap your arm up . |
| 16 | Your army contains troops which are very good in hand-to-hand combat — use them to spearhead your advance . |
| 17 | Well if you ca n't them to lose their money . |
| 18 | Mum encourages me to like my face without make-up . |
| 19 | Grace commented , ‘ Robbie is a lovely dog and I could n't give him up now , but I would never have dreamt that rescuing a dog could cause me to lose my home . |
| 20 | You want me to disrupt my harvest and put my daughter in danger — and yet , according to Keith , the terrorists in your house were saying that their deadline was Friday . |
| 21 | The star reincarnates his No Name as an avenging ghost in a High Noon -style rotten community , forcing them to paint their town red before he stands up to the killers who are about to ride through and finally saving the place only by burning it down ( a process the US army tried in Vietnam ) . |
| 22 | Would you like me to wear my dogcollar in court ? ’ |
| 23 | The Soviet armed forces , in particular , would be provided with everything that was necessary for them to perform their task . |
| 24 | In the autumn of 1983 every health authority received from the DHSS a package of 147 indicators in book form to enable them to compare their performance against others on a regional and national basis on a range of quantitative measures . |
| 25 | This enables them to conduct their business affairs in person , maintain links with the home-based company and remain in touch with family and friends . |
| 26 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 27 | All behaviouristic theories of cognition are viciously third-personal , where that expression signifies , first , that they can not be applied to the first-person perspective and , second that our ability to apply them to the third person really rests on our bringing to bear first-person knowledge : as with rats in mazes , where my plain and unreduced apprehension of the rat 's environment enables me to see its grasp of that environment in terms of its behaviour within it . |
| 28 | ‘ Take me to see your car . |
| 29 | Why , that would be enough to take me to see my nephew Tim and his children at Gridford ! |
| 30 | On the other hand , no parent that we questioned voiced any suspicions with regard to their own children and they all seemed quite happy for them to attend his youth club . |