Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And they play the pipes , just as the Arab plays them with a bag holding air , ’ I added . |
| 2 | But the location is , as it were , accidental , and contributes nothing to the tension between Circe and Persephone as it has been teased out , in this passage along with others , by Guy Davenport ( see his ‘ Persephone 's Ezra ’ , in New Approaches to Ezra Pound ) . |
| 3 | Thus the illustration contributes nothing to the text , which runs ‘ Edward [ actually Edgar ! ] lightly sprung aside and avoided the cut aimed at him , and then delivered a blow with all his force just in front of the ear , and the man dropped again as if shot . ’ |
| 4 | I never use plonk — it contributes nothing to the recipe and can ruin a dish . |
| 5 | Tell him that a young lady who has read his story with interest and affection offers them as a gift . |
| 6 | Modernization eventually takes away children 's ability to earn and turns them into a cost as they need education to earn as adults . |
| 7 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 8 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
| 9 | He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name 's sake . |
| 10 | The degeneration occurs , not because men are congenitally or even incorrigibly narrow , libertine , isolated or selfish , but because in defining themselves as autonomous beings in opposition to other human beings they have had to seek what separates them as a group from others . |
| 11 | What separates them from the dwindling ranks of mediocre C86-type bands are their songs : sparkling things that are packed full of love-drenched sentiments , mood-lifting hooklines and wonderful tunes . |
| 12 | This attribute separates them from the outside world and can be shared by no non-Japanese . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 14 | Drives me up the wall |
| 15 | See the but er , this room drives me up the wall ! |
| 16 | I hate doing that , drives me up the wall the first bit cos I 've got all them houses in the first bit have n't I ? |
| 17 | It just drives me up the wall . |
| 18 | ‘ The forgetfulness and repeating things all the time — it drives me round the bend . ’ |
| 19 | Highlights include ‘ Allergy plight of nice-girl Nicky — ‘ one sip of vodka turns me into a sex maniac ’ ’ ( News of the World magazine ) and ‘ Women could be turned on by a chunk of cheddar ’ ( People ) . |
| 20 | But when I think about how I feel for you , it turns me into a Hercules and I feel I can conquer the world . ’ |
| 21 | When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 23 | ‘ Third Term ’ ( Deltic ) Re-released as a 12-inch , with the added bonus of a stunning acoustic version of ‘ The Newshound ’ ( an acute portrayal of the scum that litter the daily tabloids ) — and rightly so , because quite frankly this puts 90 per cent of single released this year into the shade and kicks them in the teeth to boot . |
| 24 | Now , after every Hong Kong citizen with a television set has seen how Peking treats its dissenters , it offers nothing to a public whose mood has become one of restrained panic . |
| 25 | ( Araceae ) , which offers nothing to the ants . |
| 26 | Husameddin offers nothing in the way of specific evidence to support his statement either about Molla Yegan 's resignation or about Molla Fenari 's appointment , however , and is indeed at pains to say that in spite of much research he has been unable to find any signatures of Molla Fenari 's dating from this second kadilik . |
| 27 | The transparency of technique and the ubiquity of the reproductions turns everyone into an expert , hence a potential participant . |
| 28 | Pa sits me on the wooden bench he has built facing the altar , and himself sits down next to me . |
| 29 | It has been tacitly assumed that someone , somewhere in an organization collates economic facts and integrates them through a rigorous form of evaluation , so that decisions become almost self-evident provided only that the decision-makers realize that no one can make perfect predictions and that some allowance for uncertainties is needed . |
| 30 | The body has an organising intelligence that orders it and runs all the processes and functions of the parts and integrates them into the whole . |