Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Bodie softened his voice , teased Liz mercilessly , until she agreed to meet him a few minutes later , to be taken to Linda Stone 's school . |
| 2 | He has since got used to only having one sighted eye although it has given him a few recurring infections . |
| 3 | In fact it was one of Adams 's less-explosive innings which has given him the most pleasure this summer . |
| 4 | Unlike our other two children , our daughter Alicia has given us a few problems with her nightly stirrings . |
| 5 | He has angered us a few times , Sheridan , Vinny , Eric , Batty all gone but we 're still up there , second in the league . |
| 6 | ‘ But I want to give you a little help with your wicket keeping . |
| 7 | Understanding the disk organisation has taken me a little time , but this has been amply repaid by the speed and ease of data storage which the hard disk gives me . |
| 8 | THAT was a really important break for us , and helped to push us a few more rungs up the ladder . |
| 9 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 10 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 11 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah because what they did they they 've done it a few a times though different people , look and see how far it is before it 's a blind spot . |
| 13 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 14 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 15 | Erm I came to see you a few weeks ago at night you know er It 's just like I 'm just filling up , you know , with mucus and stuff and coughing and I had er no sleep for about a week . |
| 16 | She 'd met him a few times , usually when he was drunk . |
| 17 | ‘ It 'ud do to buy us a few drinks with , Sam , ’ a woman called from the far end of the smoke-blackened room . |
| 18 | The different reactions to the military adventures of James III and James IV owe much to that most fundamental aspect of rule , the ability to evoke enthusiasm and affection — love , as contemporaries would have said ; the former failed to inspire what the latter clearly got in such great measure that the Scots were willing to countenance the idea of a crusade against the Turks , and in 1513 were even prepared to break the habit of more than a century , of avoiding major pitched battles with the English . |
| 19 | Conservative Members do not want to hear what a former Conservative leader has to say . |
| 20 | A sequel to Marshall Aid was needed to consolidate what the latter had begun . |
| 21 | And to be fair to you I 'm again going to give you a few minutes to talk about that , not quite as long as the other time , then I 'll ask you to jot a couple of things down as well as , so I 'm just telling you in advance . |
| 22 | Or if you 're going to do it the same as we 've done these it should be S A Y E D so said is a funny one . |
| 23 | Well that , it speak the truth they were given to me by June , who 's very into that sort of thing and prescribed them for Simon and in fact has had to give him a few more now because he 's had his driving test cancelled . |
| 24 | and , and play he said , and then try it for a , but he said you 've got to do it a few times |
| 25 | I would like to say that we should be concentrating on traffic management schemes which included traffic calming and take this I 'd like to give you a few examples . |
| 26 | ‘ Before we retroscend allow me a few prefatory remarks on your pants . |
| 27 | One might think that , in those circumstances , Ministers would begin to ask themselves a few basic questions , such as , ’ Where have we gone wrong in Scotland ? |
| 28 | ‘ I had thought to ask you the same thing . |
| 29 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 30 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |