Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even then research into the old approved schools showed children who experienced them had a reconviction rate 49 per cent higher than would otherwise have been expected from their characteristics and records . |
| 2 | Last but by not means least , and we 've heard them mentioned a couple times already this week and it will be dealt with more extensively later in the week we have of course persuaded to enter into detailed discussions with us er , which would hopefully lead to a transfer of engagements by the end of this year . |
| 3 | And I popped out to the shop on Sunday the second of November and came back totally and utterly bemused to see them putting a christmas tree up and father christmas in the window and fairy lights all over the place . |
| 4 | We want to see them receive a contract of employment which would extend their rights , particularly in relation to health and safety . |
| 5 | It was a what they call the fighting game , or something to that effect and er the the I remember once I he seeing them having a cock fight . |
| 6 | ‘ If you do n't want me to call an ambulance , I 'll drive her to the hospital , if you like , ’ offered Paul Lexington . |
| 7 | ‘ Do you want me to take a trip and get rid of them ? ’ |
| 8 | Do you want me to take a book , and then you can choose at home ? |
| 9 | Do you want me to do a slang words on it ? |
| 10 | ‘ But you do not want me to do an article for the City Press ? ’ |
| 11 | Oh a little tiny bit left do you want me to mix a bit of lemon ? |
| 12 | Do you want me to fetch a pillow ? |
| 13 | Emmie said , ‘ Do you want me to read a piece out of your Bible , Gran ? ’ |
| 14 | Do you want me to have a go at doing that Simon ? because I have been difficult about it , if that helps you . |
| 15 | I said do you want me to have an appointment , do you want to listen to this tape ? |
| 16 | Do you want me to make a start now or do you want me |
| 17 | Do you want me to make an appointment next week , while I 'm here ? |
| 18 | But if your governor 's away never trust nothing ring a vet . |
| 19 | Strings were apparently omitted since the small scale ( the whole box is less than 16″x9″ ) made them look a bit stupid . |
| 20 | About 5,800 of the West Midlands force 's 7,000 drivers have undergone tough advanced driving courses allowing them to drive a car with a siren . |
| 21 | It has been designed to lure shareholders by allowing them to keep a stake in LIN , and by offering a private fair market guarantee . |
| 22 | Drama quickly reveals to children the effectiveness of language , building up their language resources and allowing them to develop an awareness of a whole range of linguistic choices and registers . |
| 23 | Two final points : first , except to imply that , because the rights of ownership in joint stock companies are rarely used , they can be discounted , the chapter offers nothing to support a conclusion that the reduction or abrogation of those rights , such as the ‘ radical extension ’ of the unions ' role would require , would command general support , and second , it gives no guidance on the question whether that ‘ radical extension ’ would create genuine industrial democracy . |
| 24 | However , seeing as I was in Rosslare that day , it amused me to keep an eye out for the car he 'd described . |
| 25 | I once complained to Help The Aged about the way they got kids to compete for ‘ badges ’ by encouraging them to collect a target number of sponsors — and thus to pester neighbours . |
| 26 | On the other I sell them to make a living . ’ |
| 27 | But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It 'd make me feel a lot better , ’ said Grimma . |
| 29 | Not that I want to kill anybody now , but it is all for defence rather than offence , and it does make me feel a lot more secure . |
| 30 | Oh dear , he thought , she 's going to cry and make me look a bastard in front of all the doctors and nurses . |