Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 2 | ( 63 ) Two months ago , I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like . |
| 3 | They could be paraphrased by : ( 63 – ) If anyone had dared tell me the like two months ago , I would have scouted him as mad or drunk . |
| 4 | Next time he sends you greetings do give him the right salute instead of the two-fingered one . |
| 5 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 6 | It did award her the prestigious Hughes medal in 1906 , the first medal awarded to a woman by the Royal Society . |
| 7 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 8 | When you think about it , it 's amazing how they do learn what the different aids mean . |
| 9 | ‘ It does worry me the longer it goes on without one . |