Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an ideal world the political framework and the broad strategy should have come first ; then the military men would have designed a plan to fit them . |
| 2 | Graham Pidgeon who 's horse has won a race says you only have w inner once in a while and its worth waiting for |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 4 | you 've won a card have you ? |
| 5 | How do you know a car killed it ? |
| 6 | Okay , so it cost a lot to get him half way across the world , but money does n't mean much if you ca n't use it wisely . ’ |
| 7 | I DID N'T need a survey to tell me that women are messier in cars than men . |
| 8 | You will need a rope to lower them to the ground as they are heavy — throwing them down is dangerous . |
| 9 | You 'd need a psychiatrist to help you recover from her . ’ |
| 10 | And I 'll need a taxi to take me to the airport . |
| 11 | ‘ But I do n't need a knife to finish you off ! ’ |
| 12 | But you see we do n't really need a chainsaw do we ? |
| 13 | I have also enclosed a FREEPOST envelope so you do not need a stamp to return it . |
| 14 | It is to be hoped that we will not need a scandal to bring it about . |
| 15 | ‘ The fact that the Department had , in effect , advised the partnership that it did not need a licence made it difficult for the Department to point a finger of blame at them , ’ says Sir Anthony . |
| 16 | Wise move : Breeders of barn owls will need a licence to release them into the wild from January to stop them being freed into unsuitable areas ill equipped for life in the wild . |
| 17 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 18 | A glance through any of the larger component catalogues will show that the number of different components currently in use is so large that even if you could afford to buy one or two of everything , you would need a warehouse to store it all . |
| 19 | The service elements of the job fall into two categories — those that are routine and mundane and do not need a doctor to carry them out , and those that are essentially the front line services for health delivery in our hospitals . |
| 20 | He would need a doctor to tell him if she had been violated , but there was no indication of it , not even a bruise on an arm where a strong hand might have held her . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't need a doctor to tell me that . |
| 22 | ‘ Carrie , I do n't need a baby to give me a reason for marrying you . |
| 23 | When it was pointed out that he would need a telescope to see it from there , he replied that being an ex-naval man , he never looked at anything without the use of a telescope . |
| 24 | They were ‘ dwarfs ’ at 5′ 8″ and were disparagingly said to ‘ need a helmet to help them appear big enough ’ . |
| 25 | You may also need a solicitor to defend you before a VAT tribunal or to fight tax assessment . |
| 26 | Of course there are songs like ‘ Territorial Pissings ’ and ‘ Stay Away ’ , which burn like drag-racers and would need a parachute to bring them to a halt , but you expect that . |
| 27 | So obvious is this problem that it did not really need a questionnaire to highlight it . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'd pay the going rate , and provide a car to enable you to get around to the various stores and liaise with curtain-makers and such . ’ |
| 29 | All provide a leaflet telling you about the range of services on offer . |
| 30 | All provide a leaflet telling you about the range of services on offer . |