Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vets , like all those involved in promoting responsible ownership , want to encourage owners to have their pets neutered and , while many charities talk about trying to set up discount neutering schemes , vets have been running their own for years . |
| 2 | so you want to play Cats do you ? |
| 3 | The military authorities at Blida refused to allow Madani and Belhadj to sign documents authorizing their lawyers to register them as parliamentary candidates before the Nov. 11 deadline for registration . |
| 4 | ‘ Sure , we want to make profits to give our shareholders a reasonable return on their investment , and to enable us to maintain and enhance our capital base so that we can give a steadily better service to an ever larger number of customers . |
| 5 | Parasites such as tapeworms are enemies of their hosts , and hosts are enemies of parasites since they tend to evolve measures to resist them . |
| 6 | Walk in the grounds beside the banks of the Tees and imagine sailing ships making their way up to Yarm , a major port in the 18th Century . |
| 7 | Bankers like to see governments breaking their election promises because this proves that they are in earnest in their attempts to put the economy to rights . |
| 8 | We continue to urge shareholders to reject them . ’ |
| 9 | She said : ‘ I suppose selling newspapers gave me the smell for print . |
| 10 | But the action they have taken , and threatened to take , in Derry indicates that they intend to force others to share it too . |
| 11 | One point Airtours is anxious to make is that it is normal for discounting to take place during May , June and October ; children are still at school and tour operators try to tempt others to book their holidays . |
| 12 | I keep sending memos urging them to make a decision now regarding the next one in four year 's time and asking that BBC2 be set aside on the appointed dates for Ryder Cup coverage . |
| 13 | Try to get teachers to voice their opinions on important subjects . |
| 14 | But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not getting stuffy , ’ retorted Edward , ‘ but I do dislike outsiders criticising something they do n't understand . |
| 16 | The older the child is the harder it is for him to overcome his difficulty , but there are courses and there are techniques available which definitely do help children to overcome their problems with reading and with spelling and with language as a whole . |
| 17 | You mean screaming voices like we heard before , do n't you ? |
| 18 | From these studies we 've developed criteria to identify who needs to go to a coronary care unit and who does n't . |
| 19 | A total commitment to your satisfaction ( we 've won awards to prove it ) . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've made arrangements to take you to a second-hand shop . |
| 21 | I 've written macros to let me print each label with a unique number , set page lengths to the size of the labels plus the gutter between them — in short , I spent too long sorting the problem out , certainly more time than it was worth . |
| 22 | Whether you 've got accountants doing it or not . |
| 23 | I only mentioned it because I want you to know that I realise the problems we 're facing — and that I 've got plans to put us back on our feet . |
| 24 | You 're out there playing for people , you 've got girls chasin' you and stuff … |
| 25 | Right , does Saria had a form , she must cos you said she 's booked , Peter have you g , Peter you 've got forms have you ? |
| 26 | If you 've got children let them do the work survive the parents , erm as long as they 're the sensible sort who can do it and are n't going to fall out with parents and are going to be round . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've got weeks to mull it over . ’ |
| 28 | Erm and what were th , and the boys , they 've got drivers have they ? |
| 29 | The need to prepare schools and help to help schools prepare themselves for the erm review of the national curriculum the changes that they will have to deal with and in particular I think , erm to help secondary schools to come to terms with changes in key stage four and the likely erm opportunities there will be for a more diverse curriculum including eventually er the opportunities for more vocational programmes in schools and to assist schools |
| 30 | I 've had women accuse me of that before now . ’ |