Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 2 | Yet the importance attached to this scheme of distributive justice by advocates of choice theory encourages them to ignore the contradiction which we noticed above between the liberal ideal of individual autonomy and the moral paternalism of the principle that promises ought to be kept which lies at the heart of their theory of contract . |
| 3 | The jelly which separates them gives the organism a degree of rigidity needed to withstand the buffeting of the sea . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | encourages me to make a comeback . |
| 6 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 7 | Part-time firefighters carry a paging unit which alerts them to make the dash to the fire station when a 999 call is made . |
| 8 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 9 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 10 | Sara , a 38-year-old mother of three , said , I do n't particularly like talking about this , but Len insists I keep a corset , suspenders , the whole works on while we 're making love . |
| 11 | My husband insists I have no contact with my friends , and gets violent if he finds out I have seen them . |
| 12 | ‘ I have , but he does n't believe there are two of us ; he saw the card you sent me and he thinks I got the idea of a twin from that . |
| 13 | Lee thinks I have a problem , I can tell . |
| 14 | I tried a light laugh , ’ Everyone thinks I have the phetam , just because I 'm a well-known courier . ’ |
| 15 | He goes I spent a lot of money on you this year Nat . |
| 16 | He he goes I 'd no idea it was so hard . |
| 17 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 18 | He has me fetch the plastic bucket from under the sink , then returns to the caravan with the bigger bits in the bucket saying he has some letters to write . |
| 19 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
| 20 | Mummy wants me to carry the tray in . |
| 21 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 22 | Eight o'clock — my mother wants me to lay the table and get breakfast ready . |
| 23 | Cal wants me to sing a song . |
| 24 | Yeah , I 've spoken to Tom , he wants me to get an outline price which I 'll do today . |
| 25 | Sometimes I think he wants me to have an affair just so he can be proved right . ’ |
| 26 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 27 | ‘ Siban wants me to scout the G'bai , the passes through the mountains , and the plain where the Moistr ’ River flows to the sea . ’ |
| 28 | Has everyone got a drink ? |
| 29 | Has everyone got a copy of them here ? |
| 30 | Has everyone got a copy of |