Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sneezy was Robin Cook ( ‘ he 's going to catch a cold when he finds you can not solve all problems by throwing money at them ’ ) and Dopey , You Know Who . |
| 2 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 3 | It is a reasonable assumption that people will find it easier to accept a product if it appears in a context into which they could fit themselves , being used by people whom they could — or would like to — resemble . |
| 4 | Should this be accepted , he would escape a mandatory life sentence for each murder and would be sent to a mental hospital , with the prospect of release if the trial judge were to accept a petition that he was no longer mentally ill nor a danger to the public . |
| 5 | ‘ I told her to write a message and I would see it was sent . ’ |
| 6 | Right I got all four here of course I did n't bother to write a comment cos I 'm delighted . |
| 7 | Mary 's got mum to write a letter cos she does n't want to do games cos of her leg . |
| 8 | I only began to smell a rat when he could n't come up with the documents he claimed to have . |
| 9 | A prostitute found murdered in a canal was on her way to meet a customer when she disappeared . |
| 10 | It had started so insidiously , the odd remark if she happened to meet a friend when they were together . |
| 11 | After her marriage Signor Cantoni 's mother had seemed unable to bear a child so she took a large bunch of carnations to the Madonna and asked her for the gift of a baby . |
| 12 | And there was catches on the chair and you used to be ab A lad used to stand there and he used to pull a lever and he used to level these catches and the tubs would run off and then as two ran off he 'd let it go and it would catch the empties you see then . |
| 13 | If you work for a large company , with plenty of in-house techies to repair a computer if it goes wrong , or you are competent — and confident — enough to fix it yourself , then you could be justified in buying cheap and taking a risk . |
| 14 | The software publisher will prefer to grant a licence because he will want to retain the copyright in the software and be free to grant licences to others . |
| 15 | For circumstances where the English court ordered licensing justices to grant a licence when they had adjourned their meeting beyond the statutory times , Seer . |
| 16 | For circumstances where an English court ordered licensing justices to grant a licence when they had adjourned their statutory meeting beyond the statutory time , see R. v. Denbigh Justices ( 1895 ) 59 J.P . |
| 17 | The Home Secretary may , however , refuse to grant a franchise if he suspects the funding arrangements , or feels ‘ it would not be in the public interest ’ . |
| 18 | The Home Secretary may , however , refuse to grant a franchise if he suspects the funding arrangements , or feels ‘ it would not be in the public interest for the licence to be awarded ’ . |
| 19 | A small generator can be used primarily to stop a battery discharging and it will only be able to recharge a battery if it is small and has a long time in which to do it . |
| 20 | For true spelling errors ( rather than typographical mistakes ) , a corrector which knows something about pronunciation will do better than one without , because a writer who is unsure of a spelling will probably attempt to spell a word as it sounds ( Mitton , 1987 ) . |
| 21 | Needless to say voluntary bodies are very nervous about that , because they have difficulty contracting to provide a service when they are totally dependent on unpaid volunteers , and therefore there is reluctance on their part to , to enter into contracts that bind them to provide something where they are uncertain about their ability to do it . |
| 22 | A good many herbs have coloured leaves , and such plants can be distributed in the border to blend with the colours of flowering herbs and to provide a display when they are not in bloom . |
| 23 | Accordingly , it was agreed that JF should be asked to provide a substitute if he can not attend meetings . |
| 24 | to provide a forum where we can review the content and balance of our lives as far as work , personal spirituality , family time , leisure , outside interests etc. go . |
| 25 | Madge hopes to find a buyer before she reaches her 80's . |
| 26 | It was the third day in July , page four , seven , three and then I had to find a word that I 'd never heard off before and put it up on the board . |
| 27 | The lawyer was hoping to find a will but it begins to look as though Matthew died intestate . ’ |
| 28 | Doctors had been unable to find a pulse as they hurried to their next Medicash-insured mugging victim . |
| 29 | I 've got to find a teacher because I 'm just not good enough , I 'm utterly out of practice and I need help . |
| 30 | I do n't know if I 'm unique , I suspect I 'm not but I go to my two design people and I say right blah blah blah this is what we want to do but you organise the printer I want you as the designer to find a printer that you can work with but here 's my timescale and it 's up to them |