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A request that savours of
. (SINGULAR)
Dentists
that children go easy on candy. (PRESENT)
He
vast sums of money. (PRESENT)
His strange behaviour has been causing
in the neighbourhood. (SINGULAR)
The hotel is to be
for its cooking.
His work was highly
.
I advised him to
his temper.
I
you not to play with the captain. (PRESENT)
I would not
that anyone work at that place; they run your feet off.
Jack felt that he was really in
of the situation. (SINGULAR)
Kim had twenty bayonets under his
. (SINGULAR)
Michael has no
over himself. (SINGULAR)
Several people
on his absence. (PAST)
She
her child to her sister's care. (PAST)
The сhildren tuned out their mother's
. (PLURAL)
She
that it was time for us to go home. (PAST)
The hill
a good view. (PRESENT)
The jury added a rider to their verdict
mercy. (PARTICIPLE I)
The mountain
the plain. (PRESENT)
There was nothing exceptionable in his
.
These goods
a high price. (PRESENT)
I feel quite confident in
Mr. Jackson to you for the vacant post of research assistant. (GERUND)
This book doesn't
itself to me.
Threats,
, entreaties were useless; he would not comply. (PLURAL)
The minister could not be reached for
. (SINGULAR)
Tom has a good
of the English language. (SINGULAR)
Topic and
are often used in linguistic literature to denote the theme and the rheme. (SINGULAR)
What
have you about my son's behaviour? (PLURAL)
He uttered his
with a snap. (PLURAL)
I have been
to say nothing at the present.
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