Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although at one point Lear is willing to return to Goneril , since she seems to be allowing him fifty knights , Regan only twenty-five , so that ‘ Thy fifty yet doth double five-and-twenty , /And thou art twice her love ’ ( II.iv.260ff. ) — a quantification of love that would be comic were its effects not so awful — Lear becomes enraged by the two of them , and prefers ‘ To wage against the enmity o ’ th' air' than live with them . |
| 2 | The Rokermen still need a point to be mathematically safe from relegation and Rogan said : ‘ If it was up to me I would rather be here helping make certain we are safe . |
| 3 | Trading is still tough , but Watmoughs now detects some scope for selective price increases and the devalued pound is already helping win new contracts , especially against German printers . |
| 4 | Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise Only to wonder at unlawful things , Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits , To practise more than heavenly power permits . |
| 5 | On the death of Charles James Fox [ q.v. ] in 1806 , Creevey became dissatisfied with the party 's leaders , and his attacks on the Grenvilles helped weaken Whig unity . |
| 6 | Appeared in 22 Carry Ons , including Carry On With The Same Old Camp Jokes That Helped Make Gay People A Hated Minority . |
| 7 | Daniel Becker , director of the global warming programme of the US environmental group , the Sierra Club , declared that : " The United States helped make this conference a failure . |
| 8 | Part of the blame lies with the shortage of high-quality practice placements , says CCETSW , which helped prepare 37 new NVQs for submission to the National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 9 | That rises the wood that would dry dry that |
| 10 | But by then their finances were already weakened by the takeover frenzy of the late 1980s and by their alliance with Robert Campeau , whom they helped buy Federated Stores in the United States . |
| 11 | One Tory MP , an aristocrat of impeccable right-wing views , who helped renegotiate some of Romania 's debts at the beginning of the hard years in the 1980s , also enjoyed joking with Ceauşescu . |
| 12 | As well as serving as informed sources themselves , they helped identify additional experts who were interviewed . |
| 13 | During the summer of 1987 , Coleman helped identify 25 Lebanese laboratories with a combined annual output of six or seven metric tons of refined heroin , representing about half the country 's gross national product . |
| 14 | I mean , I was there er , I left yesterday afternoon , I mean , I had to go in early and we had erm an auction and I helped do that . |
| 15 | The author and the Editor would like to thank the scientists who helped keep these tales within the bounds of fact : entomologist Dr John Maunder and parasitologist Dr Ian Burgess , both of the University of Cambridge . |
| 16 | Within a union as large , as diverse , as it is , the sectional conference has , in our case , helped allay many of these fears and concerns and our own clothing and textile industry is still as active as ever . |
| 17 | Spenser represented real cultural preoccupations in his texts but these representational forms became vehicles which helped enforce cultural categories and the apparent identities they confer . |
| 18 | A BRITISH pilot was among the officers who helped destroy Somali armoured vehicles after coming under fire , it was revealed yesterday . |
| 19 | As was pointed out earlier , it responded to popular taste , observing new taboos about racism and sexism , just as it helped demolish old ones of sexual modesty and obscene language . |
| 20 | Trees had carelessly let go great branches or had toppled down entirely , throwing their roots up into the air . |
| 21 | ‘ When my noble and learned brother gives his Judgment , they 're to be let go free , ’ said Krook , winking at us again . |
| 22 | Travelling on a mission trip sponsored by the Cottage Hill Baptist Church , she helped distribute 35,000 Bibles in Moscow and attended church services . |
| 23 | Fabia was staring at him , struck dumb , when suddenly he let go one of her arms , placed an arm about her shoulders and , looking deeply into her eyes , said throatily ‘ My dear , dear , Fabia , can not you see how it is for me ? ’ |
| 24 | Amre , who helped add 118 in 38 overs for the fifth wicket with Tendulkar , made 78 from 154 balls before holing out to long-off . |
| 25 | The timetable does n't appear to bear bear any resemblance to what er I 've got on the programme . |
| 26 | Has n't he ever let slip any little hint about who it might have been ? ’ |
| 27 | A clerk may : ( i ) transfer proceedings to another court ; ( ii ) appoint a guardian ad litem or a solicitor for a child ; ( iii ) give , vary or revoke directions for the conduct of proceedings under FPCR , r14 ; ( iv ) make repeat interim care , supervision or s8 orders which are unopposed and on the same terms as previous orders ; ( v ) issue a witness summons under s97 of the Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 ; ( vi ) request a welfare report . |
| 28 | Crying females always make feel guilty . ’ |
| 29 | You 'd make do that ! |
| 30 | 6 Check any technical points in advance and if mistakes could be made make sure an expert is present . |