Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Koltai suggests everything appalling in modern urban life : The Wimpy-precinct existence which one realises with something like delayed shock is just as inescapable now as it was in the Fifties when Billy first sought refuge in his compulsive make believe . |
| 2 | erm it 's very difficult to spot what 's going to go wrong in advance and some of the things you suspect are dodgy nobody has any trouble with , some of the things that you just did n't occur to you that would go wrong do go wrong , it 's like , mm mm , yeah mm |
| 3 | This leaflet has been prepared to help explain this new scheme and how it might affect you . |
| 4 | However , post-menopausal women need 1,000–1 , 500mg daily to help avoid osteoporosis , as explained further on page 113 . |
| 5 | Margaret Charlwood will be taking a workshop session showing the Medau approach and would like to hear from anyone wishing to attend — especially those with cars who would be willing to help transport some disabled class members . |
| 6 | Why is Christian Aid willing to help facilitate linking ? |
| 7 | Those that Christian Aid is willing to help facilitate would involve at least some of the following : |
| 8 | UK willing to help enforce UN no-fly zone |
| 9 | BRITISH fighter pilots could be patrolling the skies over Bosnia within days after the Government yesterday made it clear it was willing to help enforce the United Nations no-fly zone . |
| 10 | If anyone is willing to help renovate it they should contact Jim Cosgrove or Jim Maison , of the MBA . |
| 11 | I 'm not saying getting all dressed solves the problem , but as bank managers are human , it does make 'em that much more willing to help try and solve it . |
| 12 | Shah declined , but said he would be willing to help finance it for a fee . |
| 13 | To be deprived of his place on the mission was one thing that he was not prepared to let happen . |
| 14 | No , this pay-off is our last chance , and one that I was n't prepared to let slip . ’ |
| 15 | He still wanted her body , there was no way he could disguise that , and she , well , she would have to learn to be content with whatever crumbs he was prepared to let fall from his table . |
| 16 | But I just could n't believe that people would be willing to do do that kind of thing , you know . |
| 17 | Hunched over , with her hair in her eyes , she looked like an old woman caught stealing potatoes , half afraid of the consequences , half afraid to let go of the spoils . |
| 18 | Are you willing to let go of the past and reach for the future ? |
| 19 | This feeling was too good , too exciting to let go of . |
| 20 | The English did try rushing tactics , sending dismounted men to reach the walls by sheer weight of numbers . |
| 21 | But the English do have a different culture . |
| 22 | And people who set out to be faithful do fall passionately in lust with other people . |
| 23 | Nigel once remarked that if the meek do inherit the earth , I 'll be lucky to get a window box ! |
| 24 | Dave added : ‘ Everything that could go wrong did go wrong . |
| 25 | A meeting between him and Louis XIV was not a great success , but the young man made a generally good impression and though they had missed the ideal moment , when Prince Charles was threatening London from Derby , the French do seem to have been in earnest , as a letter to Prince Charles from the French Minister of Marine , the Comte de Maurepas , dated December 1745 , confirms : |
| 26 | He assured Benn that the French were not going to let themselves be tied by COCOM : ‘ Frankly , the French do promise integrated circuits and the dates and deliveries are laid down . ’ |
| 27 | If you are interested do let us know so we can keep you up to date with developments . |
| 28 | The Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have clearly retained very strong national cultural characteristics , which have made it necessary for the student who wants to make accurate distinctions to say ‘ British does mean something , and it 's something to do with the Briton overseas ’ . |
| 29 | Even if everything that might go wrong does go wrong , it would require extra efforts of neglect , incompetence and ill fortune to fashion a depression even half as bad as that of the 1930s . |
| 30 | Very little of it relates to the north and north-east , although Salvian does describe the sack of Trier . |