Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saved up for us to have a holiday , I booked a caravan and paid the coach fares and then on the morning we were due to go he said , " I 'm not going without a penny in my pocket , I ca n't , I ca n't . " |
| 2 | Yeah , erm , I was going to is that erm it was always the same , two jobs down so it was due to go his boss would have then I 've been there as well cos he 's caused such a stink |
| 3 | And probably be an idea if you remind me sometime during that week when I 'm due to see you . |
| 4 | This was discussed with Mr Brown and as a result he was given a variable height bed which could be kept low to enable him to get in and out easily . |
| 5 | Surgeons tried in vain to sew it back on . |
| 6 | We have received so many messages and letters that it is just not possible to acknowledge them individually . |
| 7 | PC Williamson , from Portadown , Co Armagh , who was separated from his wife , was due to attend his niece 's wedding tomorrow . |
| 8 | He is due to conduct his first such service in the Capital in July next year . |
| 9 | If we confess our sins he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness . |
| 10 | It came just three weeks before the students were due to sit their examinations . |
| 11 | He told his colleagues about his great aunt 's Daimler , which had travelled at the ‘ sensible speed of thirty miles an hour ’ , and was sufficiently spacious to enable one to descend from it without removing one 's top hat . |
| 12 | It will also help if the players can hit the iron shots a little higher than usual to enable them to stop the ball on the firm greens . |
| 13 | Nikolai Demidenko is certainly the name on everyone 's lips these days — his extensive marketing and publicity has paid dividends — so it is refreshing to see him tackling repertoire which deserves to be recorded properly . |
| 14 | Having briefly described ten tests of language , it is now possible to compare them on a range of criteria . |
| 15 | The assembler does not directly offer these facilities , but it is possible to implement them by using other features of BBCBASIC(Z80) . |
| 16 | He allows , however , that it 'll take six to nine months after the acquisition is complete to see which way the wind is blowing . |
| 17 | In patients with acute ventilatory failure due to COAD who received NIPPV there was a significant rise in pH , a reduction in PaCO 2 and breathlessness , and reduced mortality . |
| 18 | He was probably grateful to drive something which did n't blow up every time the mechanics wanted lunch , which is what life was like for Patrese at Alfa Romeo back in the mid-Eighties . |
| 19 | In addition , the Department of Health seems loth to continue its imaginative programme of creating NHS nursing homes . |
| 20 | She certainly needed something strong to steady her nerves . |
| 21 | Royal Dutch/Shell , which is not due to issue its 1992 figures for another ten days , is excluded from the comparisons . |
| 22 | Maurice had been quite decent , seemed quite upset to see her go , swore he would try and get a divorce , but the old cow would sooner die , you could tell from her photograph . |
| 23 | Although it is clearly not possible to restore it as a conduit care , the same external effect will be provided by the use of re-chargeable batteries with a replica truck and control gear . |
| 24 | ‘ But you wo n't be alive to see me die ! ’ |
| 25 | But that pleasure was tinged with sadness because his mother , Joanna , is n't alive to see him in a role he might have been born to play . |
| 26 | If the purpose of the march was to force the French to battle it failed ; Charles 's council debated whether to go on the offensive against Gaunt 's army , but in the event their belief in the military superiority of the English was still sufficiently strong to inhibit them from offering an open challenge , and they agreed to pursue the usual defensive tactics . |
| 27 | It is , however , possible to thematise it around dominant and subordinate forms of social life . |
| 28 | It had been pleasant to see her flitting about Moorlake , absorbed in her enterprise . |
| 29 | Police say the only light is that a psychologist , appointed by social services , is due to interview him and may find out why he steals and be able to recommend a workable deterrent . |
| 30 | ‘ But it 'll be strange to see him go left out of the tunnel . |