Example sentences of "of [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , the inclusion of three early works by the group in the exhibition ( dating from the late sixties ) reveals a kind of make believe idea about an A $ L/SI connection . |
| 2 | Diana Dors was never really thought of as a great actress … indeed she once described her film career as ’ a lot of make believe held up by 37 inch bra cups ’ . |
| 3 | yeah , one will always be there if you 've got , if , if you 've got a job , the other one is very iffy and yet they were lending money to people who right , right , rightly in their minds have , and as Maggie T said oh yes go on , go , yeah , independence and all that , erm they were going out , never having done it before , no tradition in , in maybe in their family of doing it before , got this goal this sort of Disney World ideal you know erm , sort of make believe world who are we gon na be and we 're gon na be dreaming the dream , the dream |
| 4 | I mean anybody else would of made do with a little bedroom , I mean it 's big enough to get a bed and a dressing table and what in , and it 's bigger , it 's a lot bigger than mine |
| 5 | I mean the decision is yours and you may find You may wish to sort of take take things very slowly and very gradually . |
| 6 | The I. Yet do not underestimate the pain of letting go , he wrote . |
| 7 | The humour of letting go of the wheelbarrow while clapping , and of trying to stamp one foot while walking , without injury to the other , dulled the pain . |
| 8 | Before attempting the meditation and visualisation exercises suggested later in this chapter , it is important to master the art of letting go . |
| 9 | Fear of letting go . |
| 10 | Handling the whole process of letting go in a wise and loving way is probably the most important factor in negotiating the teenage years . |
| 11 | She discovered that she was afraid of getting close , afraid of being betrayed , afraid of finding that a relationship did not solve all her problems , afraid of feeling trapped , afraid of ‘ disappearing ’ as a person , afraid of admitting that men were not all bad , afraid of losing her friends , afraid of having no more goals in life , afraid of giving up her unhappiness , afraid he might die , afraid of feeling dependent , afraid of sexual intimacy , afraid of letting go of the past , afraid that reality would not match up to the glorious fantasy … . |
| 12 | of letting go in order |
| 13 | These actions can all be part of letting go of a painful stage of life , and will help the children and family remember happy times which may otherwise be forgotten . |
| 14 | It is not easy watching someone you love die , and Robert Burrows went through a phase of doubt and anxiety which is part of the process of letting go but can be particularly hard for Christians to accept . |
| 15 | Still young Mafouz showed no sign of letting go of the ball . |
| 16 | The sense of personal ownership would be less and the risk of letting go of one 's book and reducing one 's own access would not exist . |
| 17 | She 'd have to organise something for lunch though , instead of making do with a sandwich . |
| 18 | we er spoke spade work that sort of told you about , spade work recommended a list of do work . |
| 19 | However , if some setting that you have little or no first-hand experience of does happen to be what has made your imagination bubble and race , you need not cross it off altogether . |
| 20 | Oh yes I wonder if this fellow sort of does take the erm mystique out of |
| 21 | Er , erm I 'm , I 'm gon na lose my , my colleagues Chris in a minute to say why we in fact think that our sort of does need to be amended before erm we actually put it . |