Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As their name may suggest , the rules provide for what may happen in the event of a clearing member " appearing to the Clearing House to be unable , or to be likely to become unable , to meet his obligations in respect of one or more Contracts " . |
| 2 | When both cheetahs and gazelles reach the maximum running speed that they can ‘ afford ’ , in their own internal economies , the arms race between them will come to an end . |
| 3 | As yet , no one was prepared to worry about what might happen in the distant future . |
| 4 | Even so , if the sequence is to come off it will have to be stage-managed to some extent : children who are young enough to believe in Santa Claus are not old enough to carry the action on their own without the help of an adult to keep things moving . |
| 5 | One need not mechanically check a large number of triangles to see that some of what holds of one will hold of all . |
| 6 | Looks like you 'll have to sort of like put it up for a day and then take it down for a week and put it back in again . |
| 7 | And it looks like you could do with more . |
| 8 | She spent most of her time weeping and wailing to whoever would listen to her — and she really did go ‘ Boo-hoo ! ’ exactly as it is written in the books . |
| 9 | If you want to I 'll go with you . |
| 10 | It is clear that whatever the primary or secondary chemoattractant is the neutrophils destined for it will respond in a predictable fashion . |
| 11 | That accounts for the particularly speedy data transfer and seek times you can see in the benchmarks box . |
| 12 | Since the majority of elderly people requiring help are women , then a great deal of the responsibility for looking after them will fall on women 's shoulders . |
| 13 | Or , more ingeniously , the underside can be mirrored so that when it is flipped up it will look for all the world like a large looking glass . |
| 14 | Also known as Fachen , Fachin , or the Diereach , this evil monster from Scotland is so ugly that simply looking upon one could result in death from heart failure . |
| 15 | The transition from returner to returned can be helped by the understanding of colleagues and tutors , but inevitably your success in meeting any new demands made upon you will depend on your own reserves of willpower , assertiveness , give and take , and common sense . |
| 16 | The books are written in what would seem to some today to be a slow and overly elaborate way — who after all uses words such as ‘ eleemosynary ’ ? — but he explores all of his characters thoroughly and gives lots of detail which , though not absolutely necessary and sometimes totally irrelevant , make the novel more personal and make the readers feel that they know the characters . |
| 17 | And what he says to us can result in the complete transformation of our lives . |
| 18 | A 15-year-old boy 's battle to force his mother to talk to him could end in stalemate due to the wording of the Children Act . |
| 19 | And if we did if we were to consider that you we 'd refuse you on the grounds that it was done without permission , you 'd have a perfect legitimate right to appeal above our heads and the Department of the Environment would rule against you could rule against us as they did with Mr Crendon |
| 20 | A family centre is a place where a child and his parents or those caring for him may go for occupational , social or recreational activities , or for advice , guidance or counselling . |
| 21 | Phil 's gon na basically , when we 've all had as you would know with all the other girls , then erm he basically has to come and sin erm , we repent to him , basically ! |
| 22 | Consideration of some of the justifications advanced for it will lead to casting doubts on its cogency . |
| 23 | Rushing through it will result in failure , and very disappointing that can be , too . |
| 24 | And that I ca n't I wo n't go on my if I did it going off it would go over there . |
| 25 | Everyone 's waiting for what might happen with arts subsidies . |
| 26 | The price you paid for yours would sound about right . |
| 27 | We 're going to make so much money out of oysters that the 5 million or so you 've got against me will look like chicken feed . |
| 28 | Right , well we 'll look into we 'll look into that . |
| 29 | My report to the Planning Committee is a sound professional technical planning report and I believe that on the information that I 've been supplied with I can recommend to the Planning Committee to approve the application . |
| 30 | Cos when the well as soon as you could walk in the summer er you know when weather permitting my mam 'd take us down on the beach there and , Here you are , sink or swim in you 'd go into the water . |