Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And it looks like you could do with more . |
| 5 | If you want to I 'll go with you . |
| 6 | It is clear that whatever the primary or secondary chemoattractant is the neutrophils destined for it will respond in a predictable fashion . |
| 7 | That accounts for the particularly speedy data transfer and seek times you can see in the benchmarks box . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And what he says to us can result in the complete transformation of our lives . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | Consideration of some of the justifications advanced for it will lead to casting doubts on its cogency . |
| 17 | Rushing through it will result in failure , and very disappointing that can be , too . |
| 18 | And that I ca n't I wo n't go on my if I did it going off it would go over there . |
| 19 | The price you paid for yours would sound about right . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Right , well we 'll look into we 'll look into that . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I 'd like to I 'd like to in the world . |
| 25 | Supposing that I could stand on the hills surrounding this Castle and send out the Samhailt , the ancient and precious gift bestowed on the Noble Houses of Ireland ? |
| 26 | In order that the hypothetical choice of loans offered to them would have at least some roots in people 's own experience , the size of the loan was in each case matched to the size of loan which people said they would consider taking out in practice . |
| 27 | Objections such as these are difficulties rather than fundamental flaws in the method , although , since the statistical methods devised to cope with them will depend on certain assumptions ( for instance , a 2 per cent per annum erosion rate ) , the effect will be to reduce the degree of accuracy which can realistically be anticipated . |
| 28 | It sounds like you may benefit from looking at some time management strategies for coping more effectively at work , and also looking at how you could be more assertive in order to limit the demands colleagues make on you . |
| 29 | So er sounds like you can act as inv investment manager for this man actually . |
| 30 | The name ‘ Shivering Mountain ’ sounds like it should refer to some awesome peak in the Himalayas — in fact it applies to Mam Tor , standing at a modest 1,696ft but offering a first class viewpoint on this fine Derbyshire circuit . |