Example sentences of "[verb] [det] of [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there can be nothing irrational about preferences which are reflectively consistent , so that the agent who pursued all of them would have no regrets . |
| 2 | Training scholars will not physically feed the hungry , but failing to train enough of them will mean clogging the springs from which we drink . |
| 3 | We 've got our ferry port , very proud of our municipally owned ferry port , I hope some of you will use it , or if you have n't done so already . |
| 4 | My wife kept an open door for them and any time Well at the weekend they 'd Some of them would drop in , you know , for a chat , aye . |
| 5 | There must be no ‘ sacred cows ’ an I hope all of you will assist and will recognise that everyone can make a contribution . |
| 6 | I shall take as my starting point a television programme I imagine many of you will have seen recently . |
| 7 | ‘ That , Dr Jardine , is not challenge many of us can say we have met . |
| 8 | Mr makes there was an under , enumeration of figures and that has been made clear in the reply the reply is quite clear about the basis on which the structure plan is being promulgated and the total projected total population in two thousand and six regards the historical data , that should be taken , as far as I 'm concerned , as matters of fact , will of course not be absolutely accurate and as far as projected data is concerned all that we can do any of us can do is to try and make the best estimates possible and I am satisfied that our officers will have done that . |
| 9 | Why , thought Joe , should Blackbeard think either of them could read Russian ? |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think either of us will forget tonight , ’ he said , ‘ but it will be another day tomorrow and we 've got to decide how we 're going to behave . |
| 11 | Medical advances ensure more of us will live to old age and will be active enough to need cash to indulge our whims . |
| 12 | I do n't think many of us will make old bones . |
| 13 | Now I know some of you will find d er find it rather difficult to distinguish between those two . |
| 14 | However , it must be remembered that to do this of itself would incur an exchange risk . |
| 15 | I know most of you will have seen the 7–0 vs Southampton ( 32 passes was n't it ) , or the 5–1 vs Man Utd , but I reckon the 4–0 murder of Aston Villa ( who were in the top 5 at the time ) at Villa Park and the 6–1 at Hillsborough were some of the best soccer I have ever seen . |
| 16 | And unless we happen to be absolute saints , I 'll bet most of us would admit that there have been occasions when we would willingly have ‘ divorced ’ our young ourselves … |
| 17 | He is on fire , and I believe we shall both drown in the heat , and I believe neither of us would care if we did … |
| 18 | are much cheaper to fly but simply having more of them will push up costs so it 'll need about twice as many passengers . |
| 19 | We had so many military establishments over there the Company had its own place Camp King close off Frankfurt I guess most of it would have been there . |
| 20 | We are apparently being drawn to the end of time , to an apocalypse ( which will happen on 21/12/2012 ) at which point some of us will achieve a mystical transformation to a more enlightened realm of being . |
| 21 | They are not going to gain anything , in fact quite the reverse , it will probably mean more of them will go sooner ! |
| 22 | They 'd write a poem for her about my greatest fear , I said I remember last year there was a boy called Ali and he wrote a story about a poem about this bird and cos he was really scared of that and so I said I do n't suppose any of you will write about being scared of me except perhaps Adine ! |
| 23 | ‘ I doubt most of them would need it ; everybody did national service in those days , some would have been in the war . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Well , if you do , do you think any of them would have signed this form if it had not been all in order and above board ? ’ |
| 25 | I do n't think any of them will make the list of the ten best-dressed men . ’ |
| 26 | The message is : we want instant gratification , but we do n't think any of you can deliver it . |
| 27 | Narrow the possible terms of response by a branching question : " I understand just how difficult this decision is , but you 're the bio-chemist ; I do n't think any of us can make the decision . |
| 28 | I think few of us could avoid becoming attached to such a fish ! |
| 29 | ‘ I think many of them will get better . |
| 30 | I think many of us would sympathise with that view . |