Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should extend the same decency to English people who come to live in Scotland , the vast majority of whom want to integrate into the community while retaining their own distinctive national identity . |
| 2 | Both of them appear to suffer from a form of mental myopia in imagining the consequences of such proposals , and I am not here referring only to Mill-type consequences of harm brought about by unwise decisions . |
| 3 | Second , having set up syntagmatic units , we shall observe that many of them appear to operate in a variety of grammatical environments , and we shall have to ask ourselves whether some differences of grammatical usage of a particular form do not merit recognition as separate lexical items . |
| 4 | Erm , the executive are accepting all these motions but on a couple of them want to put in a speaker with a statement and er after twenty one will to put that statement to the C E C. I now call composite twenty abolition of Wages Councils South Western Region to move , G M B Scotland to second . |
| 5 | He 's not the kind of person any of them want to have as a friend . |
| 6 | I mean to compare with an elephant dropping , it 's small . |
| 7 | later than that , it 's er I mean to go to the crematorium at quarter past eleven , we would n't be back here before twelve o'clock . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean to get to the bottom of it , ’ said Lydia , only without much conviction . |
| 9 | I mean to start as a group home , well I mean it , of all the places , A it 's not like an ordinary home |
| 10 | I do n't have time to play but , I mean to play in a concert band or anything but I might go and knock about with it for a while . |
| 11 | I would like to add that it is only the first of many Platinum Hotels I intend to open throughout the world . ’ |
| 12 | I shall also want to talk with you about the ffruit Trees I intend to plant against the wall next y Pump Court . |
| 13 | I can think of nothing less appealing than climbing into bed with you — which is why I intend to sleep in the ante-room . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's no need to share anything , as I intend to sleep by the fire , ’ she declared firmly , and punctuated her decision by draining her mug and setting it aside . |
| 15 | For lunch I intend to go to the Strawberry Duck pub , Entwhistle , Saturday afternoon is free for shopping in Manchester 's Arndale Centre or whatever and for the evening meal the plan is to go to the new Indian take-away which has opened near Castle Irwell — the ‘ Tandoori Cottage ’ . |
| 16 | Mrs Keating shouted , ‘ I think you 'd better know , I intend to write to the school about this . ’ |
| 17 | Judge Harry Walker , who gave Jim bail yesterday , told him : ‘ I intend to get to the bottom of this . ’ |
| 18 | I intend to start with the Dwarf Angel , and after three months I will put in a very young Regal Tang , which I would keep until it is three inches long . |
| 19 | In this section I intend to focus on the way four of these problems have become interlinked , namely those of underachievement , the concern over indiscipline , and the need for social integration and the employability of particular groups . |
| 20 | ‘ I hate to sound like a detective , but there was a puddle outside the front gate and only one new set of tyre-marks between the Saturday night and the Sunday night . |
| 21 | I use it normally on a clean setting , but if I want distortion I tend to go through a BOSS Turbo Overdrive pedal and then into the Rock Box . |
| 22 | ‘ Gottle a geer ’ Gazza would undoubtedly be a tremendous asset to the team , but after Silvers recent professions of poverty , I tend to agree with the Guardian that this is a ‘ We are still a big club ’ smokescreen . |
| 23 | Denis Healey is another politician I admire , and I tend to agree with the view that he is the best leader the Labour Party never had . |
| 24 | No , I tend to break into a crate of Nettles Old Fester . |
| 25 | ‘ When I have evenings off , I tend to stay in the club lurking in the shadows reading : I am disinclined to meet friends . |
| 26 | The answer I tend to get off a lot of places is that I have to wait for twelve years |
| 27 | When I breathe in beside him I expect to recoil from the smell . |
| 28 | ‘ I expect to stay in the competition — Derry are favourites but Cup football all about shocks , ’ he warns . |
| 29 | I shall plan out what I propose to do on the farm for the next three years , season by season , and we 'll look for a ploughman to help with your new venture . |
| 30 | In a statement issued on his behalf yesterday , the Labour leader , said : ‘ I am consulting with colleagues to inform them of the action which I propose to take in the wake of the election defeat . |