Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have still not managed to find another young horse to come on with young Basil . |
| 2 | It is important to try all possible ways to find out peoples ' views on their future care , and to respect that in taking decisions . |
| 3 | Restructuring of the Atomic Energy Authority would have to be done , but there was concern whether it would be able to find enough non-nuclear work to take up the slack . |
| 4 | Sh Now in order to help this black powder to split up the acid . |
| 5 | Then , unable to frame any neutral question to follow up , he just said , ‘ Thank you for the information , hope to see you soon , ’ and put down the phone . |
| 6 | It 's better to sail two oblique courses to get down there but this if you choose where to gybe to reach your goal point . |
| 7 | I wanted to use different coloured pens to mark out various patterns on the same sheet as I could only afford to buy one sheet at the time . |
| 8 | And as they came towards the end of the day he had to do some quick thinking to find out whether he 'd have to keep the men working right up to the last minute in order to get the stint , of three-quarter of an acre 's ploughing for each man , finished . |
| 9 | Swiss moneymen say that , to persuade these conservative institutions to step up share buying , reforms are essential . |
| 10 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that only this morning we were trying to persuade poor old Eddy to go off and enjoy himself on a facilities trip to the Persian Gulf … |
| 11 | But the proposal to build 12 industrial units to rent out behind the Park Foods complex at Bidston has caused uproar among local residents who fear an increase in heavy traffic in Gautby Road . |
| 12 | ‘ Did you have a productive session , by the way ? ’ she added , thinking that it would be nice to have some favourable comments to pass on to Iris . |
| 13 | The GAB was last used in the mid-70s when both Britain and the United States were forced to seek international financial support to prop up their economies . |
| 14 | On present form , some will not provide a big enough payout to clear off the loan , so you may have to pay higher monthly premiums to make up the shortfall . |
| 15 | The British government was too embroiled in its Suez adventure to take a stand , or to have any moral ground to stand on . |
| 16 | To have wide flaring nostrils to sniff out those stinkwaves . |
| 17 | It would n't have been so bad , of course , if it had only been him , but there was that second-year nurse whom she had accused of loitering with him in the corridor — that was going to take some fancy footwork to get out of without loss of face . |
| 18 | Unleaded petrol is now widely available and it makes sense environmentally and financially to take this easy opportunity to clean up the atmosphere , and make our cities safer places for our children . |
| 19 | It was the prospect of finding gold that induced these excited men to make such frantic efforts to open out the barrow ’ . |