Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customers are no longer prepared to wait for several months for their chosen pattern . |
| 2 | He will not have long to wait for another diet of his own words . |
| 3 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 4 | The only concession forced through before the critical days in September was on the tax allowance to foster parents who were now able to claim for any child in their care under the age of sixteen or in full-time education . |
| 5 | ‘ I really came to search for some things for my collection . ’ |
| 6 | The University 's overhauled financial systems allow it to plan for another year in which income and expenditure will at least balance and may perhaps allow some restoration of the reserves it needs to cope with unexpected problems . |
| 7 | Erm , I know that over the last few days you 've gone through the process of writing prioritised notes , so I 'm not going to go through that process with you . |
| 8 | He had n't wanted to try for many months after his return and rarely smiled or laughed . |
| 9 | By this means a male pensioner could choose to provide for any dependants after his death ( Rhodes , 1965 , p. 51 ) . |
| 10 | The court discussed the example of a solicitor 's clerk and said that in such a case it would be improper for him to work for another solicitor in his spare time . |
| 11 | Erm they can then feel that their family 's being looked after as well , so it helps them not to worry about that side of it . |
| 12 | The response was one of total bemusement , with the director concerned unable to conceive of any circumstances in which linguistic talent might have any bearing on sales prospects or the acquiring of contracts . |
| 13 | In using a symbolic device , such as a pointing gesture , to communicate with another person about something — for example , an object — it is clear that the child has learned many of the social skills necessary for linguistic communication . |
| 14 | Although it felt like a miraculous coincidence for us at the time , it was more that we were all ready to grapple with this issue in our lives . |
| 15 | If one accepts this , even if only for the present and not as an inevitable fact for the future , then a responsibility lies with hearing society to meet not only the communication requirements of deaf people but also to understand and be able to work with this group in their language . |
| 16 | Oh you wo n't be able to come in any day with me next week will you ? |
| 17 | Apart from these five officials , the other members of the political executive committee were to work in that body alongside their regular jobs . |
| 18 | They were the North Riding Authority , er the East Riding Authority , the West Riding Authority , all of which converged on the on the city of York , and as you read through the files , er you will see that even then the D O E were trying to get erm those er those predecessor authorities in the late fifties , early sixties er to come to some view about what ought to be better for Greater York , so for many years the idea of Greater York ha has been current er in one guise or another . |
| 19 | There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — " |
| 20 | And then if er you want a so solicitor with you on that day we 'll have to come to some arrangement with you privately about the costs . |
| 21 | But I am sure that we should get on better if we were to come to some terms with them " . |
| 22 | Well , we 're anxious that there is n't an escalation of this crisis , that it may be dealed with as Brigadier Harbottle has written in a letter to the Guardian today , dealt with , er more through first of all an attempt by the Arab nations to come to some agreement amongst themselves and agreement which will satisfy them and be a more long-lasting one . |
| 23 | Haydon failed to come to any agreement with his creditors . |
| 24 | In an effort to make life more interesting for our younger members of staff and our graduate element , I have been inviting past students back to lecture on any aspect of their current work . |
| 25 | He also had the good judgement to concentrate on those cases in which his pea plants could be classified into one of two distinct classes , with no intermediates . |
| 26 | Being the owner , if he sells the goods he will be able to pass on that ownership to his purchaser . |
| 27 | It was like turning the man inside out , to pass to that view of his features in his liveliest mood , and see how calculating and intent they were . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If we was into that shit , you would n't be able to stand on this corner with us like this , you 'd get killed , ’ points out one former member , who declines to identify himself . |
| 29 | Several times while I was at Magdalen he had me to dine at All Souls with its distinguished Fellows . |
| 30 | For all her encouragement to them to come at any time to her house , Rose herself was wary of calling at Great Meadow . |