Example sentences of "[to-vb] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as a very occasional desperation measure if a flower or leaf is useless because it has inadvertently been creased or folded , I have been known to try pressing it with an iron on the lowest setting . |
| 2 | So I intended to try flying her for the assembly , and carefully got her down to her flying weight . |
| 3 | Fat chance , thought Leonora , unable to resist keeping him in the dark about whether Elise was going with her . |
| 4 | Gwenellen thought neither , as if Marcus tonight was anything like Marcus last night Old Red would be far too busy to remember meeting me in the subway . |
| 5 | They meandered along under the old overhanging house fronts and Jack had to duck his head to avoid cracking it on a lamp in an iron cage . |
| 6 | Maurice sprang to his feet , slightly bending his head , so as to avoid stunning himself on the roof . |
| 7 | the no conflict rule — a conglomerate owes a duty as fiduciary to avoid putting itself in a position where its own interests conflict with that of its clients ; |
| 8 | She wondered if Mrs Gray wanted to be fair to her husband and to avoid mentioning him in a role which showed him having to report to HQ , as it were ; or whether she wanted to be fair to Canon Wheeler , about whom , her tone suggested , she might share her husband 's opinion . |
| 9 | Care must be taken when using these servos to avoid stalling them against the end-stops as large currents will be drawn by the servo amplifier that may eventually cause permanent damage . |
| 10 | She could not make up her mind whether to risk wearing them for the competition . |
| 11 | Tony did n't have time to waste booking him as a support act or doing a club circuit or anything like that . |
| 12 | Whatever length of time is given , though , it will be difficult for an employer to justify dismissing you on the grounds of lack of skills or basic ability within that time unless something exceptional happens . |
| 13 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 14 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 15 | For example : I 'm sorry to keep pressing you for an answer but we do need to make a decision if we are to avoid being the last in the market with this product : Is it to be A or B ? ’ |
| 16 | Now , he wanted Terry to tell the US government to start doing something for the hostages . |
| 17 | A total of 350 visitors ( 97% of all respondents ) replied to question asking them about the way in which they had come to hear of the Library 's exhibitions . |
| 18 | ‘ But if he is n't going to bother , I do n't think it 's fair to the other players to keep choosing him for the reserves . |
| 19 | Thus , so soon after the pronouncement of the intention to restructure industry , through trade unionism , as national co-operatives and so in effect to deny labour to conventionally organised industry , reality compelled the unions to start fashioning themselves as a response to capital rather than as an alternative to it . |
| 20 | And it 's not fair to say it 's because of the beard because the beard 's not my fault , they just did n't shave in the jungle in whatever century it 's going to be when we get there and I know I grew it early but that 's the way I am , I like to start thinking myself into the part as soon as possible . |
| 21 | Comedian Ernie Wise , a next-door-neighbour , said : ‘ Poor old Frank does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . |
| 22 | He does seem to keep shooting himself in the foot . ’ |
| 23 | It would have been foolhardy to risk weakening it at a time when the Cold War was about to turn hot in Korea . |
| 24 | When a person is detained in respect of more than one offence it is permissible to delay bringing him before the custody officer until the above conditions are satisfied in respect of all the offences ( but see paragraph 11.4 ) . |
| 25 | You do not need to send your releases to everyone who might be interested if this is likely to delay getting them into the post ; that can always be done the next morning . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't expect he liked it , darling , but you are on holiday , and though it was very naughty of that boy to risk ringing you from a ward , you can scarcely be held responsible . ’ |
| 27 | I had to stop using it after a couple of days . ’ |
| 28 | The government wanted to stop subsidising it by the end of 1991–92 , but has now given up that idea . |
| 29 | Ten minutes later , she miaowed if I approached her and it took her several hours to forgive me and to stop treating me like a walking cat repellent . |
| 30 | And the first step is to stop treating him like a tube of toothpaste — something you can squeeze the contents out of whenever it suits you — and start appreciating him for the easy-going patient guy he obviously is . |