Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do you want to go to a party today ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do you want to go to a party tomorrow night ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | Neither does the inquirer need to come with a programme almost ready made wanting the centre only to book the air tickets . |
| 4 | ‘ And I tell you frankly that in my opinion one must not hesitate to go to a prostitute occasionally if there is one you can trust and feel something for … . |
| 5 | Then say to the children ‘ Would anyone like to point to a row across ? ’ |
| 6 | and proposals and I 'd like to start with a vote just to find out what kind of hundred this is , do you have a driving licence ? , button one for yes and button two for no seventy two of this hundred have a driving licence which I think is some way above the National average , let me ask you do you have the use of a car or other vehicle whenever you want it ? , button one for yes and button two for no and of seventy two er licence holders , sixty three have the use of a car which again I think is some way over the National average , now what cars do you have ? , now let see what people are driving here there |
| 7 | At least back when I lived in a hole I knew everything there was to know about living in a hole , and now it 's a year later and I 'm at a place so far away I do n't even know how far away it is , watching something I do n't understand go to a place so far up there is no down . |
| 8 | ‘ I would like to live in a tree too . |
| 9 | ‘ Actually I 'd quite like to stay for a while longer , if you do n't mind . |
| 10 | Er , what Councillor Newton 's just said , I would just like to ask for a clarification there , if I may . |
| 11 | You make me decide to go on a diet immediately , though even if I starved for a month I 'd never get a waist as slim as yours . ’ |
| 12 | I also wanted to talk to Seddon , but I could n't hope to talk in a pub now . |
| 13 | ‘ George did n't want to put the business at the cottage to them , you can see why , and it 's pretty clear they do n't want to believe in a conspiracy anyway , even when they knew about the Reznichenko Memorandum . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't honestly know , he said er , he 's got to go in for his test , he said , and then I 'll have to see about a car so I do n't know whether they 're gon na buy him one or not |
| 15 | ‘ He tells me he may have to go into a rest home . |
| 16 | It did n't seem possible that things could have come to a head so soon . |
| 17 | A fire blazed in a huge hearth beneath an oak lintel which , to judge by its thickness , must have come from a tree already at least a hundred years old when it was felled to help build this ancient building . |
| 18 | It is unlikely the DUP would have agreed to a meeting anyway , as the American delegation is in favour of sending a peace envoy to the province , but a boycott by the Ulster Unionists would be a major blow . |
| 19 | I 'd have banked for a draw actually |
| 20 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |
| 21 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 22 | Erm and I I was n't feeling on top form and er looking back , I perhaps should have gone to a doctor then . |
| 23 | Soon after he came to power he personally led an expedition against the Shanqalla negroes on the Sudan border , and my father affirmed that the slaughter there must have satisfied for a time even his craving for blood . |
| 24 | It is ironic that this should have happened under a Government so strongly committed to decentralisation , privatisation and the reduction of the role of the state . |
| 25 | Cati , my little wild lion cub , you 'll have to act like a woman soon . |
| 26 | In practice , however , share prices would have to rise by a bit more to convince holders to convert warrants into shares , since by switching from bonds into equities they would be taking an extra risk . |
| 27 | " Does it hurt to think about a friend once in awhile ? " |
| 28 | Do you want to check into a hostel just in case it rains or would you rather have another night in the park ? ’ |
| 29 | If you do get flustered after a mistake then you 're likely to make another one . |
| 30 | Men can practise putting on a condom too , when they 're masturbating . |