Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so of course that would 've come out at a later stage , yeah , you know there 's a lot of business miles involved in flying to all these er places . |
| 2 | Would he like to come back on a quieter ‘ induction day ’ ? |
| 3 | Successful inmates can hope to move back to a lower category C security , or even a Category D open prison . |
| 4 | American banks will have to write down by a further 10–20% their medium- and long-term loans to Brazil and Argentina , increasing pressure on the second-quarter earnings of some of the big banks . |
| 5 | To heighten concern about the Convention , Broken Promise could not have come out at a better time . |
| 6 | Given that the evening was meant to be so special , so significant , they could hardly have got off to a worse start , but Jessica refused to compromise . |
| 7 | Wait for a suitable moment and say : " That is a very interesting point you have raised , Mr R. , which we might wish to take up at a later meeting , but I really do n't think it helps our problem at the moment . " |
| 8 | I 'd have to strike out in a poorer direction . |
| 9 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 10 | It is also expected that IBM may want to shed up to a further 30,000 people from its 300,000-strong pay roll , with undisguised lay-offs clearly on the agenda . |