Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We do n't want to provide anything of that sort just yet . |
| 2 | Fifty two year old Agnes Smith does n't need to lose anything like that amount , but as part of our search for a healthy lifestyle she 's agreed to try this form of group therapy . |
| 3 | The ceiling for exemption from duty varies from country to country , but it is usually fairly low , and you can expect to pay something on most rugs bought abroad . |
| 4 | Okay , I would like to thank everybody on this item who has taken part in the responsible bits of the debate . |
| 5 | Other women would doubtless be wearing such dresses , but none , Jane thought , would dare to wear one without any petticoat as she herself intended . |
| 6 | She wo n't mind accepting something of that kind from the Pack , I know , and I 'm sure she 'll enjoy having you decorate the cottage for Christmas for her . ’ |
| 7 | She thought she would never dare touch anything in this house in case she left marks . |
| 8 | I would like to say something at some point about the point I made earlier about going , increasingly as you go down this list , you depart in directions which are , er , contrary to your policies , but |
| 9 | Er , yes , well , I 'd , I 'd , er , I 'd like to make two proposals , first of all that we formally congratulate our officers for leading the team that er , put together this successful bid , erm , but I 'd also like to say something about these concerns about the boundaries because it 's Oswestry again , amongst mainly the sort of north of the county around Oswestry , which like with the rural development area , could be left out , and , of course , economic development does n't stop at a parish boundary people cross it , it 's part of their economic activity and erm , I know that some of the sort of proposed projects put together for the use of this five B money , er , around the Oswestry area , are extremely desirable projects , er , and are achievable projects , and it would be a tragedy if er , if they were , if , if we failed to achieve them because of er , a kind of a bureaucratic dotted line which say you ca n't have the money because you 're the wrong side of the line . |
| 10 | Erm during the executive erm Mary raised a point from the joint planning team about the erm charter and the remarks made by Dr. on that , would you like to say something on that Mary ? because we want to take some action . |
| 11 | I would now like to ask everyone in this room to stand with me , and raise their glasses . |
| 12 | But Mr Reynolds declared : ‘ Our first priority is to get all parties around the table , and we would not want to do anything at this stage that might hinder the process . |
| 13 | Her suffering would have overwhelmed anyone with less spirit , as the futile efforts of science to rid her of the growths ravage her body . |
| 14 | Elizabeth 's friend Maud must have said something of this sort , for I find I once wrote to her : ‘ Maud was right , I think . |
| 15 | The umpires might also have noticed something at some point along the line ! |
| 16 | In such a case the plaintiff could recover the extra cost of the special equipment , but could not recover the basic cost of the car if he would have needed one in any event . |
| 17 | ‘ You could have had anything in that bottle . ’ |
| 18 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 19 | As it happened , Mr Kim did not have to do anything about this affair . |
| 20 | ‘ I hate to disappoint you , Fran , but do n't try reading anything into that kiss that was n't there ! |
| 21 | It would have meant nothing to that pervert to let her stay … he had wielded the knife , the cruel swine … telling her he regretted there was nothing for her when all the time he was still hiring people … examining her through that monocle as though he was God … |
| 22 | Had he asked her to marry him , she would have sacrificed everything to that end . |
| 23 | When the engines were going , the propellers could have blown something in that direction . ’ |
| 24 | Quiet , unobtrusive , but always asking questions , gathering information , Corbett must have learnt something from that fool MacAirth . |
| 25 | You must have read plenty about that sort of thing in the papers these days . |
| 26 | No , would n't have changed anything at that time . |
| 27 | God you picked it up quick Yeah , look right he just goes , alright I go to him , Oh you know Kim said she ca n't you know force you or anything , and erm , yeah , he goes , he goes he still wants to be friends , and everything and he goes , tell her that do n't want to hold anything against each other , if that 's possible yeah yeah yeah and he no it 's and he said s yeah I know , I know , no he said , okay Well I du n no , you know Paul . |
| 28 | Do you want to add anything to that Mr , or does the same point apply ? |
| 29 | Mr , do you want to say anything at this stage ? |