Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most sailors soon tire of sailing in the same place all the time and look for new places to sail which will give them variety and a challenge . |
| 2 | Once legislative proposals are sufficiently advanced to be put to Ministers for endorsement they will go before the Legislation Committee of the Cabinet which must give its approval before a place is found in the programme . |
| 3 | The entry of Joanna , who came in to consult her about the drugs needed to replenish their stock , put an end to her melancholy reflections , and after they had decided Joanna said , ‘ When Ian comes round this evening I thought I 'd give him coffee or a drink in our sitting-room . |
| 4 | The boys obviously like you so perhaps you could show your wife that a relationship with them based on mutual love and respect is far more likely to give better results . |
| 5 | Since then the art world has begun to acknowledge his genius , and when you consider he 's probably about to become one of the most sought-after artists of his generation as his fame spreads outside Scandinavia you will understand my concern when a stranger appears on my doorstep with a curiously inadequate enquiry . |
| 6 | SALESPERSON : I can understand your concern that a newspaper which is free may not be read . |
| 7 | The fact that the government is financing all their perks with a national debt that will bankrupt their children and a taxation policy that will see all their factory jobs being given to cheapo Moroccans and Poles has not yet struck home . |
| 8 | Does he share my hope that a lesson has been learnt from that ? |
| 9 | ‘ He probably thought such rash actions would tarnish his reputation as a scholar . ’ |
| 10 | In addition , Franco would appoint the members of a Council of the Realm , to which his successor would eventually be responsible , and would also designate a Council of Regency , which would take his place until a successor was chosen , in the event that the Caudillo died without naming one . |
| 11 | Would you encourage your son/daughter or a member of your parish community to become a brother , sister or religious priest ? |
| 12 | I could leave my name and a message . |
| 13 | My respected landladies , who are the double-distilled quintessence of considerateness and island hospitality , would think all good would leave their abodes if a dweller beneath their roof left fasting , so , in spite of all my entreaties to the contrary , a cup of tea was prepared to forestall my start ; and as I walked by the river-side and reached a road that skirts a number of very massive peat-stacks , and displays on the landward side an interminable host of peat-pits , the geniality of the sunshine was felt , and I would gladly have slackened my pace were it not that by so doing my good friends at Gress ( some eight miles from Stornoway , where I was due at eight o'clock , if I remember rightly ) , might have waited breakfast for me . |
| 14 | But missing the summit of a tower means you ca n't leave your name and a message to the future in the route book , usually found in a flag-like tin box on the top . |
| 15 | I said there 's no , no way I can get out and get her card or a card or erm |
| 16 | You could save yourself money and a lot of grief . |
| 17 | Having Sandra there did increase his awareness that a person could look fabulous and still be harbouring a darkness inside them , and it increased his suspicion of Charity . |