Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [conj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , Mercurius was the tutelary deity of the Art , and it was of his very nature to beguile and confuse in this manner ; but she could take no comfort from the knowledge , for she must pursue him as through a hall of mirrors , from one bride-chamber to the next , and at each remove he shifted shape with such dispiriting agility that , again and again , she might have cried out loud for rest . |
| 2 | and I 'll give you that as a receipt |
| 3 | They just could n't organize anything and as a result that 's why we 'll probably never get Kingmaker or the Ned 's Atomic Dustbin . |
| 4 | Whatever the reason , no other reputable yard would touch him and for a while Charles drifted about on the fringe of racing . |
| 5 | If you 're not a member of the club and you 're not accepted the rituals and people do n't like you , they wo n't tell you and as a result you wo n't be an effective hunter , you wo n't be able to support many wives even if you wanted them and if you have wives what they needed , because if a man does n't feed his wives they , they , they all eventually get up and go , they 'll say two fingers you know , you ca n't feed us . |
| 6 | Well Nick , Nick , Nick phoned me up and said do n't tell anybody but within a week Jaz knew cos Nick had actually told Jaz . |
| 7 | The February play was A Thriller of the Year , with an all-female cast our original choice of play was A Death Trap we could n't cast it because of a lack of men auditioning . |
| 8 | It is significant , too , that the Crofters Commission , even during the period when the scheme was viable within the curriculum , could only operate it because of a gift from a private individual . |
| 9 | A lending bank must concern itself as to a country 's political stability . |