Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by March that year the Chiefs of Staff were recording a victory for their view of the Middle East , and were arguing that this implied that Britain must hang on to the right to return to bases in Egypt , even in the absence of agreement . |
| 2 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 3 | It is highly unlikely that any consultancy you appoint will know enough about a company to allow it to undertake the audit without considerable input from your senior management . |
| 4 | It was Susy who took up most of the lunchtime conversation , partly because I probably did n't know enough about the sport to talk about it sensibly to James . |
| 5 | She insisted on knowing who her intruder was , and so she would wait down by the car to see who emerged from the building . |
| 6 | The first is anyone who is in any way mentally deficient , as such people can not cooperate sufficiently with the therapist to achieve the desired result . |
| 7 | He 'd jump up in the morning to see his friends again |
| 8 | Tackling a black run in a blizzard was a worry , but when you only have a long weekend you ca n't hang around for the sun to shine . |
| 9 | A loose net was fixed between the prongs of the ‘ Y ’ and thus , with the open prongs held firmly in the bed of the river , the fishermen would wait quietly for the fish to run into his net . |
| 10 | Try to hold these contradictory memories together : do n't give in to the temptation to simplify your experience by discarding one important aspect of it . |
| 11 | ‘ And , even if I did n't , for you , signorina , I 'd immediately send down to the cellar to get it . ’ |
| 12 | Then collect me and we 'll head off to the Yard to deal with the mess that 's going on there . ’ |
| 13 | Sons would volunteer and rush off to the village to bring back a ‘ set of couches ’ , proudly waiting for the praise which she would generously give , though they might not be quite what she expected . |
| 14 | He could n't even run down to the village to get a new set — they had them in the marina shop at the auto-marine-because his van was temporarily off the road . |
| 15 | TEESSIDE Polytechnic student Jonathan Welfare could soon clean up with an idea to rid the danger which dogs our footsteps . |
| 16 | I must just run up to the Casa to make sure the lorry comes back for another load . |
| 17 | In future , ministers need not look far for a way to bridge working relationships between central and local government . |
| 18 | From time to time a harassed mother might rap angrily on the window to complain that she could n't get her push-chair past the car , which I had parked blocking the pavement . |
| 19 | The Department of Health said tests would begin today on the vaccines to make sure they met British standards . |
| 20 | Most of them were noticeably short even on usual offices , and it did not occur even to the agents to describe them as imposing or delightful . |
| 21 | This means that the feeding of nestlings has to be much more intensive , and parent birds must work almost round the clock to raise a brood successfully before the icy hand of autumn sends insects into hibernation , covers up seeds and vegetation with ice and snow , or sends the fish out into deeper water . |
| 22 | And he said that he hoped manufacturers would look again at the instructions to see whether they could be made clearer . |
| 23 | In this case they will follow anywhere in the Castle to get it back . |
| 24 | If I did leave it , I 'd stay up in the evening to do it , it 'd be on my conscience … |
| 25 | Then we wrapped ourselves in every bit of clothing we could find and lay down on the ground to get some sleep . |
| 26 | Ideally , the EC Commission would step in with a way to prevent the disruption of trade ; but it has been trying unsuccessfully for many months to steer a directive on packaging waste through the council of ministers . |
| 27 | But if the youngster follows normal patterns he will return home after the tests to await the selection of the donor and final preparations for the NHS hospital procedure . |
| 28 | But if the youngster follows normal patterns he will return home after the tests to await the selection of the donor and final preparations for the NHS hospital procedure . |
| 29 | Should she set off down the hill to meet him ? |
| 30 | He should face up to the need to release those much-needed funds for Scotland . |