Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] [vb -s] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst mistake is to leave clothes near the patient when he is unattended : he may fall over if he tries to put them on by himself , as he may not yet have realized that he can not balance and move normally . |
| 2 | We do not know yet whether he wants to extend his visit for a short time to see friends , or become a student , or stay permanently . ’ |
| 3 | Her kidneys do n't work properly so she needs to use the machine to take toxins out of her blood . |
| 4 | ‘ The regular army of Yugoslavia will think twice before it decides to wage war on Nato , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I can only get in when he forgets to lock the door . |
| 6 | There is unlikely to be a Day of the Jackal in Baghdad , therefore , Iraq is a closed society , and no hawk-faced marksman will get far if he tries to stalk Saddam . |
| 7 | [ Ch 14 ] It is with a more elaborate example of this type of fanciful similitude that the impersonal " Dickens " introduces Mrs Rouncewell : She is a fine old lady , handsome , stately , wonderfully neat , and has such a back , and such a stomacher that if her stays should turn out when she dies to have been a broad old-fashioned family fire-grate , nobody who knows her would have cause to be surprised . |
| 8 | One senior detective said : ‘ We 'll probably never find out unless he decides to tell us ’ ( Sun ) . |