Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then you can concentrate on using it to good effect . |
| 2 | I mean I might think of doing something like that , but I 'd never actually dare to do it … |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't even think of asking me about female membership , ’ barked the old Sgt-Major . |
| 4 | How did you feel about helping her with those activities ? |
| 5 | He patented in 1870 a wheeled ‘ apparatus for affording protection from bullets and other missiles ’ , but did not succeed in selling it to any of Europe 's warring armies . |
| 6 | I ca n't think of anything else so I 'll finish by thanking you for all your hard work . |
| 7 | ‘ Why do you insist on seeing me in this horrible way ? ’ she finished up . |
| 8 | ‘ I must apologise for disturbing you at such a late hour , ’ Potter said . |
| 9 | But why does this event persist in subjecting us to long rows of tap dancers , a breed of people whose only function in life is to display the disgusting effects of sweat and sequins under neon ? |
| 10 | We would never dream of beginning anything of this kind without gaining the views of local residents . |
| 11 | I , I , I am certainly not that man , I would , I would not dream of offering myself for such a ghastly post |
| 12 | Now none of you would dream of doing anything like that . |
| 13 | There are plenty of people who have super-efficient secretaries , but the majority of us can only dream of having someone like that to put our working lives in order . |
| 14 | As New Zealanders sifted through the ashes of their World Cup defeat they were beginning to realise that after forming a recipe with which to win the Cup in 1987 they just as surely set up a system which would lead to losing it in 1991 . |
| 15 | Here again , student counsellors in college may help in talking you through such problems . |
| 16 | Yeltsin could help by ridding it of bureaucratic incubuses . |