Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ?
2 David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there .
3 You do n't want them in the next group with us do you ?
4 Several different views have been put forward ; we shall consider them in the next chapter under three headings :
5 We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ .
6 They ca n't gazump you at the last minute cos it makes
7 Once the door was shut , they could have had a dance band going full blast and you 'd never know it in the next room .
8 At the speed the train is going , I will catch it at the next station .
9 I was gon na catch it at the next stop .
10 I think it would be nice , and then we could actually discuss it at the next planning meeting which I presume , which is the twentieth
11 Staff wishing to avail themselves of this flexitime arrangement should discuss it in the first instance with their line manager .
12 No definition is spot on really , you can always find difficulties with it but they do sort of discuss it in the first paragraph .
13 Er if there were holes in the information or whether really whatever board members feel and erm we can consider it at the next meeting .
14 He did n't catch us until the last peak , Creag nan Damh , where a number of ridge-walkers were gathered , basking in the delight of the afternoon and resting on their laurels after a mammoth expedition .
15 I can not chuck them at the last minute .
16 They may feel New York for the first time because its fast-dealing busyness is something the screen does n't catch and may smell it for the first time if they come in high summer but one of the great first sights of the world is gone for ever .
17 Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate .
18 Efforts to strengthen and improve it in the last decades of the century had only moderate success .
19 Why do it now , why did n't she do it in the first place .
20 This data set , coupled with extensive satellite observations , will give us for the first time a essentially a snapshot view of the behaviour of the ocean .
21 Chapman had put the Town on a firm footing that would see them to a third championship the following year to become the first club to win the title three years in succession ; and two years after that they were runners-up .
22 now lets hear three cheers for Gloucester rugby club … on Saturday they won at London Irish in the league … a victory that could help keep them in the first division
23 If a Region would like a special overseas visitor not catered for in the Grid system , they can contact me in the first place .
24 Those people whose names you 've just , you 've given me their details from , could I ask you er if the next time you see them if it 's within the next few days or certainly erm if , if you could over the next day or two give them a ring just to let them know that I do intend to contact them , I 'll probably contact them within the next week or so .
25 We 'll see you at the next coaches ' meeting . ’
26 I 'll ring you in the next account period , and I expect I 'll have some very good news for you ! "
27 One day soon she would see him for the last time .
28 I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost .
29 The turnover may have to be greatly reduced in this situation until the young fish are large enough to withstand the water flow , so why employ it in the first place ?
30 The word processor is a very powerful tool for the transfer of thought from brain to paper ; probably most IT teachers would use it as the first introduction to practical computing , at least with literate students .
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