Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did n't seem possible that things could have come to a head so soon . |
| 2 | A fire blazed in a huge hearth beneath an oak lintel which , to judge by its thickness , must have come from a tree already at least a hundred years old when it was felled to help build this ancient building . |
| 3 | It is unlikely the DUP would have agreed to a meeting anyway , as the American delegation is in favour of sending a peace envoy to the province , but a boycott by the Ulster Unionists would be a major blow . |
| 4 | I 'd have banked for a draw actually |
| 5 | Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less . |
| 6 | Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 . |
| 7 | Erm and I I was n't feeling on top form and er looking back , I perhaps should have gone to a doctor then . |
| 8 | Soon after he came to power he personally led an expedition against the Shanqalla negroes on the Sudan border , and my father affirmed that the slaughter there must have satisfied for a time even his craving for blood . |
| 9 | It is ironic that this should have happened under a Government so strongly committed to decentralisation , privatisation and the reduction of the role of the state . |
| 10 | If you do get flustered after a mistake then you 're likely to make another one . |