Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah but that 's the devil to try and coordinate that with an orchestra when you 're at the other end |
| 2 | It will build this on a ledge if one is conveniently available , but it is perfectly capable of fixing the nest to a vertical or even an overhanging wall of rock . |
| 3 | She did not count this as a master and servant situation , yet she did n't dare to presume too far . |
| 4 | An Observer sale would not make much of a dent but it would staunch losses Lonrho may no longer want to suffer . |
| 5 | Go away , Leo ; go and play with the Land Rover — I feel sure it will present more of a challenge than I will . ’ |
| 6 | It was thought by some that too great a burden might be placed on principals in smaller firms or on sole practitioners if such a proposal were made mandatory , and that either the ‘ net ’ of suitable signatories should be widened to include assistant solicitors or Fellows of ILEX , or that the category of undertaking to which the ‘ rule ’ might apply should exclude those of a routine or non-financial nature . |
| 7 | you do n't do any for a month or so , you think oh I was bombing through these , now where do how do I get started ? |
| 8 | They 've all got a vision about their listeners , their viewers , their readers and so forth , and when they pick something , a press release , or when they hear a story or something like that , their mind 's going click click click ‘ How can I use this in a way that I can turn it into a form which is usable for my people ? ’ in a sense . |
| 9 | So do they see this as an imposition or |
| 10 | Ruth would become more of a problem as she grew older . |
| 11 | Some in the profession believe that with unemployment or underemployment among Scottish architects , overseas work could become more of a necessity than an option as time goes on . |
| 12 | But it will become more of a factor as more design and development is shifted overseas . |
| 13 | In such instances the Church can become more of a barrier than a channel in the communication of the gospel . |
| 14 | It was I who decided to remove our troops from the Gulf , because I thought they 'd become more of an irritant than a stabilising factor . |
| 15 | Shall I stop this for a while because of the noise ? |
| 16 | But it would still make a bomb that could flatten much of a city and drench the place with fall-out . |
| 17 | If ( and hopefully when ) you do finally quit , it may create more of a problem than if you gird your mental loins at the outset and make up your mind to do it first and foremost . |
| 18 | The whole story is not yet known , although it 's claimed that North Korea er invaded South Korea er I sh I should take that as a hypothesis and not as a fact . |
| 19 | Do n't do the i y , e one , because we 'll take that as a spelling and grammatical change . |
| 20 | Would they take that as a lesson and conform to the party 's expectations of educated youth ? |
| 21 | ‘ Well , you 'll have that in a minute once I 've eased me feet an' got some of these togs off . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't recommend this as a tactic unless the rest of your cavalry is already engaged , or he could be surrounded and overwhelmed by a mass of lesser troops . |
| 23 | I was glad to read late in the article of the NRA 's positive attitude to the potential problem , and hope that farmers will take this as a sign that the task of improvement of farm waste management systems is not as dire in every case as many people would have us believe . |
| 24 | The verdicts are implicitly defining what is appropriate behaviour for women and suggesting that they do not have much of a safeguard if they stray into areas regarded as ‘ male territory ’ whether it be a barracks room or a street late at night . |
| 25 | whether she 'll have much of a tan or not , I do n't know . |
| 26 | But I do n't have much of a picture as to how the team are playing . |
| 27 | ‘ I would have less of a headache if you concentrated . |
| 28 | Okay we 'll leave that for a minute and we 'll have a look so you can forget all about it right then I 'll ask you later when you 've forgotten okay . |
| 29 | Now the diabetic , I 'll leave that for a moment because I 'll do that in a moment , erm the absorption , usually gardeners , agricultural people that have , dealing with ordinary insecticides , pesticides , herbicides and all the other -cides that er , are about today , they 're usually protected , but sometimes either you get somebody in a garden with and using all these things and they , they do n't read packets do they any more ? |
| 30 | ‘ We wo n't stand much of a chance if a shell lands near or on this trench , ’ I remarked apprehensively . |