Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] to [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better to take them with you in the car rather than consign them to the chilly furniture van . |
| 2 | ‘ Let's go and have a drink , then you can treat me to a celebratory dinner ! ’ |
| 3 | Mr. Wall argued that the exercise of the discretion which arises as a result of the finding of ‘ acquiescence ’ made by the Court of Appeal , is limited to considering the nature and quality of the acquiescence itself and would not entitle the court to take into account ‘ welfare ’ considerations relating specifically to the children unless the court were able to find that there had been established a grave risk that the return of the children would expose them to an intolerable situation under article 13 ( b ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 5 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |
| 6 | Would you trust him/her to a permissive relationship with contemporary television ? |
| 7 | Now , the reason we particularly were interested in this was that from the questionnaire we already were beginning to get back some information , and we discovered that eighty-six percent of people had seen their G P in the previous year , and maybe if we could introduce them to the age-well project at some point during that contact , we would be able to achieve something . |
| 8 | And this is gon na introduce you to a new word called psychographic and psychographic , you think you 've got , you can break it in two you 've got the psychological aspects and the graphic or mapping , the mapping of the psychology . |
| 9 | In the meantime , while your kitten is polishing her hunting skills by stalking your feet , you can introduce her to the civilised way to eat . |
| 10 | Her abilities might suit her to a top job in the Civil Service , but she gets such a buzz from being in the private sector , she would hate the very idea . |
| 11 | They do n't direct us to the late survival of a gypsy paradise . |
| 12 | As the bulbs begin to swell , expose the tops to the sun to help ripen them to a golden colour . |
| 13 | ( 27 November 1777 ) Among his complaints were that Mozart and his mother had stayed too long in Munich and Augsburg using up their money on lodging expenses without having any means of earning money , that Mozart was not keeping him fully apprised of exactly where his plans lay , how he was proposing to get from one place to another and by which route and when , that he was not keeping up with his composition , nor arranging to have existing works copied so that he could present them to an influential Prince or noble , and that he had not taken the right sorts of composition with him — too many symphonies and not enough church music . |
| 14 | I do n't want to let the side down — do n't send me to the Sick Room ! |
| 15 | Kings led them into battle for the land ( e.g. 2 Kings 8 ) and prophets pointed them to a righteousness that would bring them to a new highway , a land where mountains would be levelled , rough places smoothed ( Is. 40.4 ) , and the Prince of Peace would establish his kingdom . |
| 16 | Jesus our pioneer restores all things and will bring them to a glorious fulfilment . |
| 17 | If you feel that you may be losing too much hair , do see your doctor , who may refer you to a special hair clinic . |
| 18 | ‘ May I refer you to an unimpeachable authority : Mr John Camden Hotten , author of a biography of Dickens , and also , he paused impressively , a life of Thackeray , refers to it in 1870 as Bleak House . |
| 19 | It is generally sensible to limit the additional capabilities that the new desktop publishing product will give you to the bare minimum . |
| 20 | ‘ Be careful they do n't send you to the Eastern Front , ’ I said . |
| 21 | Faintly disappointed , she emptied her lungs and resumed the walk which would bring her to the main gate . |
| 22 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 23 | Fifteen years later a man of 76 , thinking he would like to try satellite television , collected the requisite number of newspaper coupons which would entitle him to a 30-day trial of a satellite dish . |
| 24 | Should any fellow be passing by , he must refuse their invitation or else they will dance him to a watery grave . |
| 25 | ‘ I had arranged with Sister Stevens that on the next occasion that Len presented with either a hangover or a stomach upset I would refer him to the occupational health centre where they would suggest counselling , as I believed Len was becoming a danger to himself and everyone else . ’ |
| 26 | Clearly Parliament would last its full five years and the Government could not bring it to a premature end . |
| 27 | The output from the feedforward control is intended to provide the motor with just the extra push which will bring it to the required setting . |
| 28 | Pay the money for the upkeep of each child , do n't give it to the individual workman who may have few or no children . |
| 29 | I 'll give it to the old man she said no problem . |
| 30 | Already the only preserved railway to be operating a regular commercial freight contract jointly with British Rail , the present proposals would lift it to a new level of national importance . |