Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he , Neil , was content to leave the house unwatched by day , and to spend his time looking at rocks on the broch island , then I could stay indoors with a clear conscience , and wait for the rainstorm to pass . |
| 2 | And if I could n't make away with myself , how could the malais make away with a whole nation ? |
| 3 | A visitor arriving in Zurich for the first time will almost certainly do so with a preconceived idea of a feverishly busy city where austere-faced financiers wearing dark suits hurry past in search of the next billion dollars , where bankers huddle together in back rooms like a secret society , a place resembling a web from the centre of which threads reach out to manipulate the money markets of the world , and everything is subordinate to profit . |
| 4 | Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart . |
| 5 | ‘ We are going forward into the future and will do so with a united front , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Now , I can do so with a clear conscience : Col. Sutherland 's book is the only substantial and comprehensive single reference on SF from its obscure beginnings in the early days of the Cold War to its subsequent apotheosis in Vietnam , with its somewhat confused role in the 1980s . |
| 7 | Thus at times one of the Whig connections might work together with a Tory connection in the service of the administration , and they would be opposed by a combination of Whigs and Tories who were out of office and who sought to mobilise the independent back-benchers to put pressure on the government . |
| 8 | What could work better with a free spirit than a stuffy , disapproving straight man ? |
| 9 | They usually run them at below peak efficiency , they run The Russian reactors they tend to run 'em at maximum efficiency which is you 're very very close to the critical level where it could run away with a little mistake and whoops , you got Chernobyl . |
| 10 | For her the world was full of young men whose bodies were untainted by disease and these — he persuaded himself — were the ones she really craved , having no care for him at all , except some morbid interest in a diseased thing , which , presently , she would thrust aside with a disdainful shudder . |
| 11 | This can work well with an enthusiastic teacher , or adviser , who can find the energy to organize the necessary demonstrations and workshops ; it allows the teacher to enter the race with only three fences to go . |
| 12 | Let us begin then with a brief review of what we know about the ego 's past in order all the better to be able to understand something about its present and future . |
| 13 | With more distance between the edge of the green and the flag , the shot does become easier with a lofted club , but even so , look to the putter as your safest route up a slope . |
| 14 | A soft dog would cower , perhaps holding his foot up to let you know that he has been hurt and even if you move towards him to apologize , he will move away with a worried expression . |
| 15 | Roman 's deep voice made Myra step aside with a knowing smile . |
| 16 | However , if they do occur LIFESPAN ABLE will stop immediately with an appropriate error message . |
| 17 | Adults , too , can communicate successfully with an incomplete knowledge of meaning . |
| 18 | Presidential elections turn on the personality of the candidate to a far greater extent ; those who seek the presidency must communicate effectively with a mass electorate at a personal level . |
| 19 | Presumably many of those who first examined this Daguerreotype were familiar with Whitehall and this row of shops and could read more with a naked eye . |
| 20 | The Boeing 707 was now a safer aeroplane , but it was felt in AIB that some important matters of principle and practice needed to be changed so that the same sort of thing could not happen again with a different type of aircraft . |
| 21 | In fairness to everyone it is impossible to legislate for the vagaries of human nature and the best laid plans can go astray with a single word in the wrong place . |
| 22 | Once allocated it should be a prime task of the particular worker to do a full assessment , in the knowledge that this may need to be repeated , as the health , morale or circumstances of the elderly person at risk can change rapidly with a knock-on effect . |
| 23 | I wonder when I will learn that on a long walk in a single unchanging direction , one will automatically go home with a left leg sporting first-degree burns and a right limb like a piece of white Italian veal ? |
| 24 | What if you , if you lent us some dosh I suppose I could be with Louise tonight , right , I could go home with a big bunch of flowers cos I 'll have a guilty expression on my face . |
| 25 | You can cope otherwise with a fine shoe lace , or picture cord and thin piano wire ( which must be at least double the length of the lace ) . |
| 26 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 27 | Experience : the extent to which a practitioner is able to integrate her/his skills and knowledge in the assessment process , to communicate and liaise effectively with a wide range of individuals , to analyse and evaluate and reach a professional judgement about questions of need and risk , will be partly contingent on the professional confidence and sensitivity derived from experience . |
| 28 | At home you may get away with a subtle plan to mislead and manipulate trusting relatives , but people at work or in your community wo n't be so easy going . |
| 29 | At home you may get away with a subtle plan to mislead and manipulate trusting relatives , but people at work or in your community wo n't be so easy going . |
| 30 | So we feel that we can actually get away with a premium price on that . |