Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thank you — I 'd prefer to see them in full sunlight , ’ Lucy said hastily , in case Silas imagined she was anxious to experience a moonlight stroll with him . |
| 2 | When you open the file , a file handle ( an integer number ) is returned by the interpreter and you will need to store it for future use . |
| 3 | Once a routine of breastfeeds is established the mother can then choose to eliminate them in gradual succession . |
| 4 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 5 | I would prefer to keep it in natural wood if we can but |
| 6 | But we 'll have to do it with cold water and the yard broom . ’ |
| 7 | One minute We 're welcome to collaborate with the person next to you , you do n't have to do it in splendid isolation . |
| 8 | Do you have to dip it in hot water or something ? |
| 9 | If you have a regional accent , do not attempt to change it to standard English . |
| 10 | Let us imagine that I have the misfortune to be born or to have settled in Portugal ; being an enlightened philosopher I dislike the institutions there ; should I try to change them by political subversion ? |
| 11 | ( And even if the political will did exist , he doubted whether the institutions which would have to translate it into collective action were strong enough to do so . ) |
| 12 | Not only do you have to fold it with fastidious care to avoid pinching and clouding the plastic rear window , but fitting it in a hurry is simply impossible . |
| 13 | This will tend to incline them toward petty theft . |
| 14 | IF YOU INTEND TO CONTINUE PAYING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AT LEAST A FURTHER YEAR FROM APRIL 1989 , WE WOULD PREFER TO COLLECT THEM BY DIRECT DEBIT , MONTHLY . |
| 15 | And , of course , we hope that piloting centres will continue to provide us with vital feedback . |