Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The T&G would like to support her with a clear conscience and every left-of-centre statement from her helps . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course I 'd like to see you with a few sheep , my lass , sheep being so close to my heart . |
| 3 | But would she like to do it with a stranger and one so strange as Leon who came , not just from ten miles off , but a thousand ? |
| 4 | But I suspect a lot of you would want to leave them with a matt finish , it 's entirely up to you Anyway when you paint , like I say , it 's just it 's because it 's porous it sucks the colour off the brush and er it immediately dries , so you can see , straight away , the colour it 's gon na be when you then put the varnish on you use a sort of matt varnish and so it brings the colour up but it wo n't be shiny or a shine , which you 're gon na choose like you might wan na matt varnish with this and shiny for the shell which ca it really brings the colour up , we wo n't get round to varnishing today erm and the other thing you can do , if you want erm a sort of a mottled effect you do pink in a base colour say Mikila wanted all greeny , bluey colours on that |
| 5 | Or I 'll have to bash it with a rolling pin again . |
| 6 | They will also try to inculcate you with a spurious respect for a ‘ culture ’ which not only fails to distinguish between what is good and what is profitable but which can not distinguish between substance and insubstantiality . |
| 7 | Once you 've arranged your flowers , make sure you keep your container topped up with water , and do n't forget to refresh them with a quick spray . |