Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't wait to get started on the championship itself . ’ |
| 2 | You do n't need to have taken in the fact , planted early on , that Joe keeps a gun , or have noticed the required sign in the foyer warning that shots will be fired ( ca n't the nanny state keep its paws off anything ? ) to know that retribution is coming , and on elephant feet . |
| 3 | Consequently , no attempt was made to provide an interview schedule such as that developed by Labov ; fieldworkers were simply briefed on the kind of social information ( such as occupation , educational background , family connections and previous residence of speaker ) which they would need to have acquired by the end of the observation period . |
| 4 | Item No. 1 : this winged lion of St Mark in a gondola is the typical sort of item you would expect to find attached to the top of expensive furniture . |
| 5 | Notwithstanding these excesses of zeal , the Evangelical Alliance booklet does not appear to have gone over the top . |
| 6 | Relations between Becker and the rest of the German team would appear to have deteriorated after the incident in Melbourne when , within minutes of learning that Stich and Udo Riglewski had been nominated to represent Germany in the doubles , in Barcelona , he set in motion a chain of events which led to a quick re-think . |
| 7 | The court in Philippou does not appear to have known of the dictum in McHugh . |
| 8 | We , we were you know sort of asked , is there anything I can do to get rid of the baby ? |
| 9 | And something has to be done about the over-breeding of pedigree dogs : I 've met Home Office Minister Angela Rumbold to discuss important changes I would like to see made to The Dog Breeding Act . ’ |
| 10 | Dido does n't claim to have got to the bottom of what she calls the Canine Predicament . |
| 11 | Dear Friend , I embrace you as I would like to have done on the day you left . |
| 12 | He does n't appeart to have struck since the end of January but one thing worrying the investigators is that there may be more victims who are too scared to come forward . |
| 13 | Number the items and try placing an " urgency rating " against each item : x- for those books already overdue at the library ; for that essay to be presented by next Monday ; for the tutorial paper you 're committed to give next Tuesday ; for less urgent items , like the laundry or shopping you must try to have done by the weekend . |
| 14 | If this subsequently turns out to be incorrect , since we would not wish to feel constrained by the set fee , we will charge for outlays incurred . |
| 15 | She was very , she did n't really want to get rid of the baby , not really , I think I think perhaps somebody had put the idea into her head you 've got enough children you should n't have any more . |
| 16 | Because I do n't want to get smacked in the mouth . ’ |
| 17 | The assumption that Gloucester would be a more satisfactory component of royal authority in Wales proved justified , and on the rare occasions for which evidence survives he does seem to have co-operated with the council . |
| 18 | The assumption that Gloucester would be a more satisfactory component of royal authority in Wales proved justified , and on the rare occasions for which evidence survives he does seem to have co-operated with the council . |
| 19 | It should seem to have moved to the side . |
| 20 | The 1977 Housing ( Homeless Persons ) Act provides examples of implementation problems — concerning the definition of priority groups , the extent of the duty to provide help and advice , and the identification of the responsible authority — that would seem to have emerged from the conflict during the legislation process . |
| 21 | Somehow or other Dr Ali would seem to have slipped through the net . |
| 22 | A further pandering to the star would seem to have come in the change of title to Alfredo Alfredo , repeating the name of Dustin 's character , but in fact it was Germi who was not happy with the original title , which sounded as if the film were a sequel to his big international hit of 1961 , Divorce Italian Style . |
| 23 | It would be mischievous to suggest that the opponents no longer see safety as a problem , but it does seem to have receded from the foreground , despite the fact that — or could it be because ? — there was a serious nuclear accident in the US , in a PWR very different from that designed for Sizewell . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , he could not fail to have heard of the protest movement which originated with Jean Jacques Rousseau ( 1712–78 ) . |
| 25 | For example , if you have ambitions to work as a district nurse it may help to have worked in the care of elderly or disabled people . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't ask to get hit on the head — or to intrude on your private property , Dr Vaughan . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ These tablets should help to get rid of the migraine . |