Example sentences of "[vb infin] of [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did he much approve of subjecting himself to the nervous exhaustion of house parties as other peoples ' guest . |
| 2 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 3 | How could he think of abandoning her to the malevolent clutches of this voracious monster ? |
| 4 | But if I were Ben Hogan , and a Bob Hamilton or Willie Goggin chipped in to beat me in The Masters , a Walter Burkemo holed a sand shot to swipe the PGA , a raw rookie — pick one — holed a 7-iron to beat me somewhere in Florida and then the like of a Bud Holscher or a Shelley Mayfield holed yet another sand shot to steal yet another victory , then I 'd not only be scouring the Fort Worth Yellow Pages looking for the nearest shrink , I might even think of tossing myself under a freight train in the nearest marshalling yard . |
| 5 | And all the undertakings we might speak of reduce themselves to a single one , that of making history . |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't dream of taking them before a race . ’ |
| 7 | Do you dream of making it to the top of the corporate tree whilst still short of the tooth and long in ideas ? |
| 8 | She knows she could have gone much further but would not dream of stabbing anyone in the back to get on , even if they deserved it . |
| 9 | Until you know someone , you should beware of putting yourself into a position where you may be trapped , pestered , or embarrassed . |