Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They each fall utterly under his spell and promise to obey him in everything , whereupon he tells them that he has to go on a journey and gives them the keys of his magnificent house but forbids them to enter a room which is opened by a particular little key . |
| 2 | I was going to ask Mike if he wants to come as an observer because he 's never been to conference and erm |
| 3 | P O A by the way , another thing I 'm thinking of doing is saying , if you want a net price enter in there , it has to come through a manager or |
| 4 | In resisting the sideways forces the daggerboard starts to behave like a sail and a force is set up between the high and low pressure sides of the foil ( F1 ) . |
| 5 | Concluding his telling analysis , he added : ‘ Firstly there 's a Kylie that wants to play like a kid and secondly there 's a more subtle Kylie with an appeal . |
| 6 | Even in a school one has to think of a very large number of different pupils with their own different characteristics and strengths and weaknesses , and one has to operate in a classroom and to a timetable and with given resources , and so on and so forth , and the combination of all these pressures and the ways that one has got used to handling them , on the whole , is what makes a person teach the way they do . |
| 7 | The technique of guidance is often used by parents when a child refuses to comply with a request or instruction . |
| 8 | This is why he calls the object of his study ‘ narrative discourse ’ , which he defines as ‘ the oral or written discourse which undertakes to tell of an event or a series of events ’ , and which he distinguishes from narrative as series of events ( story ) , and narrative as the act of narrating . |
| 9 | Moreover , the electorate often seems to vote for a candidate and a party in ignorance of , and in spite of ( rather than because of ) , the party programme that is on offer . |
| 10 | If , day after day , the mind is habituated to the compassionate idea of love for all people , then at last , it seems to fill with a substance that makes all the moments of life sweet . |
| 11 | It seems to turn into a street when you get beyond you know , those archways . |
| 12 | The full list of traits is so long that it appears to call for a man or woman of extraordinary , even superhuman , gifts to be a leader . |
| 13 | Rolle seems to witness to an experience where the barrier to the direct experience of that joy is lifted ; the Word that informs all words , the harmony behind all music , becomes real to him ; " my meditation became a poem … |
| 14 | The argument for an objective element seems to arise from a fear that trivial threats will otherwise result in liability . |
| 15 | The UK Forum on Young People and Gambling aims to act as a co-ordination and information centre , and to provide counselling and advice to youngsters with gambling problems — mainly with fruit machines . |
| 16 | He 's learned a lot of skills and hopes to work as a gardener when he 's released . |
| 17 | An employee group hopes to re-form as a software and parallel systems integration firm . |
| 18 | Sometimes she even manages to go for a drink or meal with friends . |
| 19 | Yet even as an ardent Darwinian , keen to prove by minute observation how seeds were adapted to travel on wind , water or in the maws of animals , he continues to write like an angel and to soar like a philosopher . |
| 20 | If the authority decides to apply for a care or supervision order it will be expected to file an application under s31 within the investigation period . |
| 21 | But , by understanding how he saw leys being constructed and operating , a picture begins to emerge of a system where each piece can be fitted into the whole . |