Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ League points are still important to us and nobody wants to miss out at this stage of the season . ’ |
| 2 | No , she wants to go up to that playgroup ! |
| 3 | It is not advisable to give the dog free run of the car , however , simply because it could damage the interior , by scratching the upholstery , for example , if it wants to come out at first light before you are awake . |
| 4 | The largest companies have drawn up a criteria which demand inter alia that new book purchases must be based on a stock turn of one year ( in other words , the whole print run has to sell out within one year of US publication ) and that the projected gross margin must not be less than 50% . |
| 5 | Within the limitations imposed by his hosts and his own inhibitions and scruples , the anthropologist has to mix in with local society and become the life and soul of the party . |
| 6 | Hendry is on the crest of a wave , very conscious of the fact that he 's the champion of the world , and wants to hang on to that rating of the number one player in the world . |
| 7 | He wants to get out of that office , get out into the areas , find out what is going on and do something about the problem , or I will kick his backside for him . |
| 8 | Start to turn towards the centre-line when the LOC needle starts to move in from full-scale deflection . |
| 9 | Okay , well thank you for your comments , if anybody else wants to join in on that discussion do ring now , three double one , one double one . |
| 10 | With Turkish collaborators , he plans to interview up to 400 village and migrant households , to collect quantifiable personal histories , and also to gather informal data through his established contacts . |
| 11 | US prepares to clamp down on wild bird trade |
| 12 | It all seems to go back to that morning when Mrs. Millings got such a dreadful shock . " |
| 13 | It all seems to come back to that point of cost-benefit . |
| 14 | Homoeopathy also differs from the orthodox approach in that it concentrates on the body 's own inherent ability to heal itself and aims to work along with this ability , to enhance it where necessary , to seek out the basic underlying causes of an illness and to effect where possible a permanent cure . |
| 15 | ‘ And somehow it seems to fit in with this landscape too — perhaps it 's the sense of space … ’ |
| 16 | Voting was 169 to 114 , as Liberal Democrat and Labour peers joined rebel Tories to support the change to the controversial Asylum and Immigration Appeals Bill which aims to clamp down on bogus asylum claims and speed genuine applications . |
| 17 | Tonally the A2 seems to match up to any amp or processor , and although there are some lead sounds which did n't quite make it , they were closer than many processors can claim to get . |
| 18 | Enzensberger 's whole position , which seems to cry out for such examination , leads only to an overstrained nihilism . |
| 19 | It seems to arise out of overwhelming compassion for the poor widow who was in the process of burying her only son . |
| 20 | Sir Robert Mark goes on to tell us that after the prisoner 's appearance in court where , with his leg encased in plaster he was fined ‘ the customary ten shillings ’ , the violent navvy behaved like a perfect gent : Sir Robert Mark thus tries to squeeze out of this story a moral which points to the deteriorated relationship between the police and public . |
| 21 | It usually pays to get out of basic bank and building society deposit accounts , and older schemes that have now been superseded . |
| 22 | Discounting the John Major ‘ feelgood factor ’ he also expects to make up for lost sleep . |
| 23 | Suppose Mrs Bloggs is ill-treated by Mr Bloggs but decides to put up with this situation because of the children . |