Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [pers pn] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the heroin shows up in the flour , Gary wants to return it to the mob . |
| 2 | And my mum thinks a home she wants to take me to a psychiatrist or something . |
| 3 | I asked her , " Would you mind if I have a boyfriend ? " and she said " It depends " and I said " What if I said somebody wanted to take me to the pictures ? " and it was , " If a boy wants to take you to the pictures , he 's only alter one thing . |
| 4 | He told reporters he was overwhelmed by the unexpected prize and said he plans to donate it to the Prison Fellowship . |
| 5 | Just as surely God desires to lead us to a knowledge of genuine Christian fellowship , so surely must we be overwhelmed by a great general disillusionment with others , with Christians in general , and , if we are fortunate , with ourselves . |
| 6 | Looks , money , a penchant for power and a great wardrobe — they 're what it takes to make it to the top . |
| 7 | It 's sad , you know ’ — she turned about and looked at Peggy ‘ It is sad when a mother outshines a daughter , and aims to do it to the extent of trying to fascinate her son-in-law . |
| 8 | Faith is thoroughly existential , but the moment-by-moment experience is never autonomous , nor is it awash in time , for memory serves to link it to the past . |
| 9 | In Dr S 's view , the discourse of the emotional is devalued in the rest of the department , and she tries to bring it to the fore . |
| 10 | By rejecting the decreets of the Lennox court , the bailie-depute forced the litigants to incur the charges of an action in the Court of Session , or , alternatively , as Sproull was said to expect , ‘ by this means to bring them to a composition ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Sounds fine , but , well , even if Montgomery manages to raise this bomber , if he manages to cut a hole in the fuselage without blowing us all to kingdom come , if he manages to extract the atom bomb and if he manages to secure it to the Angelina 's cradle , what happens if the thing detonates before he reaches the Kásos Strait ? ’ |