Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Area Director also has power to discharge or revoke it upon the happening of specified events including a request from the applicant so to do , or where the aid has been abused , or where the applicant is in arrears with contributions , or where the applicant 's financial position improves so that he or she is able to afford to fund legal action . |
| 2 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 3 | Your right to use your ex-husband 's contributions to improve or provide you with a pension depends on your age and/or whether you remarry before the age of 60 . |
| 4 | If anyone older than you , even someone you know , tries to kiss or touch you in a way you do n't like or that confuses you , or which they say is supposed to be a secret , say NO in a very loud voice . |
| 5 | We must not disable or marginalise them in a society that increasingly seems interested only in the successful . |
| 6 | Such theories , he remarks , ‘ are not centrally concerned with literature ; indeed , they may marginalize or abandon it as a category ’ , and he instances their source in such fields as philosophy , psychology , sociology , anthropology , linguistics . |
| 7 | The general law of confidential information would impose a duty to the donors of information not to use or disclose it beyond the purposes for which it is given without consent of the donors . |
| 8 | Hindus revere nature but never feel any need to marshal or mould it into a design of their own : a banyan tree will almost be encouraged to spread its drooping creepers into the middle of any village market , or to block any backwoods track . |
| 9 | Rain had to choose whether to let him pass or lead him into the house and try to steer him away from the kitchen . |
| 10 | Those of us who live in south-east London not three miles from King 's Cross know that if we were taking our children to meet a continental train , or if we were taking elderly parents or grandparents to meet the train , we would not take them to King 's Cross , because we could not park there or get them near the platforms . |
| 11 | There are all kinds and levels of faith but only one God who will accept or reject us for the lives we live today . |
| 12 | But we do n't need or love you as an organ gone sour that stinks in the wind . |
| 13 | According to Antony the Devil came to tempt and torture him in a variety of fantastical forms from lascivious women to wild beasts . |
| 14 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 15 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 16 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 17 | She always accompanied her unpackings by such comments , always with the same indignant implication that the grocers did their best to defraud and anger her with every item . |
| 18 | They are then invited to try and throw them in a basket one at a time without looking at the value . |
| 19 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 20 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 21 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 22 | I suppose they might try and sellotape her to the walls of their cells . |
| 23 | They can decide which pathways to follow and explore them at the time they ‘ read ’ the document . |
| 24 | " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . " |
| 25 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 26 | Bullied into bathing , Theda allowed Agnes to wash her long hair for her , and acquiesced when that redoubtable dame dragged a chair outside that she might sit and dry it in the sun . |
| 27 | We 're not expecting trouble from them and we 're there to help and direct them into the areas where they can get into the ground . |
| 28 | I was going to wash the pots I 'll go and smack him round the head |
| 29 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 30 | It would be better to try and beat them at the bottom of the curve rather than when the South Africans were improving . |