Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you know as well as I do that you want to go a great deal further than that . ’ |
| 2 | She says it 's hard work having to think of other ways of getting around — having always to take into consideration the bus timetables — I ca n't arrange to meet friends unless there 's a bus at that time and coming home — leaving the pubs — I have to drink up quickly if I want to catch the last bus home . |
| 3 | Scottish salmon farmers want to create an international organisation artificially to maintain the production and price of their product ( your report , 12 February ) . |
| 4 | But if I want to play the odd tournament here and there , I will . |
| 5 | Why , for instance , would two individuals want to form a legal marriage instead of simply cohabiting ? |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a good thing you 're such a chaste little man-hater , Virginia , because the trouble is I want to do a whole lot more than just kiss you … ’ |
| 7 | The realisation made her want to study the other woman closely , and , covertly , she was able to do so , as Marise and Faye were soon involved in a discussion of the modern Japanese sculpture exhibition which had recently opened at the art gallery . |
| 8 | Now Bernard , if you really want to have a wee drink tonight love , I 'll drive home . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to have a full career here and I could n't think of a better way to do that . |
| 10 | Now okay , I know what you mean by saying yes , you want to get the higher price everywhere . |
| 11 | We expect to have an important debate tomorrow afternoon on the 20 per cent . |
| 12 | Well you do know th th that you 're saying that they want to make a particular point strongly and er that that might involve erm an elephant in of bad taste in order to make it striking and to make people look at it and think about it . |
| 13 | Want to make an early start tomorrow . ’ |
| 14 | For example , edges tend to activate the visual system more than areas of uniform brightness . |
| 15 | A SUSPICIOUS car dealer foiled a Provisional IRA plot to plant the biggest bomb ever in London . |
| 16 | ‘ many retailers use EPoSS to replenish a perpetual inventory automatically . |
| 17 | The researchers hope to make the new material more like elephant tusk by streaking it and roughening the texture . |
| 18 | Maufe imported Dutch brick under instruction from the Dutch Mr Detterding and set it round the flints , which were ‘ knapped ’ , that is , cut to make a smooth face rather than left whole . |
| 19 | Some of the four million annual visitors seem to find the mere ascent insufficiently fulfilling . |
| 20 | The Royals seem to use the royal yacht purely for privileged leisure cruising — at our vast expense . |
| 21 | Sanipet certainly seem to have a promising future ahead of them . |
| 22 | In fact , you can just get on and off them a few times and they never seem to register the same thing twice ! |
| 23 | Speeches like Bob Giles ' are all very well but they tend to obliterate the cool thinking so necessary by those who hold positions of trust . |
| 24 | Both groups follow Foucault to the extent that they neither propose , nor utilize , a general theory of history as such ; but unlike Foucault they simply tend to shelve the whole problem so as to avoid its theoretical difficulties . |
| 25 | I like to try a different pace very year to see what it 's like . |
| 26 | But his new owners intend to keep the porky Casanova away from the young female pigs . |
| 27 | The Industrial Research Associations began with such a function in the inter-war period and continue to play a similar role today . |
| 28 | I suppose fresh meat is better but you 're only suppose to keep a certain time anyway even in the freezer . |
| 29 | Again , when you do let it run free , try to choose a quiet spot away from people as much as possible . |
| 30 | Cultivations , with a two-to five-year rotation in many areas , attempt to leave the inverted turf fairly intact and are relatively shallow , to avoid exposing the loose subsoils to wind erosion . |