Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [noun] with [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the Socialists are tactful and want to win favour with the centre-right , there will be no clean-out in June .
2 ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind .
3 Labour will be trusted with power if we show we want to share power with the people .
4 I want to take issue with the idea that children are in any simple sense appropriating gender roles from the texts they consume , and argue instead that we should pay more attention to the social process which structure gendered readings .
5 The event might not have any obvious long-term adverse significance and may in fact have seemingly positive rather than negative features , such as the reappearance and request to renew contact with a lover with whom a person had had an intense relationship a few years earlier .
6 ‘ I suppose I like to shock people with the power of illusion ’ .
7 But because they refused for one reason or another to dis you know to have talks with the press or television or the ministers , whoever , I think they they burnt their boats .
8 As soon attempt to slice water with a sword , or chop up the sea .
9 Intensive intermediate treatment programmes , for example , typically attempt to confront offenders with the consequences and social unacceptability of their offending in the hope that they will decide to change their attitudes towards offending .
10 By the use of the ratchet , the investors agree to share success with the management .
11 Some filopodia simply fail to make contact with the wall and are withdrawn .
12 All these courses therefore aim to familiarise participants with a range of issues and to provide practical help for situations they face in their day-to-day teaching .
13 Input/Tim Radford We come to hit hypocrites with a brick , not to praise them .
14 Although we tend to associate cranberries with the US , they are also a Scandinavian tradition .
15 We have to establish contact with the kidnappers and try to exchange something , even if it is just information .
16 On arrival home they find their house has been destroyed by fire ( how writer David Renwick manages to get a laugh out of this has to be seen to be believed ) and they then have to do battle with the insurance company .
17 Only regulations 9 , 10 and 11 have a legal requirement for record keeping but Martin Newell , of the CIA 's COSHH guidance task force , believes that well kept records will prove to be a useful source of epidemiological data , as well as an invaluable resource to companies who may find they need to demonstrate compliance with the regulations as a result of litigation .
18 ‘ No , I need to have words with a friend of mine who 's got a car before I do anything else .
19 ‘ We need to realign tours with the World Cup … we really need to think about the demands on players .
20 Where I have to take issue with the LTA , however , is over its decision to increase prize money for 1992 by 20 per cent from $500,000 to $600,000 , which will be exactly double the minimum requirement from tournaments in the same category on the ATP Tour , for 1993 .
21 Bad enough to feel the way she did , let alone have to spend time with a man who treated her as if she 'd just crawled from under a stone .
22 have to make cars with the steering wheel one side or the other .
23 I need to make arrangements with the travel agents as soon as possible , so please let me know whether you will be joining us .
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