Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Most people tend to gather at the track and do the group session , without even stopping to think what the training effect is doing to their body , or how they are going to progress next week , or the week after . ’ |
| 2 | We do appreciate the efforts you make to come to the meeting and in case you were worried the bar will be open in the Oak Room now . |
| 3 | Their problem is their flower buds tend to swell in the winter and can be damaged by frost or winds . |
| 4 | So I say erm ‘ Hey , what about you ? ’ , so he said ‘ I want to go into the church and pray and ask to be forgiven ’ . |
| 5 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |
| 6 | ‘ I want to go to a party and Mum wo n't let me . |
| 7 | ‘ Want to go to a club and see some damage done ? ’ |
| 8 | I 've just spent six months in Cottonvale and I mean its degrading , I mean cos your locked up in a cell from eight o'clock at night till six o'clock in the morning and your not got any toilet facilities you 've got to use a potty if you want to go to the toilet and it is degrading , I mean there 's people in there , well I was a first offender the first time I was in , but I mean there 's people in there seventeen year old that have n't a clue about life in general and it is degrading for them . |
| 9 | She said : ‘ Too many people want to go to the festival and we have just not got the space to accommodate them . ’ |
| 10 | You want to go across the grass and you 'll hit a path which goes left up there , past those houses . |
| 11 | Finally , decide which learning points you want to implement in the future and work out an action plan which covers : |
| 12 | Tory vice-chairman Andrew Mitchell has written to all candidates asking if they want to remain on the list and requesting a new CV . |
| 13 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 14 | Yeah , well it 's just different directors have different things they want to emphasise in a play and if they want to bring something home or they think that using a certain well like say the way the people are dressed and everything will will have more of an impact , you know will |
| 15 | Some want to invest in the island and get some kind of tourism going . ’ |
| 16 | Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work ! |
| 17 | You could argue that some of them work outside the home because they have to , for financial reasons , but I think it 's indisputable that a ever-growing number want to work outside the home and I think it 's very important that they should be allowed the scope to do so . |
| 18 | ‘ In general terms we want to work with the industry and do our best to build a scheme based on existing systems . |
| 19 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 20 | Residents who want to participate in a group and share their experiences may find it easier if residential staff are not present , so that frankness can be risked . |
| 21 | Chairman , the last speech was really explaining what I want to get over the fact that so many people want to talk on the issue and to complicate the issue . |
| 22 | Now the Conservatives want to sell off the building and develop part of the land . |
| 23 | They expect to sell to a developer and move into a modern bungalow on 13 acres less than a mile away . |
| 24 | We forget to listen to the tone and the expression which are used , and these are vital because we tend to use words in a fraudulent manner . |
| 25 | Okay if you just sort of like think of a vague title which sums up what the things are which you want to cover in the essay and if you get it to me by Monday then that that 'll be quite good . |
| 26 | I want to look like a racehorse and have long hair and Jim , that 's what I want . |
| 27 | ‘ There seems to be a small minority in Cleveland who want to stick by the rule and are blinkered in their view . |
| 28 | Also , if you want to run through the programming and check , remember that this too will take memory to preform , approximately the same amount of memory as the pattern itself is taking , so be very careful to make your calculations before transferring many large pattern sections . |
| 29 | You can alter the numbers by : - 1 ) Highlighting the part you want to change with the mouse and typing in the new value ( the old value is automatically deleted ) . |
| 30 | Getting the couple to write down targets , stating what they want to change in the marriage and negotiating these targets , can be an effective way of improving the situation Likewise , the therapeutic techniques for overcoming sexual problems often involve a graded series of targets towards improving performance and technique one stage at a time . |