Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb infin] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The feelings may be imagined of the pupil who rashly let fall a slighting reference to Sohrab and Rustum , to be answered by Lewis 's brandishing an old regimental sword of his brother 's which stood in the corner of his room and shouting , ‘ The sword must settle this ! ’ |
| 2 | The parents do contribute an awful lot to the superego but they do n't seem to contribute everything , and the superego remember , is formed by the ego through an active process of identification internalization and there the ego itself is , is a factor and I think mentioned this . |
| 3 | ‘ I do feel a profound antipathy to firing any type of gun inside a ship I 'm piloting , ’ the Navigator said loftily . |
| 4 | But in so far as such voters may have their partisanship reinforced the trends do present a major hurdle to the election of a Labour government . |
| 5 | But this image of autonomy and of the self can be threatening , too , to women who do have a strong allegiance to feminism ; and the threat intersects with assumptions that have been made in some feminist discourse about who is or is not ‘ really ’ a feminist . |
| 6 | but in the very unlikely , very unlikely er position whereby Norfolk are absolutely adamantly oppose our proposals then as Mr said it 's very difficult for us to build in , in neighbouring authority , there is however one procedure left to us and that of course will be for us to meet in private act of Parliament , well that is er almost unthinkable , but we do have a final resort to that with a , in many ways the problems in Brandon have to be resolved by , by doing a bypass and if in the end we have to do that I 'm sure that |
| 7 | ‘ I do have a casual attitude to everything , yeah , that 's true . |
| 8 | Although airport taxes are not levied against passengers using Heathrow , some airports overseas do impose a nominal charge to be paid locally , which is NOT included in your holiday price . |
| 9 | The eggs of these parasites are voided in the faeces , and the resulting larvae do represent a slight risk to human health , because they may cause the disease known as toxocariasis . |
| 10 | ‘ You do extend a prodigious welcome to ghosts . ’ |
| 11 | A familiar example is the professor who assures a reporter that scientists can not say ‘ exactly ’ how large a part genes play in deter mining IQ , as if to criticise those who do assign a numerical weight to heritability . |
| 12 | Well , I suppose the Old Harry Rocks do bear a slight resemblance to the Needles , but I forgave him when I went up on deck and saw that Vigilant 's motor boat was following the yacht into Poole and had confirmed our proper position with Southampton . |