Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not , then , when I claim that the existence of God does not need to be proved , denying that we must show it to be reasonable to believe in God . |
| 2 | ‘ I should like it to be true . ’ |
| 3 | As soon as you hear the dog barking though , you must tell it to be quiet , and make it sit away from the door . |
| 4 | Most of the major advances in the social sciences over the last two centuries , including the work of Freud and Marx , should lead us to be suspicious of any equation of importance with surface , suggesting that there are other forces both historical and unconscious which underlie this arena of language and linguistically articulated intent . |
| 5 | That may teach them a lesson for kowtowing to the Germans and it should warn us to be wary of both countries . |
| 6 | But I must ask you to be patient with my navigation in these uncharted waters . |
| 7 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
| 8 | This should cause us to be cautious when we make assumptions about what children have gained from a story . |
| 9 | The brief introduction to Piaget 's ideas in Chapter 2 , and our realization that as adult readers we can not read , say , an Ordnance Survey map , a machine drawing , or art forms from cultures not our own with anything like total understanding , should cause us to be cautious and questioning when presented with these assumptions . |
| 10 | You might want it to be different again in six months ' time , or even next week — but do you love it as it is right now ? |
| 11 | As we understand more about a text 's specific historicity , how it emerged from a distinctive social embedment , we might expect it to be unavailable sometimes for current employment . |
| 12 | Thus granted institution of a rule against murder is in general felicific , we should abide by it even when individual calculation of the results of a particular murder might show it to be beneficent . |
| 13 | But I might not wish to do so because I might believe it to be wrong to buy an Italian car for one reason or another . |
| 14 | Mair ( 1990 : 155 ) adds a further observation : The most pointed example of the temporal reorientation forced by the presence of an infinitival complement clause is provided by the verb thank , which turns into its own antonym when followed by an infinitive , changing its meaning from " express gratitude for a benefit received " to " ask " — as in I 'll thank you to be quiet . |
| 15 | Oh no I think I 'd want it to be comfortable , but I 'd also want it to look well what I considered to be nice . |
| 16 | He almost made it sound as if this was something that he 'd expect her to be proud of . |
| 17 | Well the motives are to offer more choice , to provide more competition in the credit card market and a better deal for customers and , to the extent that there are prices changes , we 'd expect them to be beneficial , particularly to those who are buying with cash or debit cards rather than credit cards . |
| 18 | The eventual winners were the ever-so knowledgeable team from R & D ( well , you 'd expect them to be bright would n't you ? ) |
| 19 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 20 | Now that would be the minimum vale , but what we mean by that is the th maximum negative correlation cos if there was not correlation you 'd expect it to be zero . |
| 21 | No one could accuse them of being dead to all delight . |
| 22 | The only sensation he could equate it with was that remoteness that comes during a long run , when the lines of the play get delivered every night , but the actor 's mind is miles away , thinking about anything but the performance he is giving . |
| 23 | The Ocean is calm , so calm you could believe it to be lacquered wood rather than water and that if you were in a hurry you could leave the boat and walk to shore . |
| 24 | ‘ But if you 'd like me to be rude , I can assure you you 're the last person I wanted to bump into . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd like him to bear his rightful name , I 'd like him to be able to say which family he comes from , I 'd like him to hold his head up high in any company — but I wo n't be bounced into a sham of a marriage , not even for five minutes . |
| 26 | I 'd like them to be able to walk to school , and that 's what they could do if this school was open . |
| 27 | I 'd like her to be able to see as much as possible , without rushing . ’ |
| 28 | I 'd like it to be natural , spontaneous , not something that requires a special outfit . |
| 29 | " I 'd like it to be quiet a swell , but I 'm beginning to feel nervous . |
| 30 | I 'm expecting him shortly and I 'd like you to be present . |