Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some transracial adopters may prefer to isolate themselves from the cultural background and ethnic origin of their child because it is easier in the short run to escape conflicts . |
| 2 | Sometimes you may want to reach everyone on the list , but more often you will only be using certain sections or even picking out a dozen or so specialist outlets . |
| 3 | You may wish to leave your monthly transfer at the same amount ; or you may want to amend it in the light of an increase in the cost of living or changes in your expenditure plans . |
| 4 | You may need to adjust it at the centre on long pieces since the ends tend to pull rather tightly to start with . |
| 5 | The local enterprise companies in Scotland would want to consider the matter , although I doubt whether at this stage we should want to regard it as the responsibility of the LECs to give individual support or subsidy to people seeking such a qualification . |
| 6 | I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land , wielding an axe against some giant tree . |
| 7 | All right , I 'll put a sling on that arm , and if the pain gets worse you must promise to take yourself to the hospital . ’ |
| 8 | The speaker in the afternoon was Sue Beardon , of Voluntary Action-Leeds , and she helped delegates understand what they must do to prepare themselves for the new ways of working . |
| 9 | Do n't you think that maybe it was just a teeny-weeny bit curious or stupid or disgusting that Morrissey should choose to wrap himself in the flag ? |
| 10 | In the front hall — in case any burglar should choose to throw himself through the fireproof glass in the window or slice through the mortise lock with a flame gun — was a selection of things to trip over . |
| 11 | I should like to thank everyone in the Division for all the hard work which has gone into making 1990 a year of significant progress . |
| 12 | yeah , we should have to put you on the book |
| 13 | His agent , Giles Gordon of Sheil Land , had reacted to the sight of the manuscript with alarm , but was won around by reading it : ‘ He said that perhaps it should be cut a bit , but that we should aim to keep it to the same kind of scale . ’ |
| 14 | But when he asks why it is not cleaned out , he is told that the man of the house is in no humour for it , after the fourteen hours of his day 's labour , and that there is in any case no water for the purpose since the poor must pay to fetch it up the hill . |
| 15 | After reading your December/January issue of Tennis World , I felt I must write to thank you for the article entitled ‘ Agassi — A Coach 's Dream ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Drive slow , Max , drive slow , ’ she urged , anxious that none of her friends walking to the meeting should fail to notice her in the darkness . |
| 17 | Comforts and consolations may appear to wean us from the gifts to the Giver . |
| 18 | ‘ But knowing the little person he is , he 'll want to do something about the problem he has because he knows it will help other children , too . |
| 19 | One other matter before I ask the General Secretary I think our colleague might want to say something after the General Secretary . |
| 20 | You 'll need to reassure her about the reliability of your products and the good service your shop offers . |
| 21 | Erm we 'll need to isolate separately the wages on that cost Lynne because we 'll need to add it to the |
| 22 | If the three volumes had a thematic heart ( in fact their whole method defies centralisation ) one might like to see it in the dialogue of Legolas and Gimli , walking through Minas Tirith at III , 149 , and looking at the masonry . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll have to report it to the station , doctor , ’ he started . |
| 24 | I suppose I 'll have to put his in the microwave , I ca n't keep messing about like this . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'll have to invite them into the vicarage and try and dissuade them , and then when they 're stubborn you 'll have to elaborate on the Christian concept of matrimony . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll have to take you to the optician 's , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Well I 'll have to do it over the weekend . |
| 28 | Then we 'll have to tip someone on the floor . |
| 29 | ‘ But I 'm warning you , Adam , I 'll have to leave something in the Dove Trust — a bit over fifteen per cent — or I ca n't justify what I 've done . ’ |
| 30 | Unfortunately I 'm going to be busy for most of today lecturing to a group of Japanese businessmen , so I 'll have to leave you in the hands of my assistant . |