Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should want to use him in a completely different context , of course … |
| 2 | The reader should resist the temptation to think of the law as a closed set of rules and principles , and should strive to see it as a setting in which the business of politics and government is carried on . |
| 3 | ‘ If I have to look at you , ’ Aunt Emily said without rancour , ‘ I should like to see you in a new dress . |
| 4 | but I should like to examine it for a little longer . |
| 5 | If there is any substance in the allegation the plaintiff must apply to join him as a defendant . |
| 6 | The cellular business remains complex and uncertain and investors should continue to view it with a healthly degree of caution . |
| 7 | At the end of the sequence , you may choose to close it with a fade out , but a straight cut to the first shot of the next sequence might be more brisk and businesslike . |
| 8 | Everyone 'll want to favour us with a well-wishing . |
| 9 | When the next version arrives , you might want to install it in a separate subdirectory ( in case it has a hidden bug ) and keep the old version for a few months . |
| 10 | Toilet seats are propped up against the wall , in the unlikely event that someone might want to buy them in a country where hygiene is pathological . |
| 11 | She 's a partner in a firm of solicitors in the High Street — well , she thought you might like to join us for a family Christmas dinner . |
| 12 | THESE questions , about men who have played an innings of 300 or more , are moderately easy , and the reader might like to tackle them without a reference book , at least to begin with . |
| 13 | We 'll have to treat it as a |
| 14 | It 's coming to the stage soon when we 'll have to put it in a building society , get some interest on it . |
| 15 | Yes , when you get a bit bigger we 'll have to take you to a pantomime and then you 'll be able to say that . |
| 16 | Or I 'll have to bash it with a rolling pin again . |
| 17 | Yeah I know , but , I 'll have to wipe it in a minute |
| 18 | Presumably I 'll have to transfer them to a separate tank first , but should it be planted or bare ? |
| 19 | ‘ If we win there before 2041 I 'll have to regard it as a bonus , ’ joked Wilkinson , frustrated at the way his players have failed to perform so often this season . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm suggesting , ’ she lied smoothly , ‘ that he may not wish to risk his career by fighting a duel , but instead might try to kill you during a battle . ’ |
| 21 | Eventually she might have to face him as a customer , across the counter of the shop . |
| 22 | Oh no , we 'll pay to keep her for a long time |
| 23 | There you are , and that 'll help to turn you into a human being . |
| 24 | You may like to compare it with a list of your own . |
| 25 | And at the end of that fifty thousand years , if that 's what it is , the populations are sufficiently different that I 'd think you 'd want to put them into a different species if — I mean how are you to know , but I mean it 's a reasonable judgement . |
| 26 | I 'd like to take it for a spin . |
| 27 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 28 | ‘ Of course I 'd like to see you with a few sheep , my lass , sheep being so close to my heart . |
| 29 | This is the BBC , and we 'd like to welcome you to a new series of Jackanory , which this year promises to bring you stories about subjects such as homosexuality and Aids . |
| 30 | I 'd like to get it to a safe place . |