Example sentences of "and [to-vb] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it is generally best to quote the nearest authority first and to allot it the most space , the other cases can be brought more casually into the discussion , as you have time . |
| 2 | Monitor evaluator to actually check and to give you the pessimistic side of everything to break everything down why it wo n't work why this should be done why that should be done instead . |
| 3 | Q : We paid for our holiday in Paphos , Cyprus , in January , but 36 hours before we were due to leave our tour operator , Saga Holidays , rang to tell us the Roman Hotel in Paphos was double-booked and to offer us the first week at another hotel which was , in our opinion , inferior . |
| 4 | Now , before speaking to that person , whether your boss or partner , ask your mentor to inspire you and to tell you the right time , to choose the right place and to give you the right words and the correct approach — and to help the other party accept what you have to say . |
| 5 | There is , however , an inevitable logic to the appropriation of her meticulously constructed image , a process which the artist was mocking as early as 1933 : ‘ … some of the gringa women are imitating me and trying to dress ‘ a la Mexicana ’ , but the poor souls only look like cabbages and to tell you the naked truth they look absolutely impossible . ' |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't wait to see shear waters again , ’ I said brightly to the Warden when he came to check that we understood about Calor gas , to remind us to boil the drinking water and to tell us the exact procedure of what to do if we fell down a cliff . |