Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Intended to induce a feeling of nostalgia in the shopper ( and a subsequent loosening of their purse ) it only induces in me a feeling of nausea . |
| 32 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |
| 33 | It consists of a massive foundation , 1.8 m ( 6 ft ) deep and 9.7 by 10.3 m ( 32 by 34 ft ) , enclosing an irregular space about 4.3 by 4.9 m ( 14 by 16 ft ) , and clearly intended to support a superstructure of some weight . |
| 34 | ‘ Woman with a heavy period , demanding to see a gynaecologist before she bleeds to death . |
| 35 | It came after Benn failed to attend a press conference at London 's Bloomsbury Crest Hotel to publicise his WBC super-middlewight title defence against Nicky Piper at Alexandra Palace on Saturday . |
| 36 | Mrs Allsopp failed to attend a meeting last night of the Parish Council , of which she 's chairman . |
| 37 | You may be using some particular part in the spreadsheet that you consider to be unusual , er you may want to include a page reference , so that er , you can understand it again |
| 38 | Even the smallest plot will have sufficient room for a small table and chairs , You may also want to include a barbecue . |
| 39 | If it is intended to issue a photograph with the press release , e.g. of an exhibition , or the Chairman opening/previewing the exhibition ; this should be arranged through the Regional Information Office . |
| 40 | When people employ a builder to repair their house , they will probably want to agree a price beforehand . |
| 41 | Roger Manvell 's The Film and the Public , published in 1955 , still held Brief Encounter in very high esteem , placing it in a chapter rather disingenuously called ‘ A miscellany of films ’ but which is clearly intended to signify a pantheon of cinematic greats . |
| 42 | I was fascinated to see a friend train her horses so that she could pick up and clean out front and hind feet from the same side , working in order of near fore , off fore , near hind , off hind . |
| 43 | ‘ I do n't want to lose a moment of the time I 'm allowed to visit you , ’ I said . |
| 44 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
| 45 | Does anybody want to see a teddy bear ? |
| 46 | ‘ And we did n't want to see a team of scriptwriters messing around with our characters . |
| 47 | Sure you do n't want to see a dentist just to make sure it 's all right ? |
| 48 | No I do n't want to see a dentist . |
| 49 | Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge . |
| 50 | John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in . |
| 51 | It 's very difficult indeed to pin people down , quite rightly so , I mean , you do n't immediately want to see a scapegoat or something like that . |
| 52 | ‘ Would you prefer to wait a moment , to collect your thoughts and prepare yourself spiritually ? ’ asked the ambience . |
| 53 | So , for example , in ex parte Johnson one analysis of the speech of Lord Roskill would suggest that material was examined to confirm a construction of a statutory provision which had already been firmly reached . |
| 54 | On Sept. 17 the same leaders met the Public Security Minister , Ismaila Nimaga , after which they agreed to suspend a rally planned for the following day . |
| 55 | US Secretary of State James Baker and Israel 's ambassador to the USA Zalman Shoval met for a third round of talks in Washington on Feb. 21 but failed to arrange a compromise agreement on the terms of Israel 's request for loan guarantees worth US$10,000 million to be used for the absorption of new Jewish immigrants . |
| 56 | When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash . |
| 57 | They are strongly placed to agree a Code of Practice to protect those with HIV infection . |
| 58 | I must confess that I would prefer to see a pigtail with an earring rather than the traditional civil service bowler hat . |
| 59 | In this way , the discourse is argumentative in both senses of the term : arguments are given to bolster a conclusion and these arguments are justifications against the potential criticism of being irrational . |
| 60 | Oliver said : ‘ Look , you do n't want to treat a thing like this too lightly . |