Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My payment will be to see you in these clothes . |
| 2 | Perhaps er er another way of looking at this would be to see it in terms of rightist deviations and leftist deviations and one might see erm the er the moderate policies er of thirty seven to forty nine i in a sense as being erm a rightist deviation , one might see forty six forty seven as being leftist deviations and the left is seeking to overcome rightist deviations , the right seeking to overcome leftist deviations and you 've got some kind of oscillation between the two . |
| 3 | However , a more practical way of looking at D dorian would be to compare it to D major . |
| 4 | The best thing for this chap would be to caution him for this offence . |
| 5 | The policy seems to be to segregate us from the Chinese as regards eating , sleeping travel , etc. as much as possible , but mainly for our own comfort , so that we can enjoy a higher standard of life than the Chinese themselves could expect . |
| 6 | For my first as I put down in my erm blurb before , will be to meet you in small or large groups throughout the Euro constituency , and see what you can do to help me and to convince you erm that I will be a a good campaign leader , a good candidate . |
| 7 | She wanted to watch him and then say something to find out how hard it would be to retrieve him from such self-preservation . |
| 8 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
| 9 | The best precaution would be to deposit them with the bank . |
| 10 | A common answer would be to fit it into some form of the practical syllogism : |
| 11 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |
| 12 | If you do not know what documents you have and how they relate to one another , your priority should be to put them in order rather than to transfer them to an electronic system . |
| 13 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 14 | His primary task in the short term would be to mobilize it for the regional elections in March . |
| 15 | The ‘ aim should be to use them for purposes compatible with the Green Belt as set out in Circular 14/84 which can include institutional uses ’ . |
| 16 | The best solution may be to leave them with the society . |
| 17 | I think the best thing there would be to leave it for a week , |
| 18 | ‘ What fun it would be to send it to that silly old Boldwood ! ’ laughed Liddy . |
| 19 | now if we 've got a tap handy probably the best thing would be to run it under the cold tap and that hopefully would take away any dirt and extra bits and pieces that are stuck around it . |
| 20 | Thus the government rejected the argument that the best way to improve the long-run viability of the industry would be to restructure it by merging the two leading manufacturers . |
| 21 | The longer they had in order to establish this bit of coast as an aristocratic retreat , the easier it would be to turn it into a fashionable resort when time and money offered . |
| 22 | Your job will be to place it on the barbecue and keep it turned . |
| 23 | In Britain the only consensus has appeared to be to regard him as an embarrassment . |
| 24 | The trouble was going to be to stop them from getting over-enthusiastic . |
| 25 | If your debtor has money and no legitimate excuse for not paying what he owes you , the only solution may be to take him to court . |
| 26 | I vaguely remember dreaming about Verity 's jeans that night ; how graphically , geographically tight they were and how wonderful it must be to take them off her . |
| 27 | Perhaps the thing to do would be to translate it into French and back again . |
| 28 | The best method would be to attach it to cardboard or hardboard . |
| 29 | " " The simplest course , " said El-ahrairah , " will be to prove it to you . |