Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This desire that can not find its name ( though it would dare speak it , if it could ) is pleasurable . |
| 32 | Who would dare attack us here ? |
| 33 | In regga a producer frequently utilises the same backing track for several different vocals , but only Steely & Clevie would dare let them all play at once on a dub , allowing several different melodies to fight it out for dominance of a different rhythm . |
| 34 | She asked , knowing the importance of the question , knowing , too , that only she would dare ask it , ‘ Will you be very disappointed if you do n't get the job ? ’ |
| 35 | The challenge was to plan and implement a strategy which would help give them jobs , to ensure that potential employers were aware of this trained workforce and knew how to gain access to it . |
| 36 | The mild drug in the liquid would help calm him — would make him sleep until the shock of his ordeal had passed . |
| 37 | Anyway , I 'd been staying with them in darkest Kensington , at Mr Gibbon 's very grand , three-storeyed town-house in Ascot Square , just off Addison Road , and working at a branch of Mondo-Food on Victoria Street ( they were trying a new line in Haggisburgers at the time and the manager thought my accent would help shift them . |
| 38 | The young Principal , with a tact that would help ensure he remained a ‘ high flyer ’ , had suggested that he should take first luncheon if that were agreeable to the Minister , and had disappeared . |
| 39 | All the clan from six to sixty were up on the hill before dawn , ready to drive the deer that would help feast them . |
| 40 | Against this , as we saw , the existentialists argued that rather than making futile attempts to " eliminate " the problem one should subject it to a different type of treatment that would help place it in a proper philosophical perspective , and this was correct as far as it went . |
| 41 | Jennie told Katharine to ask and then give , which would help soften him — and it did . |
| 42 | We knew that Frank got on better with us than he had with his fellow countrymen and hoped that being with us would help bring him back to himself . |
| 43 | He was duly reprimanded for his arrogance , providing him years later with another memory that would help make him a sympathetic captain . |
| 44 | Quite simply , such an additional demand for the currencies concerned would help keep them at a higher level , with a consequent reduction in their export surpluses . |
| 45 | Asquith ‘ rather took for granted ’ , Stamfordham confided to the Archbishop of Canterbury , ‘ that the Conservatives would help keep him in office , although without any agreement ’ . |
| 46 | His church urgently needs repair , and compulsory membership fees would help keep it out of debt . |
| 47 | That will do thank you . |
| 48 | It 's forty years old and will set you back five and a half thousand pounds — but for that you can be sure no-one will dare cut you up on the motorway . |
| 49 | Nobody will dare touch me . |
| 50 | Denis Smith says it was an interesting game and his team played well … it was a hard game … but after four defeats it was just the result they wanted and will help build them up for the rest of the season |
| 51 | But you will have an opportunity to talk to another adult and this will help remind you that you have just as much to offer as anyone else . |
| 52 | She says a massage will help loosen you up and get the blood flowing normally and warm up those aching muscles . |
| 53 | Giving the mother a small job to do in the same room as the child during the meal will help distract her . |
| 54 | The Oxford oar presented as a momento , will help bail him out of any troubled waters he 's yet to encounter . |
| 55 | Garlic will help protect you and peppermint tea will help soothe a churning stomach . |
| 56 | A non-slip mat will help prevent her sliding around . |
| 57 | Whatever your skin type , Pond 's Creams will help maintain it in peak condition . |
| 58 | That will help insure you do not go into debt due to unforeseen , but inevitable , emergencies . |
| 59 | A little moss on the surface will help keep them damp , but not too damp . |
| 60 | Goals will help keep you motivated and make you want to run , and they 'll also help you plan a specific , personalised training programme . |