Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exceptionally , if a government underestimates the strength of opposition amongst its own backbenchers , or fails to anticipate the extent of opposition in the other House , it may be necessary to modify a bill or even have an amendment forced upon it . |
| 2 | " Only if you 're trying to catch a duke and your mother was a washerwoman , your father a baker . |
| 3 | Sneezy was Robin Cook ( ‘ he 's going to catch a cold when he finds you can not solve all problems by throwing money at them ’ ) and Dopey , You Know Who . |
| 4 | We went to bed — she was going to catch a plane and Dad said it was too late for us to go to the airport . |
| 5 | Or we may be determined to catch a horse that does n't want to be caught ; and if we feel it strongly enough , the horse seems to feel our determination too , and suddenly stops running away from us and agrees to being haltered . |
| 6 | I gave her a rope , and told her to catch a horse and join the others who were cut off from the camp . |
| 7 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 8 | You see , ’ he leaned back in his chair , ‘ here in the chateau , Dacourt and the rest of his staff know you wish to catch a spy but , so far , little information has been passed to the Luciferi . |
| 9 | It shows hunt followers sending in a terrier to catch a fox that had taken refuge in a drain . |
| 10 | I mean what 's what 's the similarity between trying to catch a fox and trying to write a poem ? |
| 11 | ‘ He was in a hurry to catch a train and went straight to the platform , fully intending to buy a ticket on the train or at his destination , ’ the spokesman said . |
| 12 | A stressful situation , such as having to catch a train or make a speech , might make a normal person 's stomach churn a little , but in the IBS sufferer it can provoke a violent attack of diarrhoea . |
| 13 | Few of us in our modern life-styles experience this , and the nearest many of us get to exercise is the short , puffed run to catch a train or bus . |
| 14 | If you 're going to catch a train or a |
| 15 | During one incident a thief actually climbed through a window to pinch a cashbox and , another time , a drunk was found asleep in the office . |
| 16 | And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it . |
| 17 | And then I can ah well I 'll try a I do n't know whether to try a mouse or a MyMouse . |
| 18 | Both were rootedly masculine in their view of life ; both ardent moralists ; both , as sages , contrived to attract a following that could be independent of all considerations of religion and politics . |
| 19 | I will be writing to the company proprietor to request a refund and look forward to hearing your comments on the matter . |
| 20 | If Mr Major lost his majority and could not do a deal with another party , would he be entitled as Prime Minister to request a dissolution and a second election ? |
| 21 | It was agreed by a single vote to defer a decision until consultations with clubs booked for weekend activities until the middle of December . |
| 22 | Sir Edmond had been the first of the Goldsmiths to found a School but his example was soon followed . |
| 23 | All in all , there is not enough here to found a conclusion that the debtor has an arguable counterclaim for damages for negligence . |
| 24 | Although doubt has been cast on that finding by the results of the national survey ( see Parker 1982 : 90 ) , McGoldrick and Cooper 's research was conducted after the national survey and it has helped to encourage a view that attitudes towards early retirement are changing significantly and that it is being regarded more and more favourably by older workers ( see for example , House of Commons Select Committee on Social Services 1982 ) . |
| 25 | Granting a monopoly was the easiest way for the monarch to encourage a trade or an industry , and was also a way to reward courtiers , who did not get salaries and hoped for substantial favours of just this sort . |
| 26 | The aim is to encourage a process that has already started : a shift of labour-intensive manufacturing away from Singapore to its lower-cost neighbours . |
| 27 | The state 's involvement offers crucial protection , since failure to accept a coin or tampering with it in some way , like making a forgery , then is regarded as a crime against the state , and serious penalties including execution have frequently been normal for such activities . |
| 28 | He also wants the Palestinians to accept a compromise and agree to return to the talks in Washington in April . |
| 29 | To acknowledge any such standard would be , in effect , to accept a principle that might lead to a lesser religious or other liberty , if not to a loss of freedom altogether to advance many of one 's spiritual ends . |
| 30 | Against both Yeovil and Scarborough we are prepared to accept a David and Goliath situation in which everyone is pulling for little David . ’ |