Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A director of the discount house needs to attend personally to effect this , traditionally complete with top hat . |
| 2 | ‘ Frankenstein has to go away to make it . ’ |
| 3 | First , is the procedure that the buyer has to go through to claim the remedy a proper one from an administrative point of view , or is it designed to make it difficult or impossible in practice for the buyer to invoke the clause ? |
| 4 | Christopher has to go back to work this afternoon . |
| 5 | Erm we 're surrounded by the membership , and it 's actually me which has to go out to visit the estate agents and solicitors and such like . |
| 6 | He says that he 's only had two letters of objection and adds that he wonders how long he has to carry on to prove to some people that the crematorium is not an environmental hazard . |
| 7 | The person chosen puts his face in the frame as if he is a picture and then he has to try not to laugh as the rest tell their best jokes and make the funniest expressions . |
| 8 | Nicky has to find somewhere to live , and for that he needs money … . |
| 9 | After all , the hawks do actually eat what they catch and you can see how hard the hawk has to work just to get one square meal . |
| 10 | The driver needs to know where to drive . |
| 11 | Whoever the initiator , he or she needs to know how to help create the conditions favourable to a good working group . |
| 12 | This covers the areas Roma needs to know about to design a kitchen perfect for you — and all within your stated budget . |
| 13 | He needs to work furiously to rebuild his reputation and authority , shattered by a humiliating series of U-turns and political defeats which have all but torn asunder his party and even his Cabinet . |
| 14 | With the possible exception of Mrs Major , who has to struggle not to look cheerful at the mention of leaving 10 Downing Street , and Sir Denis Thatcher ( ’ I 'm so bloody glad we 're not doing it this time ’ ) , every good political consort must learn how to be a good loser . |
| 15 | Run to a position where your attacker has to struggle upwards to reach you , like a staircase . |
| 16 | Admittedly , one has to stoop down to smell a low shrub , but that is not such a problem for most of us as it is to struggle through to the middle of a bed . |
| 17 | If this club wants to know how to make money then it ought to listen to my boy Chester . |
| 18 | He wants to know how to get up the steps to the left of the infrared detonator . |
| 19 | A producer need not own any resources in order to engage in production ; he merely has to know where to buy resources at a price that will make it worthwhile to produce and sell the product at its attainable price . |
| 20 | So polishing becomes yet another thing that the furniture-maker has to know how to do . |
| 21 | She has to know how to deliver appropriate information to the patient , to overcome the neurological deficit which is the result of the brain damage , and to help him react in the way she wishes by producing carefully controlled movements . |
| 22 | Besides knowing that pants are meant to cover her bottom , a child has to know how to get them there . |
| 23 | Only Lauren Bacall gets the guy at the end , and she has to give in to get there . |
| 24 | In another , it 's a temporary aberration , the straight film he needs to do just to prove he can . |
| 25 | If Mr Major is to avoid the men in grey suits seeking a meeting to discuss his future , he needs to do more to restore his authority than slapping down Mr Lamont . |
| 26 | The SDP leader , Dr David Owen , supporting Mr Hurd said ‘ the answer to Mr Tebbit is , after what happened in Tiananmen Square , honour demands that this House needs to do more to sustain the prosperity and security of Hong Kong ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ He needs to run around to keep his legs short . |
| 28 | Space does not permit more than a summary of the aspects the would-be consultant needs to consider jointly to ensure both a good beginning and optimum development for such a group , and readers are therefore referred to the guidelines offered in detail elsewhere ( cf Hanko 1985/7 ) . |
| 29 | This experience of combining special make-up with puppets or models , unusual in Smith 's career , nonetheless illustrates the peculiar calling of a special-effects make-up artist , and the variety of skills he ( occasionally she ) needs or has to call on to do the job . |
| 30 | Newco needs to decide how to obtain the services , the cost of establishing new systems and whether an interim period , during which services will continue to be supplied by the vendor , is required . |