Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caine was filming in London with Sidney Poitier , and once or twice a week they would take it in turns to treat each other to a decent meal . |
| 2 | No young man offers to carry this burden for her . |
| 3 | And he longs to meet this woman 's need . |
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| 6 | Firstly , she needs to carry some weight to maintain her power . |
| 7 | Having sorted out his long game he just needs to acquire more consistency around the green . |
| 8 | Every fieldworker needs to acquire some insight into the basic infrastructure of the society he is studying . |
| 9 | Now it wants to stimulate more investment by reducing the bureaucracy and allowing foreigners to have a controlling interest in hotel and tourist developments . |
| 10 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 11 | Mr Allen has said he wants to see that percentage double by the mid-1990s . |
| 12 | Nobody wants to see that flow become a trickle . |
| 13 | Lynne wants to see more workplace creches available and believes Labour offers the best policies for mums but questions how they will pay for some of their ideas . |
| 14 | And there is also the crucial issue of political financing which we 've heard about already this morning , and which is such a vexed question in French Spanish , and Italian politics now everybody wants to see more money coming from an expanded , er , political membership . |
| 15 | The new chairman of the physics committee , Professor Michael Hart of Kings College , London , wants to see more representation of mainstream physics at the highest levels within the SERC — especially on the council itself . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's time we had an outstanding international , ’ said the English coach who , without any sour grapes after Wales 's win at Cardiff , desperately wants to see some back play , sadly missing in most of the Five Nations games so far . |
| 17 | What 's more , Bishop is n't in it just for the money , he wants to see some blood spilt — even that of his friends … |
| 18 | ‘ Cumbria is rugby league mad and everyone wants to see this match . |
| 19 | One has to acknowledge that homelessness is not merely a housing problem but is also a social problem , which requires not merely money but an approach to discourage and prevent young people from becoming homeless . |
| 20 | ‘ The point of law referred for consideration by the court is : in order for a person to commit an offence under section 1(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 does the computer which the person causes to perform any function with the required intent have to be a different computer to the one into which he intends to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held there ? |
| 21 | ‘ In order for a person to commit an offence under section 1(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 does the computer which the person causes to perform any function with the required intent have to be a different computer from the one into which he intends to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held therein ? |
| 22 | Inevitably there is a certain amount of routine in everyone 's life and the person who lives alone also needs to establish some routine , no matter how tempting it may be to lead an unfettered existence , particularly if it is the first time you have lived on your own . |
| 23 | So she has to find another way of providing music for the midnight service . |
| 24 | I wonder if she has yet worked out that for every douse she has to pull less load ; probably not , or she would be pissing on the wood . |
| 25 | The transport secretary thinks Britain needs more roads , and therefore wants to extract more money from road-users . |
| 26 | He has to bear some responsibility for what happened . ’ |
| 27 | If because risk had passed to him the buyer has to bear some loss , it follows that he is not excused from carrying out the contract . |
| 28 | He has this advantage , but set against it he has to accept that management charges and corporation tax will be charged against trust income . |
| 29 | In looking back at the department 's achievements , one has to accept that reorganisation which Judy and Simon have already referred to , has because of its sheer scale and impact on N C V O been something of an abiding preoccupation over the past twelve to eighteen months . |
| 30 | While Robyn is getting up , and getting ready for the day , thinking mostly about the nineteenth-century industrial novels on which she has to lecture this morning , I will tell you about Charles , and other salient facts of her biography . |