Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
2 | In any case , there was not enough time left for me to go that way to look for him . |
3 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
4 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
5 | Is not that why everyone has good reason to know that Tory Governments mean higher VAT ? |
6 | The chairman will also have to organize the panel during the interview , making sure that everyone has sufficient time to ask their questions but without allowing the process to get out of hand and overrun . |
7 | I asked this housemaster to develop this further . |
8 | And of course the third group of students write and say , ‘ Yes , I applied last year to do Biology , I want to do it , and I 'm really clear I want to do it . ’ |
9 | So they should , and when the list of necessities is securely written down , you can ask the second question : How do I want this garden to feel ? |
10 | Proposals I announced last month to create 12 new environmentally sensitive areas will more than treble the area covered . |
11 | Erm I mean one way to do it of course is to say that none of our water 's fit for drinking , and you all get bottled water then would n't you . |
12 | And it was a little later that same night that his lordship said with some gravity , shaking his head : ‘ I fought that war to preserve justice in this world . |
13 | At least Hobbes was consistent for , as Berkeley noted , ‘ Matter once allow 'd , I defy any man to prove God is not matter ’ . |
14 | Her breasts swing in a way I defy any artist to capture in paint . |
15 | Now I make enough money to pay others to help at home and queue for me . |
16 | He checks I got enough money to buy the string , and then I go off . |
17 | Er , and I expect that margin to continue rising and be much higher again next year , so the medicine is working there . |
18 | ‘ Whenever I stand in the middle of a big field , ’ she said , ‘ I expect some harpy to come flying at me with a hockey stick . |
19 | He complained , not at length : ‘ This was the first time , and except one , the last , that I found any reason to complain of a Scotish [ sic ] table , and such disappointments , I suppose , must be expected in every country , where there is no great frequence of travellers . ’ |
20 | Well for the first few days I found enough energy to take an occasional dip in the pool and play a leisurely game of bowls . |
21 | Every few minutes I found some reason to stop : to take off my sweater , to put on my robe , to change from boots to training-shoes and back again , to eat some oats , to take my temperature , to redistribute the load inside the lockers and , when I had no other excuse , simply to rest . |
22 | I want each song to have its own distinct personality , and that window is my chance to take the listener on a little ‘ Marty Trip ’ and let them listen to what I 'm trying to say in that particular song . |
23 | Alright , and I 'll talk about , well , the lesson finishes at twelve , so if you have about a quarter of an hour , twenty minutes on that , then what I want each group to have someone who will report back on what the group 's been talking about in the next twenty minutes or so . |
24 | ‘ I want that meeting to happen before an election , ’ said Dr Kumar . |
25 | ‘ I want some time to think about what you have told me . |
26 | Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking . |
27 | ( I am reminded of a passage in a book by Doris Lessing , where she says : ‘ I want this court to condemn Volyen utterly , root and branch , for failing to instruct its young in the rules that its own psychologists and anthropologists have extracted from research and study : for failing to arm its youth with information that would enable it — the youth — to resist being swept away with any system of ideas that happens to be available ’ . ) |
28 | I think to have a specific goal in mind like ‘ OK , I want this song to make someone feel sad ’ is useless . |
29 | I want this Parliament to continue to be the forum of our nation and I believe that the vast majority of our people share my wish . |
30 | I want this voyage to last forever . |