Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Each knows the weaknesses in its own and in the other approaches and therefore debates between them tend to result in predictable discussions within a well-trodden terrain .
2 Then everyone starts to believe in this group .
3 It 's what everyone has to do at some time — it 's called taking responsibility for yourself .
4 I suppose everyone has to keep to some sort of rule .
5 I agree with Roulet that everyone has to fight for equal conditions , and then we are happy to share .
6 I do n't know , maybe the time was better for making music than it is now , there was less touring , not this hysterical feeling that everyone needs to jump from one place to another , or the lure of too many good orchestras — maybe it 's true that there are now more good orchestras than good conductors .
7 There are many clinical features in common among these treponematoses and some of them appear to go through similar stages and periods of latency .
8 ‘ I do n't know ’ , the Dowager Countess leaned close to Lucille , ‘ why some of them bother to dress at all !
9 Do I want to teach after all ? ’ and this is because of what the others say to you , the more experienced teachers .
10 Do I want to go to this wonderful balloon festival ?
11 So what I intend to do from this week is that very thing , try and fill in as it were and er make up for what was n't covered in the classes because I must admit that this year I 've been struck by the high st high standard of the class presentations .
12 What I intend to do in this column is to explore and explain rhythm in its purest sense — from the point of view of notation , theory and practical application .
13 In November 1868 he had written to Rohde : " I intend to get through all the business of habilitation by Easter [ sc .
14 ‘ It means , simply , that I intend to look for another job . ’
15 I intend to concentrate on two issues in the Queen 's Speech — the commitment to continue to prepare for the privatisation of the British Railways Board and the commitment to introduce a new council tax and to establish a review of local government structure in England .
16 I intend to change to another firm of solicitors , so naturally I 'll want to settle with you .
17 Bradshaw was the only man I met to laugh at twenty-foot waves .
18 I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down .
19 I got to hear of several healers , but there was one in particular towards whom I was subtly steered .
20 I got to think about this on my own .
21 I got to think about this .
22 Then I got to work with some hard green soap I 'd found beside the sink , washed my make-up off as best I could , examined my face by the light of the torch in the little mirror hanging there , then tucked myself in .
23 The first opportunity I got to look at this stuff is on Sunday on the library
24 I expected to bump into young Darius or someone .
25 I expected to pay for twin-lens versatility with loss of picture quality , but this was n't the case at all .
26 You 've also got yourself on my bad side ; since I hate to fail on any assignment , your survival yesterday was most irritating . ’
27 ‘ If needs be , and I hate to stoop to this , I can take steps to override your obstruction , from which you might find it difficult to recover ! ’
28 For more delicate greenstuff and for the fruity veg I tend to turn to olive oil .
29 You can do too much of this if you are not careful and as I tend to paint with sharp stabby strokes it can be a fault with me to look rather bitty .
30 I tend to listen to odd things they do but not in any depth .
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