Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No disrespect to my conveyancing brethren but I would n't let them loose on a guilty plea of going the wrong way round a keep left sign . |
| 2 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 3 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 4 | The centre , which cost nearly £1.5 million to build , offers people with learning difficulties the chance to learn skills which can help them prepare for an independent life in the community . |
| 5 | One longs to give a copy each to ten assorted bus company managers ( leavened with the occasional politician and academic ) and make them wait on a cold dark wet night in a vandalised bus shelter for an unpredictable R registered banger . |
| 6 | Our main purpose in life is to make people aware of the problem , to make them think of their own vulnerability and responsibility and make them act in a safe and sensible way . |
| 7 | This would mean considerable cost savings for the smaller teams and help them survive during a difficult economic period . |
| 8 | Thus , one might characterize one 's grasp on the experience of seeming to see a red object as something is going on in me ( I do n't know what it is ) which is like what goes on when a red object is acting on my eyes ; or … like what goes on in me to make me behave in a red-object-appropriate way . |
| 9 | He lifted his shoulders and let them fall in a dismissive shrug . |
| 10 | How can I think on an empty stomach ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What do I need with a childish , fickle tease like you ? |
| 12 | ’ Do I qualify as a nice man who lets you get on with your work in your own way and as far as possible on your own initiative ? ’ |
| 13 | What then do I do with a capable but unproductive pupil ? |
| 14 | By now some may well be asking ‘ Where can I look for a spiritual director ? |
| 15 | Did I look like a rag-and-bone man ? |
| 16 | ‘ Come on , Wyatt Earp ’ she said , ‘ do I look like a hog-tied sheep to you ? ’ |
| 17 | Erm in actual fact I do n't w I work in a non-catholic school . |
| 18 | May I conclude with a frightening thought for Labour . |
| 19 | Can I have for a long time . |
| 20 | First , what do I mean by an imprinting stimulus ? |
| 21 | Do I pass to a rootless , wandering , no-woman 's land , or is this a new beginning — the natural , though perhaps premature , order of things ? |
| 22 | He said that if the SS took them away , would I go to a certain street in Berlin , to a certain family and tell them . |
| 23 | Never did I embark on a foreign visit with more keenness ; for I felt that time was short , and that such an opportunity might never recur . |
| 24 | Could someone please post a short match report from Saturday ( the only one I saw was very very short ) . |
| 25 | ‘ Did someone ask for a left hand circuit ? ’ she asked her student . |
| 26 | And then someone was running , lightly , behind her , and she heard someone say in a deep and thrilling voice , ‘ Señorita , espereme ! ’ |
| 27 | Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close . |
| 28 | They made me feel like a dirty slag and serve me right for getting pregnant . |
| 29 | Soho , meanwhile , enthuse and make me feel like a miserable old fart . |
| 30 | SHE MADE ME FEEL LIKE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT . |