Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There the I better grab hold of it . |
| 2 | I better get hold of him . |
| 3 | ‘ Nor can I ever lose sight of that flood of tears which then poured from his eyes , when reluctant nature was constrained to resign a beloved child to the cold arms of death . |
| 4 | What are the tax provisions for transferring a business to your children on retirement , and how can you best take advantage of the rules ? |
| 5 | How could she possibly keep track of them ? |
| 6 | ‘ A book , gentlemen , which will make you physically ill should you even catch sight of it in Waterstones ! |
| 7 | Or did it just look kind of … reddish ? |
| 8 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |