Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to improve occupational mobility for them may concentrate on a few professional openings where their colour is defined as an occupational advantage ( e.g. race relations advisers ) or on employers ( e.g. local authorities ) with positive action policies , or self-employment ( small businesses ) . |
| 2 | The garden for them should feel like an extra sitting room , gnat-ridden perhaps , damp occasionally , but an important overflow of living space . |
| 3 | Nothing must clash with a commercial break or run into the news . |
| 4 | ‘ If I may speak in a spirit of complaint , David , I might point out that it 's easy for you to talk and even easier to talk tough . |
| 5 | I may train as a nurse . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I may look like a cabman , ’ he countered , ‘ but I 'm a charm in a salon . ’ |
| 7 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 8 | I may look like a child , but Luke — Luke changed all that . |
| 9 | If I may digress for a moment , I refer him in turn to the successful water system invented by the Greeks at Pergamon . |
| 10 | I may object on a point of fact ( ‘ There are no gibbons there now ’ ) or by appealing to some other end or principle ( ‘ You ought not to put that problem off any longer ’ ) . |
| 11 | As usual , I felt that , on taking leave , I ought to proceed in a direction opposite to that which he was taking , because there was a mystery as to where Eliot lived , and I did not want to appear inquisitive . |
| 12 | He went on : ‘ I feel that , as a minister of a parish having no other resident gentleman , I ought to act as a guardian of my own poor ; and if 00 should neglect any opportunity , which the Lord may place within my reach … |
| 13 | ‘ I just think I ought to look for a useful job . |
| 14 | " Dr. Lorrimer — he 's the Principal Scientific Officer in charge of the Biology Department — says that I ought to work for an A-level subject and try for a job as an Assistant Scientific Officer . |
| 15 | Next I must refer to an established principle of statutory construction which looms large on this appeal . |
| 16 | ‘ I am a man , and a man of passions ; I must go to a woman , otherwise I shall freeze or turn to stone … ’ |
| 17 | So many girls at school say , ‘ Bloody hell , I must go on a diet ’ , but mostly they 're not serious about it . |
| 18 | I must confess to a profound sense of foreboding upon making this observation which de-generated into abject horror upon hearing the said track and realising that Oldfield 's contribution amounted to a few bars sampled from ‘ Tubular Bells ’ ! |
| 19 | The people around him have been very receptive , although I must confess to an anxious moment when he was first being introduced to the players . |
| 20 | I think it w it can get a little bit over elaborated and I think that may be well fear of the C C Q or fear of the buyer 's guide but it , it should n't cause any problems in the real world and I think the more you do then you 'll realize that er they 're not gon na say oh my goodness me stop , leave now , I must speak to an independent financial adviser . |
| 21 | Ranald , lad , I must sit for a while . ’ |
| 22 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 23 | Having said that , I must admit to a vested interest since my concern with Riley 's view of work by contemporary artists , and the dismissive nature of the term ‘ simulationist ’ is allied with a desire in my own work to somehow examine more keenly the principle foundations upon which notions of ‘ abstraction ’ are laid . |
| 24 | I must admit to a certain degree of hurt masculine pride that it was n't me who tempted you , but , as a businessman and a major shareholder in the station , I have to admire your dedication . |
| 25 | ‘ I must pause in a minute . |
| 26 | But first I must call on an old friend . ’ |
| 27 | First of all , I must get to a bus stop that serves Heathrow , which means heading towards Kensington and the Bayswater Road . |
| 28 | I must begin with a coincidence which I would not dare to recount if this were a work of fiction . |
| 29 | The producer had the idea that I should appear in a simply ludicrous costume : a German trench coat , knee-length open boots , a black leotard with the upper part of the thighs naked , and hair like Marlene Dietrich ! |
| 30 | If I should tell at a tea table in London , that I have crossed the Atlantick in an open boat , how they 'd shudder , and what a fool they 'd think me to expose myself to such danger . ’ |