Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 2 | Sometimes , when much excitement was previously invested in the chase and conquest of courtship , the partners may need to continue to reassure themselves of being able to win love and move from one sexual conquest to another outside the marriage . |
| 3 | I can not remember whether he has arranged to visit me at Twickenham . |
| 4 | Now you will know there are a great many er programmes on television nowadays and articles in newspapers and magazines designed to try to help us to be a bit more aware |
| 5 | Meanwhile , the discipline itself , especially in the United States , has resolved to regard him as a leading advocate of scientific method and by subscribing to this interpretation we have at least avoided causing confusion . |
| 6 | Mosley said : ‘ We 've been listening long enough and the time has come to do something about it . |
| 7 | She has come to tell them about the opportunities which await them if they are prepared to make the long journey to Oregon . |
| 8 | Or the shift from ‘ producer capitalism ’ to consumer capitalism , in which , for example , the moment of distribution has come to assert itself versus the moment of production . |
| 9 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 10 | Last week a Department of Environment inspector heard a planning appeal seeking to change it into a nursing home . |
| 11 | You will remember that this is a commendation given to a shop or dealer on behalf of a reader who has written to tell us of service above and beyond the call of duty . |
| 12 | Since then she has written to tell us of her first reply and we thought you 'd also be interested in some of the suggestions that came in , including Dee Murton 's account of the origin of these cardboard cones which was news to us . |
| 13 | Recently , Trevor Dunkerley , warden of Langley House Trust — a residence for the rehabilitation and after-care of ex-offenders — has written to tell us about his residents , several of whom have suffered mental and mental-handicap disorders . |
| 14 | Pilar has been living alone in the huge house and has struggled to maintain it with four staff . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't feel resentful that God has decided to take me before my allotted span . |
| 16 | A teenager concerned about the plight of the homeless has decided to do something about the problem herself . |
| 17 | Incidentally , he has decided to ally himself with the more stable elements in his life , and now styles himself Roger Foxcroft . |
| 18 | Despite the fact that the state has decided to put them to death , many prisoners remain positively patriotic , and refuse to dismiss the notion that America 's injustices can not be reformed . |
| 19 | The rich North Italian industrial city of Turin has decided to put itself on the international map with a biennial art and antiques fair to be held at the Lingotto , the spectacular former Fiat car factory , from 27 February to 7 March . |
| 20 | Scorpios are intensely possessive and jealous individuals , and whether you like it or not , your Adam Burns has decided to claim you for his own . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Now I hear the Pope has decided to bring me to trial . |
| 22 | The Office for Fine Arts in the Netherlands has decided to rid itself of most of the 230,000 works of art which have been left to deteriorate in a number of large depots around the country . |
| 23 | Fearful of the consequences of higher tea prices , the government has sought to stabilise them by fiddling the weekly Calcutta auctions . |
| 24 | It is this which has helped to prevent it from being completely submerged by later developments . |
| 25 | It is worth £8 million and the gallery has had to purchase it through three annual instalments negotiated with the previous owners . |
| 26 | Historically , engineering has had to distance itself from the sound of metal-bashing , and agriculture has become fiercely scientific and managerial ; while the obvious skill element in medicine and veterinary work only comes after a thoroughly academic grounding ( though it is sometimes pointed out rather unkindly that surgeons evolved from barbers ) . |
| 27 | Less persuasively , a people which has had to defend itself against an enduring hostility is shown , for the most part , as free from fear , and , in particular , from the fear that exceeds and mistakes its objects . |
| 28 | But while that social ease can work in his favour , he has had to temper it by becoming an earnest , moderate , church-going swot . |
| 29 | The US , even more than Britain , has had to propel itself into international roles in order to create the illusion of being a united nation-state . |
| 30 | On Bosnia , while Britain has welcomed US involvement , it has had to keep itself from dismissing as laughable the feasibility of proposed US airdrops . |