Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 2 | She did not look up as he struggled to open the door and stepped inside , where he stood perfectly still , hardly daring to breathe for fear of dropping his awkwardly held gift . |
| 3 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |
| 4 | You say erm you want to go into sort of C colon my D I R |
| 5 | In a game of increasing thunder , he 's a welcome fork of lightning , sometimes appearing to thrive in spite of team-mates rather than because of them . |
| 6 | The Stock Exchange smaller companies working party is not expected to report until autumn of this year . |
| 7 | Consisting of eighty-five lots of modern Chinese paintings , it was expected to realize in excess of $2million ( NT$50million ) . |
| 8 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 9 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 10 | Entrusting the decision in unfair dismissal cases to tribunals was a conscious decision designed to include as part of the decision-making process the industrial experience of employers and employees . |
| 11 | There 's other associates who like to know beforehand roughly how much they can provide for people by way of life cover and living assurance , so that they can give the people some idea , or maybe want to sit in front of them and use the rate book to give them some idea . |
| 12 | Talking of an essay that students are expected to write as part of their course , he says |
| 13 | BRIAN CLOUGH loves to stand in front of the TV cameras saying : ‘ I should pack all this up … |
| 14 | This is the sum which the Lord Chancellor has indicated he has to find by way of savings in the legal aid scheme to meet Treasury targets in 1993/4 . |
| 15 | The group were originally expected to tour in support of their ‘ best of ’ LP , ‘ Kiss This ’ , which is issued through Virgin this week . |
| 16 | Thus , the most a house insurer can be expected to provide in respect of an insurance below the Agreement threshold is confirmation that insurance arrangements were extant when the security was taken . |
| 17 | They derive from both the operation of large units ( often highly mechanised and characterised by monoculture and high energy demands sometimes supplied from local sources ) ; and the small peasantry itself which has to work for part of its income on larger enterprises . |
| 18 | When he moved to stand in front of her , barring her path , she looked down , terrified that he would read her fear on her face . |
| 19 | He acknowledges that liturgy is not a museum piece but needs to evolve as part of a living tradition . |
| 20 | On the basis of a 5-4 majority in a Missouri case judged in July , the cases are expected to lead to expansion of the right of individual states to pass laws regulating abortions . |
| 21 | He did n't need to elaborate in case of what . |
| 22 | This book is not designed to engage with exposition of doctrine though it will inevitably point to its importance ; rather it attempts a mode of appreciation of these texts to help readers , whether or not they have prior knowledge of the subject , to respond to them as literary witnesses to a life of faith understood as a game . |
| 23 | Add an engine which offers significantly better straight-line performance than the Corrado 's and the balance starts to tip in favour of the Calibra . |
| 24 | If Oswestry 's bid fails Town are expected to apply for membership of Wrexham area 's Read Construction Welsh National League or Richards Builders Mid Wales League . |
| 25 | This reflects the greater responsibility successful candidates might be expected to exercise on behalf of an employer . |
| 26 | Erm , and therefore , that Planning Committee erm , basically has to vote in favour of development , unless there are over-riding planning reasons why they should not . |
| 27 | Whether HMIs or local inspectors are involved , the school still has to give over control of the evaluation to outsiders ; it may only be willing to do this if teachers are assured of the kind of fairness discussed above . |
| 28 | This is partly due to the rapid growth of the financial services industry which has increased the demand for actuaries , but it also has to do with expansion of the skills which actuaries have to offer . |
| 29 | The other kind of schematic knowledge has to do with mode of communication . |
| 30 | You want to sleep before lunch of after ? |