Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were similar types : happy , uncomplicated , but with an undercurrent of seriousness that made them want to take different directions , see with their own eyes , not other people 's . |
| 2 | Mothers shaved the heads of their daughters and then made them undress to take cold baths in public on the Hill of Calvary . |
| 3 | I think it an advantage to a student to have something to react against , but this has not led me to struggle to reach firm conclusions on every topic . |
| 4 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 5 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 6 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 7 | As well as keeping to the forefront our themes of quality and cost , this means coming forward with ideas on how things can be improved and I intend to introduce new initiatives during the coming year to help us focus on this . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I hope it sustains him on his long journey into obscurity , because I intend to make sure Michael Stein never works in the travel industry again . ’ |
| 9 | Quite early on " I ceased to consider representative democracy as an absolute principle " , he wrote later , " and regarded it as a question of time , place , and circumstance … " |
| 10 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 11 | I got to tell bleeding lies cos I mean to say |
| 12 | I tend to wear black suits in the evening although I must admit I 'm getting slightly bored with black now . |
| 13 | However , as a compensation , I tend to draw comic devils playing fiddles . |
| 14 | As compactness is an important design feature of cordless tools the all round efficiency of the tool is crucial , and that is why I tend to perceive cordless tools as being very much state of the art . |
| 15 | I tend to buy nice material and see what will come out of it . |
| 16 | I tend to have flat ones . |
| 17 | I cry to release huge waves of feelings which can build up , especially when I can not or dare not put feelings into words . |
| 18 | I tried to leave certain areas vague so they could use their own creativity rather than just copying my cartoon . |
| 19 | My multiple personality required multiple scripts , and from my study of graphology I tried to create individual scripts that conformed to the analyses of heavy down-strokes , ‘ pasty ’ loops and uncrossed ‘ ts ’ : I was especially interested in ‘ pasty ’ strokes , which are supposed to indicate a rich sexuality , and disconnected letters , indicative of ‘ inspiration ’ . |
| 20 | With the help of Tony Wedd and Egerton Sykes I tried to contact surviving members of the Straight Track Club . |
| 21 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
| 22 | I expect to find rich pickings in the Ministry of Defence , with its townships , its airfields , its office blocks , its country houses , its sailors ' hostel in South Kensington and its acreage of land which would make up an English county . |
| 23 | I propose to consult local authority associations on that very point . |
| 24 | I want to see elderly people looked after well and if they can be looked after at home all well and good but of course they need the facilities . |
| 25 | It is precisely because I want to see political changes of this kind that I support Home Rule for Scotland . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's a world market of over £100 million a year in clean technology and I want to see British industry winning a much larger share of it . ’ |
| 27 | Third I want to tackle real need . |
| 28 | I want to create beautiful things — and I know I could . ’ |
| 29 | If there are any factual errors ( or , more likely , lies ) I want to take careful note of them , and correct the record later . |
| 30 | In this paper I want to examine recent developments in three areas of social policy : income maintenance , taxation and family law , exposing the assumptions made about the division of responsibilities within the family on which debates and changes have been based . |