Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year four of them agreed to set a low common external tariff instead . |
| 2 | But if appointment as a lord of session was major patronage at any period in Scotland 's history , there was in the eighteenth century considerable demand for any post which could make use of legal education , for there is some reason to believe that the country was oversupplied with lawyers in view of the desperate efforts which some of them made to obtain a salaried post , no matter how minor . |
| 3 | They are not on the whole involved in direct teaching and , second , each of them has to have a separate viewpoint because the focus of the job is mainly outside that of any school . |
| 4 | the departments involved are heavily loaded , and none of them want to contribute a key person for this purpose . |
| 5 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 6 | I disdained to consult a medical dictionary , however . |
| 7 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 8 | I intend to make a great deal of money from this if my speculations are correct . ’ |
| 9 | The President and I agreed to establish a secure telephone link between our two offices . |
| 10 | There are some marvellous graphics among these new breeds but , having never particularly liked comics , I failed to overcome a fundamental irritation with the medium of pictures and words combined . |
| 11 | I failed to get a single note out of it when I brought it back to the hotel . |
| 12 | I failed to place a cardboard cut-out of a male person lying , in a posture of total exhaustion , in one of the darker recesses of the living room . |
| 13 | I expected to see a huge hound , but not a creature like this . |
| 14 | I expected to find a tiny shrunken corpse . |
| 15 | I expected to find a privileged crew , tolerating me for some positive press . |
| 16 | Perhaps I should n't interfere but I hate to see a young man throwing his life away . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I hate to see a decent man making a mess of his life . |
| 18 | Usually when designing pictures I tend to use a particular leaf or flower because of its shape , colour or texture , and pay no attention to its species or variety . |
| 19 | I tend to live a normal life . |
| 20 | I tend to keep a tight rein at first , and gradually relax as I get to know them . |
| 21 | Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back . |
| 22 | Working the paint thickly with a knife I tried to create a jarring effect with colour and texture conveying the power and pain of the experience . |
| 23 | She says : ‘ I tried to have a good marriage , be a good mother and have a career . |
| 24 | Today I tried to get a whole tin every day , it 's just because it happened . |
| 25 | After one or two formal speeches ( at which reference was made to our visit as the ‘ first short-term English course since the crushing of the Gang of Four ’ , and I tried to make a suitable reply , ) we were whisked off to the Friendship Hotel to a welcoming meal consisting of Peking duck , ancient duck 's eggs , and other good things , and I wielding our chopsticks to the best of our ability . |
| 26 | I expect to read a full and objective description of what 's on the site now , together with a documented reconstruction of how it came to be like that . |
| 27 | I propose to devote a whole chapter to so-called ‘ association copies ’ , partly for the selfish reason that I am myself devoted to them and partly because , looking at them as objectively as I can , they seem to me to offer one of the most satisfying branches of book-collecting , especially to anyone with the slightest sense of history . |
| 28 | Hatton , for example , summed up the delinquency of Reggie Smashem and Billy Dustup as ‘ nothing more serious than the symptoms of healthy , vigorous , adventurous adolescence ’ : ‘ I propose to make a practical examination of this question of the ‘ hooligan ’ ’ , for I am seriously concerned that he is not getting a fair deal . ’ |
| 29 | I propose to introduce a novel element into the debate by speaking about the Bill . |
| 30 | Should I seek to impose a legal limit on daily TV viewing , even supposing that it were enforceable ? |