Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edgar wicket keeper , innkeeper and redoubtable raconteur confided some time after midnight that to help run in his pain-free new hip joint he 'd taken an early morning paper round in Aycliffe village . |
| 2 | The functions , including in particular those to be carried out for the direct benefit of individual members of the public , such as social services , may require the borrowing of money and do require the recruiting and employment of many men and women to work for the council . |
| 3 | The first , Chapter 4 , deals with the measurements of crime , the extent and character of recorded crime and the dangers of assuming that the criminal statistics accurately reflect the amount and character of crime that does occur . |
| 4 | With this in mind , we have drawn from our 30 years of experience as one of the most successful tour operators in the UK , to produce the COSMOS ‘ all inclusive — all on board ’ programme of exciting FUNBREAK holidays to the spectacular EURO DISNEYLAND Theme Park , so you and your family or friends can sit back and look forward to a truly memorable time in this spectacular wonderland of fantasy and make believe , whilst making sure you do n't pay more than you need to . |
| 5 | David , who had been given a piece of her mind , returned sadly to a state of detumescence and made do with David Attenborough who at least was living vicariously . |
| 6 | The earliest I have found relates to Henry de Lornes , in the year 1203 , when he paid 16s and a palfrey for 1½ yokes of land in Halling and Cuxton and another in 1271 , when Walter , son of John de Boghurst granted land to Thomas Heryng of Halling for which he was to pay a seam of corn and do service to the chief lord . |
| 7 | It includes 28 fonts and you can think of it as a sort of ATM that does work with FX80 ( and other ) printers and WordPerfect 5.1 . |
| 8 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 9 | The sandwich was a good preparation for an evening 's drinking as food , especially things rich in proteins and fats , such as cheese , eggs , milk , yoghurt and meat , slow down the effect of alcohol and help prevent an upset stomach . |
| 10 | It does n't teach you what is right or wrong in terms of style but does allow you to practice and develop ideas with almost consummate ease . |
| 11 | We have tried out these tasks with users of French and do find much greater levels of competence . |
| 12 | When he turned his head to look at Turakina she gave a gasp of annoyance and let go of the half-plaited queue . |
| 13 | However , there are at least three arrows of time that do distinguish the past from the future . |
| 14 | ‘ That reference to judges ; you were n't thinking I might drag you into court and do battle over Thomas ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Stop it , ’ said Drew , pinning her arms behind her back and grimly increasing the pressure until she gasped with pain and let go . |
| 16 | The grain was too complex and cross for him , the blade stuck , and in the same instant Isambard stretched both arms over the boy 's shoulders and seized his hands , forcing them apart and wringing them until he twisted with pain and let go both the knife and the wood . |
| 17 | Our findings appear to rule out a role for CREM but do suggest that ATF1 is a candidate for ICR . |
| 18 | In this way , protected by a structure created by a skilled therapist , we can cower in fear , howl with anger , weep with panic , rend our clothes in guilt and let go any need to hold on to feelings which belong to our past rather than our present lives . |
| 19 | The horse , trained to keep calm , hardly moved , but the schoolgirl shrieked in terror and let go of her pram , which ran into the column of marchers ; it hit the man standing next to Clare , who stumbled heavily against her , knocking her sideways . |
| 20 | Given that sexual selection in birds usually acts more strongly on males than females , we predict that the reduced role of sexual selection in the evolution of long forked tails should mean that these generally exhibit lower sexual dimorphism in length than do long graduated tails or pintails . |
| 21 | The Bengali lady who enrolled in an English cookery class , so that she could provide English food for some of her son 's chums at school , is likely next to take a GCSE in English and help prepare herself for a job that may be just around the corner . |
| 22 | You may remember that we were talking last autumn about gas prices hopefully continuing to rise natural gas by to rise during the rest of the year and in fact that did take place and it did have some impact on the domestic rig count in the United States which went up quite strongly in the last part of the year . |
| 23 | In … the Highlands … their [ sic ] was no other drink for the soldiers than brandy and spirits ; which rendered them incapable of performing their work , for remedy of which the officers did provide utensills and stores for brewing and did supply them therewith . |
| 24 | In 1168 Geoffrey stood on the threshold of a long and turbulent career which was to earn him a great reputation as a knight both in Europe and on crusade and to help lift his dynasty out of the ranks of the barons of Poitou and place it firmly among the leading princes of Christendom . |
| 25 | ‘ These films offer practical advice to help people cut costs on heating and help improve the environment . |
| 26 | Overall , they show that treatment with subcutaneous heparin in addition to aspirin and thrombolysis has no significant effect on mortality but does result in an excess of major bleeding necessitating transfusions , as well as cerebral haemorrhage . |
| 27 | In England , as has been shown , both Edward III and Richard II reacted to mercantile opinion expressed in Parliament by impressing large numbers of ships for purposes of defence , such fleets at times employing almost as many soldiers at sea as did field armies on land , all at great expense . |
| 28 | The church can give care and compassion to those affected by AIDS and help prevent infection . |