Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can use a hot air gun for this , or a chemical paint stripper , but both tend to strip off more paint than you might want . |
| 2 | We intend to carry forward this move towards greater openness . |
| 3 | We in government have a duty to ensure that local responsibility is not abused , and we intend to carry out that duty . |
| 4 | The idea is to make it a bring facility at the moment , which is why we like the station centre and the yard behind it , because people tend to drive out that way as they go to Exeter and back . |
| 5 | ‘ You intend to hide here all night ? |
| 6 | But the campaigners say they want to see even more promotion of non-alcoholic drinks for drivers . |
| 7 | The important thing to aim for is a good match ; when the bud sits in its little step and is ready for binding in , you want to see scarcely any stem wood showing at the sides and top . |
| 8 | Set in the lively end of town , and new for Summer '90 , the attractive Magamar apartments are the place to be if you want to see as much motion as lotion ! |
| 9 | Although we might be prepared outside our normal scheme to fund the current year 's training for such people on the understanding that future funding will not be available , so in other words if somebody comes along to you and says , I 'd like to do an M B A , beginning this year , now normally we we would say , yes , we will contribute our half to that cost , er and that would then be a high priority on our budget to provide continued support for the rest of that M B A course , we 're now saying that that the answer is actually no , because we can not provide support next year , we do n't think , er but if you never the less want to go ahead this year and then fund it yourself from then on , then we we have actually got money available which we can use this year . |
| 10 | ‘ In that case I want to go out this afternoon and do something . |
| 11 | out the window , she was trying to say oh I really want to go home this weekend , do you think you could ask if I could have one of your exeats and she 's still got one left ! |
| 12 | You want your perceptions heightened … and you want to shirk off all notions of human morality . |
| 13 | I 'd put them all in an old suitcase and erm , cos I could n't just put them in there I had to have a look , they 're sentimental and that book was in there so I can definitely get you that , but I would n't go up in the loft I 'm afraid , I 'm so scared of creepy crawlies so er , you know , if you , if you want to come back some time when my husband 's here I mean he can tell you more about the wallpaper and decorating , and I 'll get him to get that out . |
| 14 | I want to know where these guys are coming at me from . |
| 15 | This can be disconcerting for clients who want to know how many spots they are getting . |
| 16 | Like I said , I want to know how many murderers have been sent to Whitely in the last three years . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I want to know how many steps there are to the top . ’ |
| 18 | Now what I said to you approximately two minutes to the side that 's fine if you want to know how many words , who kno , who knows roughly how many words in two minutes ? |
| 19 | If you want to know how many units of alcohol you drink , look up the type of drink in the left column . |
| 20 | They want to know how this sector can be promoted , how the quality of care can be improved , and how private doctors can participate in national public health policies . |
| 21 | I want to know how this man got into the courtyard — somebody must have opened the main door and gate for him and it 's possible that somebody going out may have seen him . |
| 22 | and they said I want to work out this angle . |
| 23 | ‘ Thus our membership varies from a 17-year-old to a retired company director and we want to attract even more employees to join our ranks . ’ |
| 24 | But council officials want to attract even more people through the doors . |
| 25 | Now in , in the early stages you certainly want to encourage as many people from this base to join , when the development , the movement gathers pace it 's possible to say right we possibly w there 's some , sort of the wealthy peasants we do n't really want , they 're the ones who prospered under the old scheme of things , they were the ones who had some power and influence and er by even drawing them into the association there is a danger that they may sort of assume the lead or take an active role which would be detrimental , which would negate the movement and try and make it er less revolutionary and more lawful , they would go back to sort of reform of the old system rather than the overthrowal |
| 26 | The figures for the proportion of vacancies that are acceptable , men aged 55 and over have very low reservation wages ( especially in the second period ) and appear to accept almost any job . |
| 27 | Abreu 's strategies appear to rule out such renegotiation possibilities — an agreement is made once and for all and can never be reopened . |
| 28 | Usually it is very mild , but if you are due to undergo surgery and want to rule out any risk of infection from infused blood , it is worth asking the hospital if they will allow you to donate your own . |
| 29 | For one reason or another , either it is too long before the courts are available to try the cases , or the lawyers appear to require too much time to prepare the defence . |
| 30 | ‘ We want to free as much money for programmes as we can . ’ |