Example sentences of "[vb base] [indef pn] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd recommend Garda for those who want plenty to do on holiday , or to groups with different interests — families with teenage children perhaps . |
| 2 | encourage everyone to contribute to agenda creation ( see , for example ‘ The problem list ’ in chapter 19 on page 154 ) |
| 3 | If the council choose someone to act as bailiff , the act of serving the eviction order on the old man ( in effect delivering a letter ) becomes a highly charged dramatic moment . |
| 4 | ‘ I never 'ave anything to do with trash if I can 'elp it . ’ |
| 5 | I have also been told I am photogenic and I love anything to do with hair and make-up . |
| 6 | Certainly there are daily actions that help someone to stay in recovery just as the daily wearing of spectacles or contact lenses helps to overcome the effects of short sight . |
| 7 | I have nothing to lose except self-respect and honey , that went months ago . |
| 8 | If we take sentences without contexts and devise interpretations for them on the basis of the mutual compatibility or otherwise of the type-meaning of the words in them , we are putting ourselves under constraints which have nothing to do with syntax ; by thus restricting and deforming our appreciations of the structure we prevent ourselves seeing what the effect of the syntax , qua syntax , is . |
| 9 | From Les Amants to Pretty Baby he has often seemed to be using sexual subjects to make films about something else entirely , and in as much as sex and the life force are connected , his two sexiest films remain Viva Maria and Zazie dans Le Metro , which have nothing to do with sex at all . |
| 10 | Perhaps , then , the stripes have nothing to do with defence against predators . |
| 11 | ‘ People are looking for values which have nothing to do with success . ’ |
| 12 | A more crucial issue concerns the use of the technology by other firms and organisations that have nothing to do with electronics . |
| 13 | A comment of interest , when subscriptions to pay for the bell were not forthcoming appears in the Church magazine : " This is a matter which the Non-conformist might reasonably be expected to support , a fine peal of bells is something for all inhabitants of Halling to be proud of , they are rung on many occasions , which have nothing to do with church services " . |
| 14 | And most of these new journeys have nothing to do with work . |
| 15 | We are talking about living communities : dynamic , changing ; subject to pressures which have nothing to do with agriculture ; but imposing on other aspects of life constraints which arise from involvement in agriculture . |
| 16 | Hence the elaboration and the perfection of explanations for inflation which have nothing to do with Government is something in which you naturally find politicians of all schools , but particularly of the public expenditure school , joining with good will . |
| 17 | Whales and seals that are washed up dead on our coasts have nothing to do with pollution . |
| 18 | The hon. Member for Dagenham said also that the proposed discounts have nothing to do with ability to pay . |
| 19 | The answer must be that they have nothing to do with crofting as such , and little to do with agriculture , although there are agricultural problems . |
| 20 | I was amazed that the hon. Member for Nottingham , South could believe that the provisions have nothing to do with safety . |
| 21 | Did the pursuit of citizenship , obedience , and rational recreation , to take but three examples , have nothing to do with class power , with stabilizing industrial relations , with inculcating notions of thrift and respectability , and with an implicit acceptance of one 's place in society ? |
| 22 | while they , well , we can say that the police are being unjust , but the police have nothing to do with justice . |
| 23 | ‘ My reasons have nothing to do with appearance money . |
| 24 | TAUNTON 'S Brewhouse Theatre continues its Christmas tradition of shows that have nothing to do with Christmas with the opening of the Century 's tour of Irma La Douce . |
| 25 | A good example is the ‘ Dulux ’ dog — which is a very successful advertising image , even though dogs have nothing to do with paint ! |
| 26 | Unilateralism and European isolationism have nothing to do with socialism . |
| 27 | Such a peculiar coincidence startles me into remembering that I have something to write for Esquire . |
| 28 | ‘ Go on and find your clothes , I have something to clear with Nana first . ’ |
| 29 | She says , ‘ Anything to do with knitting seems to go in my head and stay , buy anything to do with cooking and cleaning goes straight through and out the other side ! ’ |
| 30 | Their system " seeks to give effect to the wishes of every voter , whatever they may be and whether they have anything to do with party or not " . |