Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
| 2 | That this person should harbour aggressive feelings towards you is unimaginable , but then suddenly , she goes to poke you in the eye — and you blink . |
| 3 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 4 | Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . |
| 5 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 6 | Yeah she said she has to wear them for the television |
| 7 | However , because of their wide scope , when judging such clauses under s 3 of the UCTA , one has to treat them on the basis that they exclude or restrict liability for total failure to perform by reason of wilful default . |
| 8 | I think the reason he dresses as an Edwardian is because he wants to see himself as a dashing young stage door Johnny . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Captain Aranyos wants to see you in the south chapel of the Stefansdom at three o'clock , ’ she blurted before he had the opportunity to broach the subject . |
| 10 | I think for every feeling , no matter how inward and personal it appears , the writer has to find something in the visible world which corresponds to it , to make it visible for the reader . |
| 11 | He wants to provide us with the insight from his word and the power from his Holy Spirit that our lives should be transformed . |
| 12 | Does not my hon. Friend consider it surprising that the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) , who always wants to lecture us about the rule of law although we certainly need no lectures about it from him , comes to the House with , I think , two cases where crookedness was involved ? |
| 13 | The group needs to know which of the proposals we are prepared to compromise on and which we want to fight . |
| 14 | ‘ Captain Maestrangelo , ’ he said , filling his pipe rapidly and efficiently , ‘ needs to know something about the family , everything about the family , in fact , and quickly . ’ |
| 15 | 5.2 Rule 15(a) — Information as to who has conduct of the case The client needs to know who within the solicitors ' office will be dealing with the claim and , if more than one person , who those people are . |
| 16 | It seems that the ‘ most powerful screen actor since Brando ’ now wants to reinvent himself as an independent movie mogul . |
| 17 | To that extent , the EC does not seem to have accepted the ramifications of the post-communist years and has not decided whether it wants to consolidate itself as a rich man 's club at the western end of the continent of Europe , to which the east Europeans can apply for associate membership , or to widen its institutions , starting with freer trade . |
| 18 | ‘ On the rare occasion he bothers to leave that damn hotel — sorry , but you know what I mean — he just wants to drink himself into a stupor . |
| 19 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
| 20 | The student needs to immerse himself in the performance of a kata in order to release his emotions . |
| 21 | Sassenach Lilly Meaham is so terrified of bagpipes she has to lock herself in the loo every Hogmanay . |
| 22 | ‘ We know that the semi-final is important , and every one of us wants to win it for the manager , but we have got to approach every game in the same way . |
| 23 | To perform conditional jumps , the computer has to select one from a set of two ( or more ) next micro-instruction addresses . |
| 24 | Adeva needs to extricate herself from the hands of Smack Productions , hardly the dynamic force in garage music they once looked like they 'd become , in order to capitalise on what is still a growing surge of goodwill in America . |
| 25 | CCW wants to manage it as a National Nature Reserve , but this is being blocked by the IDO claim . |
| 26 | The observer has to submit himself to the way things are . |
| 27 | I 'm the sort of person who wants to do everything for the people I love and he is the sort of person who 's self-sufficient , or seems to be … = ’ she paused . |
| 28 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 29 | He wants to do something to the camp . |
| 30 | But he wants to do something to the camp . |