Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] [pron] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not want a man who wants to see me in gaol . |
| 2 | However , FreeHand is simpler to use for the amateur or casual artist and this may be all the motivation he or she needs to buy it in preference to Illustrator 88 . |
| 3 | If one has to express it in percentage terms , somewhere between 10% and 49% . |
| 4 | There are for instance extreme examples of the inhibition or punishment of the sexual act in which laughter can not be other than inhumane if it can be found at all : for example in Connebert , where a lecherous priest has to castrate himself in order to save his life , or Le Prestre et le leu , " The priest and the wolf " , a laconically brief tale of just twenty-eight lines relating how a peasant digs a trap for a lecherous priest , into which first a wolf , then the priest , and then the wife 's maid sent to see if the priest is coming fall in turn , after which the peasant kills the wolf , castrates the priest , and chases off the maid . |
| 5 | Well , Jenny needs to give him in writing what she wants to say . |
| 6 | She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street . |
| 7 | HERE is another of Martica Heaner 's tips for home exercises to get you in shape . |
| 8 | Once again , the male homosexual is someone who refuses to risk himself in relation to the other , but now the risk is not in relation to the opposite sex ( as in Scruton and Mailer ) , but to the same sex as rival . |
| 9 | Yet , thanks to the cumbersome appeals procedure , each execution currently costs between $2m and $5m , four or five times what it costs to keep someone in prison for life . |
| 10 | The other type is the roll-all , which opens out to allow you to slot the rods and other items into small pockets stitched along the bottom with tape ties to hold them in place . |
| 11 | A predominant or composite style ( an association of styles ) seems to orientate itself in respect to a group of mosaics , or to an abstract demand for these mosaics . |
| 12 | The rough texture of the coat helps to protect it in undergrowth . |
| 13 | When a photographer tries to catch her in action , she playfully snatches his camera and turns the lens on him . |
| 14 | If someone tries to harm you in London , it will be hard to stop him or catch him afterwards . |
| 15 | And they wish your Grace joy , and comfort in the favour God has shown to your arms , and the Lord Henry trusts to see you in health and spirits at the assembly of your parliament at the month 's end . ’ |
| 16 | He promises to meet them in Lonesome Snapper tomorrow night . |
| 17 | This may be because their communicative impairments limit their scope for participation and places a heavy burden on any adult who seeks to engage them in routine activities . |
| 18 | This is because it is thought the human brain is not preprogrammed to recognize all the senses separately , but learns to correlate them in childhood . |
| 19 | You know , the ones where the killer cauliflower or the deadly cucumber or whatever comes down from Venus in a spaceship and proceeds to devour everybody in sight . ’ |
| 20 | By now , a hundred people have lined up in front of him and a security guard begins to keep them in line . |
| 21 | Theridamas offers us a useful way of looking at Tamburlaine 's character when he comes to fight him in Act one . |