Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We arrived back at my cabin to watch a private video called Sierra Nevada starring a vixen called Kym . |
| 2 | ‘ It has been my privilege to see the best of England over the years , sir , within these very walls . ’ |
| 3 | I then started to put my foot to get the next rung down . |
| 4 | However , my decision to back the new development came first . |
| 5 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
| 6 | Erm that zoning that allocation in a local plan backed by this erm er er policy in the structure plan would be enough in my judgement to enable the economic development people to actually capture the , get the elephant in the trap . |
| 7 | One day in February 1943 I returned to my billet to find the usual envelope addressed in my mother 's round handwriting . |
| 8 | I tramped through the ruins of Tughlukabad trying in my mind to fill the deserted barracks with Turkish mameluks and Persian cavalry officers . |
| 9 | I turned round in my seat to get a good view . |
| 10 | The existence of two different ways of actualizing the potential meaning of to in discourse is clearly seen in sentences which can be ambiguous : ( 6 ) I got up and opened my mouth to commence a downright torrent of abuse . |
| 11 | It has always been my intention to call a public meeting for all interested parties once we have something definite to report . |
| 12 | In a recent meeting with the Darlington Priests he stated : ‘ It is my intention to provide a Catholic desk for every Catholic pupil in Darlington where there is a proven need . ’ |
| 13 | Throughout it will be my intention to provide a detailed map and theoretical analysis of the external challenges to democracy in order to lay basis for re-thinking the meaning of democracy in the face of global developments |
| 14 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 15 | It is my intention to prepare a further paper taking account of the comments received , and then to invite interested parties to meet in order to discuss the way forward . |
| 16 | I shall instruct my Chancellor to send a new shipment at once . ’ |
| 17 | It has , incidentally , materially diminished my capacity to enjoy the original symphony . |
| 18 | ‘ I have been a runner-up at United and again since coming to Villa , but it 's always been my dream to win the big one , ’ said McGrath . |
| 19 | ‘ And you truly do need my help to locate the ephemeral Svend — not to mention your sister . ’ |
| 20 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 21 | I 'd like my fiancé to do the traditional thing and ask my father for his permission to marry me , but he says that no one does this any more . |
| 22 | A bonfire on the beach tonight when it 'll be too dark for my eye to catch a few stray words of love . |
| 23 | I promised Claudia that my desperate need for a child was a magical , elemental desire , a sunny , smiling commitment to placing myself in time , a responsible appreciation of the ultimate inevitable selflessness of being alive , and acknowledgement of my need to escape a sorry hedonism , a way to face up to the past and accept the future . |
| 24 | I 've been on at my husband to get a fitted carpet in this room because this lino drives me mad . |
| 25 | My recollection was that it was £250 for a great deal of work and endless consultations with courteous BBC representatives who were terrified by my refusal to produce a total text ( since I can only give plausibility to anything I say when there is at least an element extemporised ) and refused to accept my positive assurances that I was as unlikely to dry up as the Thames . |
| 26 | Then it was my job to take the original t and take the original because they did n't use erm er black-sheet as we M er Americans call it . |
| 27 | Certainly I did not regard it as my job to defend the departmental budget just because it was the departmental budget . |
| 28 | We formed up over the Channel , and it was my job to fire the Very pistol , with pre-arranged colour flares , so all the other Lancs knew which aircraft to form up on . |
| 29 | ‘ It is also my job to protect the national side and our qualification for the World Cup finals hangs in the balance because of league structures and the problems posed by television . ’ |
| 30 | I allowed my feelings to get the better of me . |