Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If the bones are my family 's I 'd like to see them have a decent Christian burial in a Russian Orthodox church . |
| 2 | ‘ I know you 'd like to see me become a big tycoon like you , ’ Peter was saying , ‘ but you 'll just have to face it — I 'm not and never will be . |
| 3 | ‘ The place was packed to the roof — to see me get a good hiding . |
| 4 | Or has this issue never previously been on the Church 's agenda because the majority of women did not — until our century — have the education , the freedom or the position in society to enable them to take a priestly role ? |
| 5 | The campaign had already cost the locals £2,000 and a fighting fund was started to enable them to take a High Court case if necessary . |
| 6 | Large GP practices to be able to apply for their own practice budgets to enable them to purchase a defined range of services direct from hospitals . |
| 7 | Is she further aware that , like myself , each weekend many hon. Members meet many chronically sick and disabled constituents who are not receiving adequate services to enable them to lead a reasonable and respectable life ? |
| 8 | The aim is to enable them to lead an independent life . |
| 9 | I did not have enough knowledge to enable me to make a complete computer model of the individual player 's contribution to the stroke . |
| 10 | Many people who took out their fireplaces several years ago now find they want to restore them to have a real open fire or some acceptable substitute like gas logs or a gas coal effect . |
| 11 | More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company 's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language . |
| 12 | It is quite common to find them taking an unusual interest in pets , putting on weight , complaining of backache and toothache , or being faddy about food — behaviour more usually associated with pregnant women . |
| 13 | In order not to freeze I installed a wood-burning stove . |
| 14 | Your lecturer will be delighted to find someone taking a positive and active interest in his subject , and will be willing to help — if you do n't take up too much of his time . |
| 15 | It will be of immense help to people who need to discover who owns a particular property or piece of land and to solve any disputes that might occur over ownership . |
| 16 | The standard BC109 quotes a range of 180 to 800 and you are less likely to find you have a suitable device . |
| 17 | Glad to know you had a good visit to — but am amazed you only used ten units of electricity . |
| 18 | Nothing was said to indicate she had a proprietary interest in the house . |
| 19 | That 's seconded , nice to know we have a straight choice , as you favour , we 'll take them in reverse order . |
| 20 | Lucy went through the door to find herself facing a tall , dark-haired woman whose attire breathed sophisticated elegance . |
| 21 | Dot was surprised to find herself wearing a large pink woollen nightgown with embroidered collar whose gathered sleeves were so long that her hands were lost . |
| 22 | We have become so used to thinking of Günter Wand as a conductor who specialises exclusively in the late 18th and 19th Century symphonic repertoire that it comes as something of a shock to find him performing a wide variety of works of more contemporary lineage . |
| 23 | The morning crew were a little surprised to find they had a new colleague but none of them was unduly perturbed by the intrusion . |
| 24 | Bratby was intrigued by Minton and soon after he got to know him painted a huge picture on paper , entitled ‘ Homage to John Minton ’ . |
| 25 | Section by section it was being revised in the commissions and then approved during the general congregations — despite last-minute attempts to modify it to contain an explicit condemnation of communism . |
| 26 | To accept it required a whole sociology of crime . |
| 27 | So somehow it was reassuring to find he had a sore throat when I saw him last Thursday . |
| 28 | It takes time to discover what subjects a particular client will respond to . |
| 29 | These can now be matched against the various product on the market to see which provides a viable solution . |
| 30 | A statement of identical syntax to INPUT which uses a new line for each item to be input . |