Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be hard to bear and she dreaded such a letter because it might disturb her wonderful composure . |
| 2 | For some reason or other , ever since the last meeting with Leon Shelly in the hotel lobby , and my introduction to Hellen Semmens , my interest in Shelly Films seemed to increase and I found several occasions on which to ring Hellen about arrangements for the further use of CBC announcers . |
| 3 | I 'd like to grow it a bit longer , but the ends are inclined to split and it looks dull . |
| 4 | Yeah I know , I do n't know whether she was going out or coming in but they got one there now and I think they th the one they got there now I do n't know whether the Corporation , that 's theirs or whether that 's put out to contract and I think that 's put out to contract now . |
| 5 | But he said , I said it as a joke when she was asking me about my flying and I said I do n't do as much flying as I 'd like to , I 've , I 've got a wife to support and she takes all the money . |
| 6 | But I think it may be more appropriate if I actually met with say the management committee as opposed to myself yes I 'm quite happy to do that to meet any individual or group who feel they have some concerns they wish to discuss and I give that I give that assurance this evening . |
| 7 | In the worst of conditions , Gloucester were desperate to win and they made sure of victory in the first half , when Martin Roberts kicked them into a 6-0 lead with 2 penalties . |
| 8 | much better than backing it to win and it comes second . |
| 9 | It is well-built , great to play and it sounds good , too . |
| 10 | It was the picture he loved to give and it concealed all that he really was . |
| 11 | ‘ If opponents such as the Maltese constantly back off , we sometimes wonder what to do and we get careless . |
| 12 | He told us what he was going to do and we knew some people were going to get killed , but that 's just life . |
| 13 | When they do get jobs in they 're finished straightaway and then there 's nothing to do and you get bored to tears . ’ |
| 14 | I want to see er the this rubbish dump but this is n't the time to do it and as the Conservatives said , we should wait on er to see what the Council er wants to do and I take that on board . |
| 15 | And I was to show him what to do and I made sure that all . |
| 16 | But lets just notice two or three things in this particular interview , the first thing that we see and its so obvious is that the way of salvation is so wondrously simple , it could n't be easier , you know there are so many people who think it is hard to get saved , who think it is hard to come to Christ and to become a Christian , well the problem is you see the devil has blinded their eyes , they 've blinded the eyes of men and women , so that they think that they ca n't do this , but what is actually happened , Paul tells us in , in , in Carinthians in the first er , in to Carinthians in chapter four and verse four , he says the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelieving that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ , who is the image of god , and there is this shroud , this covering , but the thing is god takes that away so that we can see and so its not difficult to become a Christian , it is not hard to get saved , sometimes as Christians we are guilty of making it difficult for people to become Christians , we put all sorts of rules in , we , we make them undergo various periods of er , of probation before we wer we 've were , were willing to call them Christians , remember the Philippine jailer he cried out there to the apostle Paul who was er in jail there with Silus the , the be , the tremendous earthquake and they were released all their vetoers was , were broken and the prisoners were all , could of escaped and the ja , the Philippine jailer he cries out a question that I 'm sure he does n't even know what he means when he calls it out , he 's not thinking of heaven , he 's not thinking of the future life , he 's not thinking of having his sins dealt with but he just cries out what must I do to be saved and the apostle Paul and he gets , opens the scrolls and he starts in genesis and he explains the plan of salvation and he tells him what he 's got to do and he explains all the requirements and then about three or four hours later the mans mind is completely blurred he does n't understand a word of it , its gone way beyond him |
| 17 | His chest felt as if it was going to burst and he felt sick and dizzy as he settled down to a steady plod . |
| 18 | My nose was starting to run and she released one of my hands and put a Chanel-smelling handkerchief into it . |
| 19 | My mind refused to clear and I felt delirious , like in a dream where everything slows down and you ca n't reach your destination . |
| 20 | The girls started to arrive and I looked busy with a pile of papers so that I would n't have to talk to them . |
| 21 | I became frightened ; I thought she was going to die and I felt sick . |
| 22 | Det Chief Insp Nick Biddiss said : ‘ People may still know things they have forgotten to mention and we hope this exercise will jog their memories . ’ |
| 23 | Because they know that to do so makes smoking look like a grown-up thing to do … at the moment people are being encouraged to smoke and I regard that as an immoral activity . ’ |
| 24 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 25 | The funny thing is that you feel terrified to stay and I feel terrified to go . |
| 26 | They made their own amusements , and she learnt to knit and they had long winter nights round the fire o and they used to go She used to call it , we used to go after day set , that she called evening . |
| 27 | While Roel Pieper recognised that there had been some negative reaction to the merger both from Unix Labs employees and Unix Labs shareholders , as well as Unix International Inc members , he said that this was merely a human reaction to change and he felt confident that their talks in Japan and to Unix Labs members had a been able to address the concerns of Japanese customers regarding the Japanese market . |
| 28 | This is the space left for the pharmacy 's stamp , so that the pricing authority knows who to pay and who to address any queries to . |
| 29 | Whitburn put Hedworthfield Comprehensive Jarrow , in to bat and they made 86 for six , no problem to Whiturn openers Anderson and Clarke , who scored 44 and 42 respectively to secure a ten-wicket win . |
| 30 | Whilst I was working for the council , someone came to ask and we had some new o new officer appointed and he was very worried about getting ca er p permission from the council to launch a sewer scheme that was going to cost a quarter of a million pounds , a very large amount in those days . |