Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a drink she might enjoy slamming to him the suggestion that Steve and Maria Luisa might get back together again . |
| 2 | This would need to retain within it the unique legal function of Convocation which would be restricted to those at present eligible to exercise it , that is to graduates and staff alone . |
| 3 | And once her nephew-in-law sought her out to ask whether she would like to discuss with him the forthcoming Derby and which horse was likely to win the race . |
| 4 | How should I begin to describe to you the many enchantments of this isle ? |
| 5 | Ladies and Gentlemen , I would like to present to you the one , the only Anthony . |
| 6 | … the circumstances are such that any reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence , then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most elegant formulation of principle was given in Coco v Clark ( AN ) ( Engineers ) Ltd where it was said that if a reasonable man standing in the shoes of the recipient of the information would have realised that upon reasonable grounds the information was being given to him in confidence then this should suffice to impose upon him the equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 8 | So we 'd have to go through it the next day anyway . |
| 9 | The children must have impressed upon them the need for personal cooperation within the classroom as essential to the variety of learning situations with which they will be faced . |
| 10 | ‘ He did n't try to flirt with me the whole time , ’ she defended , and half wished then that she had n't said anything about lunchtime . |
| 11 | Each industry must have applied to it the test of national service . |
| 12 | ‘ The defendant had been personally negligent in that he had failed to take such steps and make such inquiries as would have revealed to him the defects in his structure and the risks of fire thereby occasioned . ’ |
| 13 | Should I rather have brought with me the cross from the altar ? ’ |
| 14 | The subscription provided an alternative to flattery and must surely have seemed to her the most manageable form of dependence . |
| 15 | And erm I think generally people do n't realize how quite unique that is. erm one thing , of course , which is also not erm very readily understood , is the involvement of the legal person , the Clerk to the Justices , in the system , so that with the three Justices you 'll having sitting you 'll have sitting below them the legally qualified Clerk , and I suppose it 's this particular feature of the system which is difficult for people abroad to comprehend _ how a legally qualified person can be sitting there without dominating the proceedings . |
| 16 | In some senses you know when it happens to a male student , he is not he does n't have confirmed for him the sense that he is only a sexual object and that this is yet more of the way in which he is always perceived . |
| 17 | But if someone asked me what the " oldest tree in the park " meant , or what " oak " meant , or what the meaning of the sentence as a whole was , I would have to explain to him the meaning of these expressions with the help of some other expressions which he could understand . |
| 18 | But surely , she reasoned , where there could be no reason , surely sex does n't have to bring with it the pain of need , longing , the fear of rejection ? |
| 19 | ‘ Do n't you recall impressing upon me the importance of giving myself time to make sure — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got something , all right , and the sooner I can get rid of it the happier I 'll be . |
| 21 | And then , because she could n't bear to quarrel with him the night before she left for a new life , she said , ‘ I 'm wearing your mother 's brooch , Fran . |