Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a [noun] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did have the ambition to do more serious work , as he had in Saint Joan and he had done in those early days in rep , but suddenly , he had got sucked into a formula that became a very comfortable rut indeed and , surprisingly for those who thought they knew him well , he did n't want to find a way out . |
| 2 | One difficulty remains in that a mining venture would still need to find a way through to the deposit in a place where the sedimentary layer is not too thick . |
| 3 | No we do n't need to hoover a pencil up . |
| 4 | If you are disabled you will need to take a specialist along with you to view a property to consider any problems in structural adaptation . |
| 5 | And you probably would not choose to spend a fortnight up the Amazon with either . |
| 6 | he says I see you 've got a towel up there |
| 7 | And you 'll see we 've got an application up for Rio tonight . |
| 8 | implementing the recommendations made in the report that you have before you and er we we would like to see a report back which we will do anyway erm after the Inspector has visited and discussed it . |
| 9 | ‘ All you have to do is remember to put a videotape in . |
| 10 | It 's very nice of you to ask me — erm — but I 've got a lot to do when I get back to England — erm — I 'd like to have a lie down … and there 'll be piles of washing … and I have n't got a hairdresser … ’ |
| 11 | I should like to have a ride down and see that new bridge now . |
| 12 | It 's his daughter and she 'll always be his daughter , and God Almighty Himself wo n't dare put a spoke in between them , or else . |
| 13 | Maybe you 'd like to take a turn along there , perhaps even identify it . |
| 14 | He could n't remember leaving a light on . |
| 15 | Lord Denning suggested an alternative approach : the court should try to construe a contract out of all the communications passing between the parties . |
| 16 | At one time we would have to hire a man in for a month , eating with us but sleeping in the barn . |
| 17 | ‘ Tomorrow we 'll try to sort a way out of this whole mess . ’ |
| 18 | Must have made a mint out of the wars . |
| 19 | Biting back a retort to the effect that it was doubtful if Campion Price would even recognise her , Gina said equably , ‘ I 'll try to fit a visit in . ’ |
| 20 | Jackie took a swallow that would have washed a hog out of his pen . |
| 21 | In London , I thought , a request of that sort would not have produced an answer in under a week , if at all . |
| 22 | He said for the money we spent here you could have had a percentage off . |
| 23 | You know , they 'll have had a night out on the tiles . |
| 24 | As Strachan was clearly knackered at the end of it , I thought he could have had a run out for the last 10 mins or so . |
| 25 | I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year . |
| 26 | Well it must have had a split in or something . |
| 27 | He had learned from Desmond Morton that there was a plan afoot involving iron ore and the Swedish port of Oxelosund , which — had he not ‘ joined the wrong eleven ’ — he might have had a hand in . |
| 28 | I had eight realistic birdie chances and might easily have had an eagle out there today . ’ |
| 29 | The keeper on duty at the time might have got a message out before the lighthouse went . |
| 30 | That sink must have got a leak in . |