Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if she could be brought to view his actions in his own light , he would remain for her the instrument of death . |
| 2 | As the child 's mental processes become more complex , it becomes increasingly able to absorb and construct for itself the complexities of the external world . |
| 3 | It gave me a few minutes to stop and think about what the hell I was doing . |
| 4 | All the Brownies were invited to go home and think about what the Pack could do for the fete and bring their ideas and suggestions along to the next Pack Meeting . |
| 5 | She would think about it-in the morning . |
| 6 | ‘ I did think about her a lot , you know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't have nightmares but I do think about it a lot . |
| 8 | We will know for ourselves the experience of God speaking through his written revelation to us . |
| 9 | Why do fall for it every time I 'm here ? |
| 10 | The children running the shop today are all aged eight and from the third year at school , but how much do they know about what the shop does . |
| 11 | Because if they do n't know about it the mother or the father of that child will no doubt be coming along screaming I 've been getting twenty five pounds a week for the last ten years and I 've child on my own now . |
| 12 | It 's just that most newspaper readers , the serious ones that is , would certainly opt for something a bit thicker , like The Independent . ’ |
| 13 | He never knew when he 'd be flying , you see , so I 'd wait for him every night at seven and hope he 'd be there . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't you know with me every day was the same , ’ Patsy said cheerfully . |
| 15 | Would it be worth your while to consider sending for the chairman not only of the 1922 committee but also of the parliamentary Labour party so that the leaders of the respective parties in Parliament can discuss with you the conduct last night ? |
| 16 | In the case of an unregistered title you will of course make a full land charges search , and you can include in it the name of any buyer-borrower . |
| 17 | Answering , she matched my silly spite with careful , sensible remarks ; politics , she said , was the art of the possible and a good man , once in power , might find himself forced to do some things not quite in accord with his principles , but this did not mean he had forgotten them , nor that he would not act upon them the moment he practically could . |
| 18 | New moralists argued that contemporary society denied women ‘ those varied love-makings from the other sex ’ , which would arouse in them a desire to fill life ‘ with a space of joy and delight ’ . |
| 19 | The oldest and most worn-out woodcut , representing King Pippin , Two Shoes , or the grim Soldan , sitting with three staring blots for his eyes and mouth , his sceptre in one hand , and his five fingers raised and spread in admiration at the feats of the Gallant London Apprentice , can not excite in me a feeling of ingratitude . |
| 20 | When the above questions concerning the Bromley case have been answered there is still the further crucial question as to how far the authority can deviate from what the court believes to be the correct proportionate balance between the respective interests . |
| 21 | It 's does smack to me a bit of in-filling and er , Northbrooks is quite a dense area already , a ve , a very dense area erm , and erm I 'm I 'm , you know , I 'd like to see any detailed plans on that before we even look at one in principle . |
| 22 | I ca n't describe to you the agony of being told — and then having no means by which to find out … |
| 23 | I could try and describe to you the expression in my eyes at this moment ; but they are far too discoloured with rage . |
| 24 | Right now , let's think of something a bit trickier . |
| 25 | I think your doctor is right when he says that you need time to get over the loss of your dad and your friend , and it is only right and natural that you should think of them a lot , but if you try to turn your thoughts to good and happy memories of them that will be the best way of honouring them , and will help you , too . |
| 26 | It 's relevant because at a time when I lived through the means test the one that , the real one , er then that would have been a very serious point because you could switch and turn and twist the means test in such a way that people would be continually at a disadvantage and the nearest I can think of what the effect of that was , living in a very working town , a very industrial working town and it was nothing like as bad as the one in London more recently , was the homelessness of cardboard boxes cities in London . |
| 27 | Well you can think of it a bit like that . |
| 28 | I shall think of it every time I pass it . |
| 29 | ‘ I shall think of you every time I look at them . ’ |
| 30 | Now , what we have to do is organize for ourselves a mechanism whereby , for any particular project , we use the procedures that are necessary for that project . |