Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought that to remain would look ‘ unsporting ’ and would count against him the next time . |
| 2 | Sandy was going to the US and I asked if I could carry for him the next year , but everybody was asking so I did n't get very far . |
| 3 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 4 | My father may well wish for me a second marriage , and to that end I must be at offer soon , and with a proper dowry . |
| 5 | She 's just , that 's just pulling their mind you I did say to her the last straw was Christmas day , can you imagine like , I mean me and him did n't have to , I did n't have to stay in and cook dinner , I done it cos she was there we 'd all be together , she did n't fucking come home . |