Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , when Fox made the preposterous statement that ‘ This is simply shocking , they might as well make me professor of Poetry , ’ Lewis responded , ‘ Well , we will . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , it was nice to sit and eat my lunch in peace , with no-one to interrupt me but it is not nice every morning to ‘ bye ’ and leave him in someone else 's care . |
| 3 | What I need to do is adapt my approach to training , focus on what I consider I can still achieve and get the maximum amount of benefits and pleasure from a reduced volume of training . |
| 4 | To explain my curiosity I should perhaps explain my definition of excellence . |
| 5 | This at once opens up a huge field of enquiry , but since our concern here is with literary theory , I shall restrict my discussion to structuralism 's contribution to the study of literature and , in doing so , unfortunately run the risk of understating the effects of the new pluridisciplinarity on the approach to literature . |
| 6 | Partly because the sense of sight is the sense most extensively used in the practice of science , and partly for convenience , I will restrict my discussion of observation to the realm of seeing . |
| 7 | ( Does that mean that you will also service my car without charge , apart from the cost of the parts ? ) |
| 8 | If our society were pure and well regulated , yes , they would be seducers ; but now , in my opinion , one may often consider them sisters of charity . ’ |
| 9 | Rover 's 35,000-strong workforce votes today on whether to accept Japanese-style working practices that will virtually guarantee them jobs for life . |
| 10 | I must have at least a dozen dresses made before I can shew my face in town . |
| 11 | Perhaps I 'd better introduce my sort of position here . |
| 12 | Moreover , I always think that working with you will lessen my spell in Purgatory when I die . ’ |
| 13 | Once completed , the dentist can reassess my mouth for insurance purposes . |
| 14 | As an American I can only hang my head in shame over the Bill Clinton sex scandal . |
| 15 | In this chapter , I am mainly concerned with analytic methods , and in succeeding chapters with interpretation ; I shall confine my remarks about collection and classification to those points that affect the interpretation of the findings . |
| 16 | My own view is that the Church of England must win its crisis of nerve and dare to do things differently as this millennium draws to a close . |
| 17 | ‘ I believe the team will win its place in Division Two . ’ |
| 18 | Hewlett-Packard Co , for all the speculation Unix System Labs Inc put in play that it would win its adherence to Destiny , says it 's not going to adopt the SVR4.2 code . |
| 19 | A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life . |
| 20 | They 're on a hiding to nothing bless them and er th I mean Kenny is no different to any other manager in the premier league , er they 're all spending a lot of money in the hopes that they can buy their way to success . |
| 21 | Now nationalised and backed by government money , the firm may buy its way into video technology and markets . |
| 22 | Although no one will doubt their possibilities for elegance and robustness , sitting on a solid wood seat can test the limits of comfort after quite a short time and woven seats are little better . |
| 23 | The gonococcus has to adapt to any changes in its environment , particularly those which may compromise its chances of survival . |
| 24 | The idea of such a crude and offensive parody of the stiff , powerful heavy cavalry of the late Roman Army would appeal immensely to the peasants who could vent their feelings of resentment in bawdy mockery on those monuments of authority . |
| 25 | At all times you should respect their right to confidentiality . ’ |
| 26 | Mrs Hamilton was n't confident that the agency nurses she interviewed would respect her desire for confidentiality on the subject . |
| 27 | I have heard people describe their involvement in AIDS support groups in the same terms as people used to describe their involvement in the Gay Liberation Movement . |
| 28 | Before we can describe their views in detail , we need to take a closer look at the role of money in the economy . |
| 29 | In the end , the WICBC 's attitude that they could not accept any individual who did not uphold their tradition of sportsmanship prevailed , and Gilchrist played no more Tests . |
| 30 | For those who do not have addictive diseases it seems incongruous that some sufferers will pursue their addiction to death , either through the consequences of the addiction or through suicide at the sense of hopelessness that is the hallmark of sufferers from the primary disease , - but that is the nature of the addiction . |