Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iranians , of course , had little interest in vacations , but North could also make them wonderful offers in the currency they understood , TOWs : ‘ If you get the hostages out , we 'll send you a million of them . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ There they are sorted and put back on the vehicles and re-delivered so that the franchisees can deliver them first thing in the morning . ’ |
| 3 | You obviously think you can do what you like with women , and perhaps that 's the fault of those who 've let you treat them this way in the past . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been so unnaturally virtuous lately that you can surely grant me two kisses in one day ! ’ |
| 5 | I 'll build my own museum in Pittsburgh , or someplace else , or give my paintings to the National Gallery in London . |
| 6 | ‘ I shall make my final decision in the morning , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I shall treat my own family in the same way , disregarding the fiction that my children are in some mystical way an extension of myself . |
| 8 | This suggests , I think , that I must refine my earlier criterion in the following way : it is wrong for a person to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's desire , and only allowable for them to be treated , with their consent , as a means to the satisfaction of another 's needs , if no other means for their satisfaction can be made available . |
| 9 | I can certainly reassure my hon. Friend in that regard . |
| 10 | We 'll discuss my brilliant notion in more elegant surroundings . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Please do not discuss my private affairs in public . ’ |
| 12 | They will describe their interior journeys in terms of the orthodox traditions of their faith : Jews , Christians and Muslims , for example , believe in a personal God while Buddhists feel that this is an unreligious idea and prefer to speak of an ultimate but indescribable Reality . |
| 13 | By establishing a partnership it is likely that the school must recognise its own role in servicing , supporting , and maintaining the progress of its partnership , in the same way that it would for any internal group . |
| 14 | I shall introduce its fundamental essence in Chapter 3 under the title of cumulative selection . |
| 15 | Maclean and Donaldson are more experienced world circuit travellers , but that will not lessen their respective ambitions in the Spanish and Guernsey Opens . |
| 16 | I shall discuss its historical origins in Chapter 14 . |
| 17 | Emboldened by their own good fortune , the Maronites even argued that they did not need their Syrian saviours in the streets of Christian east Beirut . |
| 18 | I waited in the corridor for our blanket and any message for Sister Casualty , and brooded on the baby 's chances of survival , how any mother could have made herself pack her own baby in a carrier-bag , and what kind of thoughts passed through a woman 's mind when she walked away after abandoning her baby in a telephone-box , or anywhere else . |
| 19 | It 's a fight against all that dehumanises , blocks and blights those who are made in God 's image and do n't know their God-given potential in the present and in a future which goes beyond the grave . |
| 20 | While not as well equipped , the general transport Daks can assist their maritime brothers in eyeball searches . |
| 21 | It would win him few friends in the offices of Century , few cosy evenings with his subordinates in the clubland of Mayfair . |
| 22 | Not only did she need Vitor 's goodwill now , but she could need it some time in the future ; so turning him into an outright no-holds-barred enemy was shortsighted … and potentially dangerous . |
| 23 | It did n't win it any friends in the Sun Microsystems Inc camp , where they could stand a few friends . |
| 24 | Richardson 's Garvey colleague Dan Clarke will win his 50th cap in the game , and will be hoping that the Irish can improve on the 4-1 defeat at the hands of England when they last met in the Centenary Trophy staged in Dublin in June . |
| 25 | A Toraja boy desires his own fighting cock just as longingly as a youngster might desire his first motorbike in the West . |
| 26 | It became evident that there was no shortage of topics , and we decided that a conference was indeed called for in which we could pursue our shared interest in peaceful societies and attempt to challenge what we all regarded as a biased approach which presented human behaviour in terms of how aggressive drives are handled . |
| 27 | ‘ Why do you not vent your crusading zeal in an article for the Star ? ’ he asked . |
| 28 | Then let Vibes soothe your frazzled retinas in glorious monochrome ! |
| 29 | However — we do need your continuous support in providing us with information . |
| 30 | What employers will be interested in is the confidence and faith you have in yourself to revise and update your clinical skills in order to place them in a service context . |