Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That will make them pause for a while , ’ Jehana said , her tone satisfied . |
| 2 | The cops would be watching the bus station and the railroad terminal , but maybe I could bribe my way aboard a tramp steamer for Macao or Shanghai . |
| 3 | " Yet if I could make him notice me perhaps he might consider my suitability as a wife . |
| 4 | Belting tales of outlaw attitude like the born-to-be-wild rocker ‘ Ride Into YOur Town ’ are juxtaposed to beautiful ballads , like the piano-accompanied ‘ How Does It Feel ’ ( ‘ … to ruthlessly steal my heart like a thief in the night ’ ) — . |
| 5 | Belting tales of outlaw attitude like the born-to-be-wild rocker ‘ Ride Into YOur Town ’ are juxtaposed to beautiful ballads , like the piano-accompanied ‘ How Does It Feel ’ ( ‘ … to ruthlessly steal my heart like a thief in the night ’ ) — . |
| 6 | Although I did not entirely enjoy my time as a ‘ check knitter ’ , I learned one valuable lesson . |
| 7 | Good business planning could have helped Darlington win its bid for a body scanner , a senior hospital official said this week . |
| 8 | She fears that its plans will confine her sex to a social ghetto |
| 9 | When a whale drinks a litre of sea water , it is able to concentrate the salt into two thirds of litre of urine — which means it can quench its thirst with a net gain of a third of a litre of fresh water . |
| 10 | The roar of applause when it later rids itself of them may boost its popularity at a critical moment . |
| 11 | Faith must know its object in a way we can not know an historical fact . |
| 12 | the company does not commence its business within a year from its incorporation or suspends its business for a whole year ; |
| 13 | When she meets other animals , walk on and ignore her — as she is timid of strange people , I think this will overrule her aggression towards a strange dog , and she will catch up very quickly . |
| 14 | can enjoy their job in a factory but |
| 15 | The party said that it would warn political , business and labour leaders of the grave problems posed by juridical insecurity and would seek their support in a vigorous campaign against a government " ruling by decree " . |
| 16 | If the prey can themselves move , the predator will have to be able to move faster , or with sufficient stealth that it can catch its prey without a long chase . |
| 17 | Coronation Street began in 1960 but , as any fule kno , it did n't catch its stride for a good ten years . |
| 18 | Those who wish to receive an intervention , having considered the probability of a particular outcome , will translate their need into a demand for care . |
| 19 | Let us look now at what can happen when the ‘ top-down ’ view that children should learn to ‘ predict their way through a text ’ — is put into action with children whose reading has fallen behind even average expectation . |
| 20 | There are two possible ways in which the bells can be arranged so that someone arriving at the door can signal their arrival to a person in a specific apartment . |
| 21 | It will normally be in the best interests of a child of sufficient age and understanding to make an informed decision that the court should respect its integrity as a human being and not lightly override its decision on such a personal matter as medical treatment , all the more so if that treatment is invasive . |
| 22 | The school also plans to extend its industrial and community links so pupils can pit their technology against a wide range of real-life problems . |
| 23 | Scholars ' president looks to famous ancestor The Rev. John Douglas will seek his inspiration from a famous ancestor when he returns to the Friends ' School at Great Ayton as president of the Old Scholars ' Association . |
| 24 | As he explains : ‘ The Deity does not need my supplication , but I , a very imperfect human being , do need his protection as a child that of its father . ’ |
| 25 | NEWCASTLE 'S Paul Charters is hoping victory against lightweight world challenger Racheed Lawal in Denmark tonight will boost his bid for a European title challenge . |
| 26 | It has been suggested that now that unions ( and not merely officials ) may in certain circumstances be liable in damages for unlawful industrial action it is more likely that an employer will pursue his claim to a full trial and there is less reason to refuse an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases ; but it has also been said that the ‘ right to strike ’ is a valuable ( indeed essential ) element in the system of collective bargaining and that it ‘ should not be rendered less valuable than Parliament intended by too fanciful or ingenious a view of what might develop into a serious issue to be tried . ’ |
| 27 | Do n't ever let him hear you describe his mini-van as a bone-shaker ! ’ |
| 28 | Sir Charles , a man of mettle , did not surrender his system without a struggle : |
| 29 | She 'd fallen in love with Antonio at first sight , but did n't trust his fidelity as a future husband . |
| 30 | A WOMAN is believed to have lured British computer boss Howard Bates to his death and then helped bury his body in a swampland grave . |