Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] [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 | I must have at least a dozen dresses made before I can shew my face in town . |
| 9 | Perhaps I 'd better introduce my sort of position here . |
| 10 | Moreover , I always think that working with you will lessen my spell in Purgatory when I die . ’ |
| 11 | Once completed , the dentist can reassess my mouth for insurance purposes . |
| 12 | As an American I can only hang my head in shame over the Bill Clinton sex scandal . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I believe the team will win its place in Division Two . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A MOTHER is living in a nightmare from which her only possible escape is that her tiny daughter may win her fight for life . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Now nationalised and backed by government money , the firm may buy its way into video technology and markets . |
| 19 | At all times you should respect their right to confidentiality . ’ |
| 20 | Mrs Hamilton was n't confident that the agency nurses she interviewed would respect her desire for confidentiality on the subject . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Does anyone possess or know which model of drill is needed to power the attachments ? |
| 25 | Please consider these options and let us know which method of funding you wish to adopt . |
| 26 | Lucy says ‘ They always go home happier and friendlier — but most of all we must preserve their love of movement ’ . |
| 27 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
| 28 | Explain why it is so important that everyone who benefits from Medau work should demonstrate their support through membership . |
| 29 | It would be desirable if successful Compact graduates could demonstrate their suitability for employment through the positive evidence contained in their records of achievement , thus precluding the need in their case for testing . |
| 30 | Charity schools were inexpensive and could be readily supplied in the boom years , while even such an early champion of the bourgeoisie as Defoe could approve their attack on sloth and indiscipline as going to the heart of the problem of the labouring poor . |