Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who may make a few inconvenient sexual overtures on the ritually appropriate nights of the week , and will want his strictly kosher dinner cooked on time . |
| 2 | He did , however , lend his now recognisable voice to an animated ABC feature called The Point , shown on 2 February 1971 . |
| 3 | Ignorance , combined with confidence that the popular support that he enjoyed inside France would make him indispensable to the Allies , may well explain his initially calm response to news of the invasion on 8 November . |
| 4 | The war curtailed his career and helps explain his somewhat modest career record of 5595 runs and 22 wickets with his occasional medium-pacers . |
| 5 | As Eve had anticipated , it did win them much more freedom . |
| 6 | Or did I buy them as odd presents for people who might like them ? |
| 7 | ‘ My monthly salary would buy me just four bottles of Johnny Walker whisky on the black market , ’ said Hatim , a professor of engineering at Baghdad University . |
| 8 | The museums can promise them only one thing an enduring memorial and gratitude for any help given . |
| 9 | Let's take talk at what many would consider its most mundane level : social chit-chat . |
| 10 | Learning achievement is , at least in part , unpredictable — and we must recognise its very close relation to ( i ) patience and persistence , ( ii ) insight and maturity , and ( iii ) personal motivation . |
| 11 | And now I sha n't need you again this evening , so apart from looking in on Anna from time to time , you may do just as you please . ’ |
| 12 | Even with a substantial sum , the money available can buy you very different amounts of contact with the public : in conventional media analysis terms of coverage of adults and opportunities to see ( OTS ) an ad , £300000 could buy you , nationally , in early 1992 , the ‘ campaigns ’ in the main media which are shown in Table 10.1 . |
| 13 | The benefits of this , the company claims , are minimal heat dissipation and power consumption , saving a customer $200 per workstation per year in electricity costs — in fact , it attests that if Powermaster was incorporated into every personal computer in the UK , then the UK would need one less nuclear power station . |
| 14 | Dazed , overwhelmed with the need and intensity that had sizzled between them since they first met , Rachel did less than resist ; she actively acquiesced , arching her body against his as he slid on to the bed on top of her , and his hoarsely muttered words were bitter-sweet to her ears as he renewed the kiss , his heart thudding above her as his hands began to stroke and explore her passionately responsive body . |
| 15 | Er he wants two two or three coaches for this and that and for a special to Liverpool you see , he 'd need it later that afternoon . |
| 16 | so that I could actually enjoy it more this time because it 's in , so much of a blur when you get married the first time that you 're caught up with it and you do n't really see what happens , I would like to get married all over again . |
| 17 | Crawford was again in a small role that commanded little attention and he could count it as more experience on the ladder to success . |
| 18 | No well you ca n't buy anything so hard luck ! |
| 19 | This will bolster your naturally thin motivation and lift your self-esteem . |
| 20 | Meanwhile the women would make their more leisurely way to the quays with their ‘ gurries ’ , or hand-barrows . |
| 21 | Thus , the university can make its most fruitful contribution to democracy through the teaching of an English which places the student in direct touch with the values embodied in the national literature . |
| 22 | The UN Protection Force , which provides escorts for the land convoys , fears the airdrops would make its lightly armed troops vulnerable to retaliation . |
| 23 | Sun attributed its profit drop to gross margin declines due to a heavier mix of upgrade shipments ( specifically to Models 30 and 41 because it could n't deliver its more powerful systems ) and increased shipments of non-systems components such as memory and storage . |
| 24 | This may explain their slightly higher ages in unskilled manual and retail occupations . |
| 25 | If there are any cancer cells not yet being attended to , I will give them just one minute to stand up . ’ |
| 26 | If traffic lights are used they should have embedded loops to detect approaching cyclists and should give them longer green phases . |
| 27 | So we thought , No if we can stop them to speak to them cos at the end of the day we ca n't actually stop them going up , we can give them as much harassment as we can yes er and keep within the law . |
| 28 | erm And I think erm we 've got to obviously give them as much respect as possible , because for them to reach the semi-final , the same as us erm they obviously erm have got some useful players . |
| 29 | ‘ In reporting a problem to the highway authority , ’ the booklet advises , ‘ you should give them as much information as possible about what is wrong and where — give a grid reference if you can . ’ |
| 30 | While Eva was at Usher the political situation did not give them too much pause for thought . |