Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is characteristic of the popular movement in the mid-seventeenth century that someone who helped to formulate an effective compromise on a crucial and contentious constitutional issue should remain so obscure a figure . |
| 2 | Yorkshire Holly is on a down path over hurdles , but on his best Flat form remains on a workable mark , while good jump winners Bonanza and Marlin Dancer would need only to show a glimpse of that ability to be dangerous off bottom weight . |
| 3 | But there again that 's the shareholders er do n't see you know like to get a bit more er information and good public relations for the company . |
| 4 | These points are similar to points 2 and 3 ante but vary slightly in the content of the call , e.g. for point 4 examples would include falsely telling a woman her husband was dead or that he is having an affair . |
| 5 | Despite Norman Lamont 's pre-election Budget most analysts believe the Chancellor did n't do enough to secure a victory . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah ! ’ he observed , as he had done at Bantry Bay , ‘ None but my brave English could do so brave an action ! ’ |
| 7 | We 'd almost do better cadging a lift off a couple of tortoises . ’ |
| 8 | It is only fair to add that some lawyers play exactly the opposite role , persuading clients who are itching for a zero sum fight that they would do better to reach a nonzero sum settlement out of court . |
| 9 | The success of our work , with the full support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , leads us to believe that the American Government would do better to adopt a plan similar to our own . |
| 10 | Before considering making an application to the local council for a rent or rate rebate , an elderly person who is hard pressed financially should consider first whether her income is so low that she might do better to make an application for a supplementary pension , which brings with it other benefits ( previously described ) . |
| 11 | It seems , you know , because Freud did n't actually analyze just to make a generalization about things he knew about some of the people . |
| 12 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
| 13 | ‘ What would I give now to have a joint of beef like I had in those days ! ’ |
| 14 | Demand for second-hand equipment is high , and British dealers would do well to take a look at the opportunities , he adds . |
| 15 | The church planter will do well to set a goal of identifying and releasing others . |
| 16 | From what we know , it seems that the prudent PC user will do well to wait a while and see what other goodies DOS 6 will provide and then upgrade as quickly as possible . |
| 17 | If the occupier has reason to anticipate the presence of a child trespasser he would do well to erect an obstacle to entry that is not in itself dangerous . |
| 18 | If television is going to be with you , you will need to arrange stronger lights on the key focal points — you would do well to get a set of four ‘ redheads ’ ( 800 watt TV lights ) . |
| 19 | This experiment shows how different components can work together to compound a problem . |
| 20 | Let us work together to produce a country we can be proud of , not ashamed of . |
| 21 | The avoidance of blackmail may become so over-riding an objective that it obscures all other logic . |
| 22 | I ca n't remember ever bolting a weasel from a rabbit warren . |
| 23 | I 'd like now to have a word with all the Lab staff in the library and then Inspector Massingham and I will start the preliminary interviews : Howarth , the two women , Angela Foley and Brenda Pridmore , Blakelock , Middlemass and any of the others without a firm alibi . |
| 24 | It will , without doubt , be useful to say a word aloud in a variety of stresses and vowel sound combinations , and if this does not work then to ask a native of the place being researched to say it — this is frequently a useful device if the document originated locally . |
| 25 | I do n't remember there having a break , we had the break at er midday but I do n't remember , if we , if we did we had to work you know what I mean , we just have I forget , that is a bit I 've forgotten |
| 26 | If you can not volunteer then become a member — information and details at the above telephone numbers . |
| 27 | Writes all day long , but as far as I can see never sells a word . |
| 28 | They do not quite meet midradically to form a fan on the proximal joints . |
| 29 | But he decided he must at least stop somewhere to telephone a warning of their arrival and to find out if Pat was still alive . |
| 30 | He would pause only to take a meal in the dining-room , where he would sell his pens to visiting salesmen . |