Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem can arise acutely in a situation where Y takes goods from X on ‘ sale or return ’ terms . |
| 2 | Let us think rather of a twin track approach , in which custody is reserved for those who commit serious offences . |
| 3 | ‘ Should n't think so for a minute , knowing him . ’ |
| 4 | I should n't think so for a minute darling . |
| 5 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment , ’ said Rufus , whose speech grew more precise when he was drunk . |
| 6 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment . ’ |
| 7 | Both laboratory experiments and numerical simulations have demonstrated that plumes can arise only at a boundary between convective regimes , such as that between the Earth 's core and mantle at a depth of 2,900 km . |
| 8 | ( The English Electric number quoted in the October FlyPast may well relate only to a sub-section . ) |
| 9 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 10 | I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene . |
| 11 | But I 'll think better over a pastis . |
| 12 | If he returned home in the evening he would sometimes dine with John Hayward but , since Hayward was an inveterate diner-out , he would often eat alone from a tray on his knees . |
| 13 | This way it will act rather like an appetite suppressant pill — or , rather , in the way pills should act if they contained sufficient cellulose . |
| 14 | But I do n't know that actually killing a man because he 's been touching up the boys would altogether hang together as a motive . ’ |
| 15 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 16 | The loop could act only as a monitor to be interrogated in the case of breakdown of comprehension . |
| 17 | Rather , they can act only as a guide to decision making by making the assumptions underlying the decisions explicit . |
| 18 | The Frenchman , before turning to her sons , let his glance fall pointedly for a moment to the swell of her breasts tightly bodiced beneath a new Fifth Avenue day dress of sheer white silk chiffon ; then he smiled secretly at her again and this undisguised expression of passionate interest brought a faint flush to her face . |
| 19 | So the second attitude can flourish only in a climate where the first is general . |
| 20 | Assembling in front of the Eiffel Tower , the teams drove through France and sailed the Med safely enough before rumbling south from Algiers with back-up that did not include much besides a wing and a prayer . |
| 21 | It is highly unlikely that any consultancy you appoint will know enough about a company to allow it to undertake the audit without considerable input from your senior management . |
| 22 | That dress would hang better on a broomstick . ’ |
| 23 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 24 | He comes on a bit slow , sometimes , and the old turbine up top does n't always chug away like a Lamborghini , but he gets there , he gets there . |
| 25 | It comes with its own good reviews in the form of sleevenotes which make amusingly extravagant claims , including that it is a record about ‘ how you sometimes feel like the sky will peel away like a mask and reveal something more brilliant behind ’ , which may tell some of you not just a little of how this record sounds , but how it got to sound that way too . |
| 26 | Using EBG , one might observe just one species , a sparrow , and deduce that any bird with short wings and a short beak could survive comfortably on a diet of seeds and insects . |
| 27 | Most respondents said they felt secure and expressed a good deal of confidence that we would act calmly in an incident . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll know more after a scan and a bone-marrow expiration ! ’ |
| 29 | It is thus tempting to suggest that the same X-box binding complex may act both as an activator and as a repressor . |
| 30 | Well I 'll wait here for a bit I mean you 'll queue at the others if I turn round . |