Example sentences of "[vb infin] [noun prp] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I do n't know Charlotte but the bet was definitely about |
| 2 | You know if er you know if federal government says well we think it 'd be a good idea to set up a erm you know a national space agency er NASA and all these other wonderful things , you know , and all the people in congress say great idea , great idea er we 'll have to have a launching site , we 'll have to have a launching site in Florida er cos it 'd be good to get one next to the water otherwise the rockets might come down and hit people and that would be unfortunate so we 'll agree there has to be a seaboard state but Flo well we 'll choose Florida cos the weather 's nice and you can play tennis all the year round so it 's a good idea and then we have to have mission control , right ? |
| 3 | Here , Moby could acquire basic social and communication skills with other dogs , get used to being handled by many different people and Jenny could show Moby and the Hurseys how to start a course of basic obedience training . |
| 4 | SunSelect says it will integrate WABI and the Insignia Solutions Ltd-derived SunPC so users can run both Windows and MS-DOS programs . |
| 5 | But Dennis Oliver , the man leading the MCC rebels in their bid to get the vote of no confidence at next month 's meeting of all 17,500 MCC members was equally defiant , saying : ‘ We are going ahead full steam with our campaign , and if we win the vote I would expect Dexter and the selectors to resign . ’ |
| 6 | I occasionally wonder whether anyone in Brussels listens to what is said in the House , but my right hon. Friends have made it clear that Britain can not accept any defence arrangement that would weaken NATO or the Atlantic alliance , and that we can not accept any declaration of intent or prior commitment to a single currency . |
| 7 | Monasteries and convents — Catholic , Anglican and Orthodox — welcome many seeking help in spirituality and prayer , as do communities like Taizé and the Community of Celebration . |
| 8 | For how many years have we been told it 's tax payers ' money do you remember Maggie and the tax payers ' money , it 's like this animal somewhere called the tax payer but it came out of the wall as if we were n't one of them and that we had to look after the tax payers ' money . |
| 9 | Whilst large sums of money were voted by Parliament to establish and keep Uhuru and the Nationalist going , MPs always showed extreme reluctance to extend that generosity to radio . |
| 10 | AS one of the many who helped defend Malta when the island was under siege in World War II , I was interested to read ( Echo March 19 ) that the Maltese Government is keen to issue medals to those involved to mark the 50th anniversary of the award of the G.C. to the island . |
| 11 | But he could n't see Bertha because the bushes were too thick , and he could n't smell her because the smell of the myrtle was too strong . |
| 12 | She could remember Hamlet and the dates of important battles in the Revolutionary War and the names of Disney 's Seven Dwarfs and the telephone numbers of old boyfriends and the faces of people she had known in college but not seen in years and the deadlines for the three pieces she had been working on … |
| 13 | Three countries-Brazil , India and Japan-were initially identified in May as candidates for such retaliatory action ( see p. 36926 ) ; at a special GATT Council meeting on June 21 and at the subsequent regular meeting on June 21-22 these three all expressed the apprehension that eventual US action under this provision would undermine GATT and the Uruguay Round , whereas the USA maintained that no trade action had yet been taken and assured the Council of its continuing strong commitment to both GATT itself and to the Uruguay Round . |
| 14 | In what seemed to him to be the far distance he could see Mariana and the President climbing up the meadow to meet him . |
| 15 | The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up . |
| 16 | I can assure Solzhenitsyn that the method works admirably , ‘ right ’ or ‘ no right ’ . |
| 17 | He put to Tito a written proposal that the Western allies should control Trieste and the lines of communication to Austria , and that Tito 's forces should withdraw . |
| 18 | He would meet Mischa and the others in London at the exhibition in the art gallery . |
| 19 | On Dec. 18 EC Foreign Ministers , meeting again in Brussels , agreed that de Michelis should not meet Aziz unless the Bush-Aziz meeting had taken place . |
| 20 | ‘ It is all very sad but I do wish Kevin and the club success . |
| 21 | I could hear Jamie and the girl running after me shouting , but I was already past the old chip shop and the war memorial and picking up speed . |
| 22 | So you 're gon na have Tim and the rest of them on your |
| 23 | and she 'll phone Anne she 'll most likely phone Joan and the rest of them . |
| 24 | The first thing I did was tell Harvey that the eggs and all my baggage had been stolen at the airport , but Harvey Newbegin was in one of his rich-busy-man moods and went bustling around making tutting noises for a couple of days . |
| 25 | Miss Danziger put more pressure on the pedals ; she knew that if she did not reach Sandweg before the force of the wind had accumulated its full strength , she would have very hard work before her . |
| 26 | But did CSM tell Dista that the number of reports was ‘ unprecedented ’ ? |
| 27 | Emily pushed the unpleasant thought aside , she would forget Craig and the trouble he was in , just for tonight , she promised herself . |
| 28 | No , she would not tell Peter that the person he loved most in the world was dead . |
| 29 | He could probably switch Mason and the others about a bit ; they 'd nearly finished the job at Coleworthy Farm ; but he must n't start counting his chickens . |
| 30 | He did tell Theo that the sketch was suggested to him by a poem of Thomas Hood 's relating the story of a conscience-stricken rich lady who has been to buy a dress and sees an emaciated , consumptive seamstress in a back room of the shop . |