Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was I you , I 'd stay tucked up in bed . |
| 2 | A man can feel left out during pregnancy . |
| 3 | Erm and you do feel shut in at nights when you 're on your own . |
| 4 | The use of specialised equipment , telescopic aids , reading stands and closed circuit television may make a pupil feel singled out from others because of having to use such devices . |
| 5 | The search for spirituality can become diverted also into cults or fascination with the occult , and if it avoids these dangers it can become simply another form of aesthetic experience and move away from the major religious traditions , so that the arts become a kind of substitute for religion . |
| 6 | On the other hand , do n't let your working folder become cluttered up with papers you are not using . |
| 7 | I NEVER thought for one moment that my life would become bound up with rivers . |
| 8 | We know that a nation 's sense of its own identity can become bound up with material objects , the identity of the British with the Crown Jewels , that of the Greeks with the Elgin Marbles , that of the people of Hungary with the Crown of Stephen . |
| 9 | The outer side of the algal ridge is often interrupted by a system of spurs and grooves , the latter running back through the ridge as a series of surge channels , which may even become roofed over in places by the development of Porolithon from their sides . |
| 10 | Adults , especially when they become parents , seem to develop an increasing sense of responsibility concerning safety and may become involved politically over issues of personal , local or national safety , for example , safe road crossings outside schools , and local dumping of nuclear waste . |
| 11 | Ambassador is happy to travel and does not become upset away from home . |
| 12 | Leith yelled , and as fury which she just could not contain spiralled out of control , her right hand arced through the air , and even as she hit him with all her strength , she was still yelling , ‘ Since it seems to be taking so long to sink in , you can bank on it — whoever pays my mortgage , you 're far , far at the back of the queue ! ’ |
| 13 | Yes , yes , it 's Belgium , and you you may have heard again during sporting events , football matches , or or whatever it is . |
| 14 | ‘ You would have heard officially on Monday but I thought why not tell you now and save you a week-end 's worry . |
| 15 | Until an hour or two ago I certainly did n't know that this problem had arisen , but the date April has been on the lips of my er Honourable Friend er and of the Noble Minister er I used to represent part of the City of Leeds and Honourable er a and Noble Lord you 'll have heard recently of behaviour at Elland Road Football Ground on the death of Sir Matt Busby and one can only wonder what sort of people er we 're dealing with , but many of them arrive at Leeds City Station on the day of a match and they come early and they have then to get their way to Elland Road and there are often real problems . |
| 16 | ‘ Señora Sunderby should have flown straight to Punta Arenas , but instead she stopped off in Lima . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 'd mentioned Pépin Le Bref , or Madame sans Géne , he 'd have prattled away for hours ! |
| 18 | This technique was compatible with a more open-ended view of natural relationships , although most naturalists were as yet unwilling to concede that life could have developed solely in response to adaptive pressures . |
| 19 | If they had more efficient stockbrokers , they might indeed have broken away from Harvard long before . |
| 20 | We could have lolled peaceably at home tonight , watching All That Heaven Allows on BBC2 . |
| 21 | In Rome a visitor can stand in front of a Baroque church , but a few minutes later , having walked only a short distance , may have plunged back in time to Antiquity . |
| 22 | Old Henryk would n't have fallen apart in front of Farnham 's Witchfinders , Annie . |
| 23 | There is no doubt but that , if Mrs. Steed 's signature had been forged or if the non est factum plea had been made good , the case would have fallen squarely within paragraph ( g ) . |
| 24 | It could be resold at the market price less 10% selling expenses , or retained for use later in another new product to be manufactured by the company , by which time it is expected that the market price will have fallen by about 25% . |
| 25 | If they had been on an island , in a one-to-one situation , they would have fallen deeply in love , said Anspach . |
| 26 | The monastery may have been sacked by Vikings or it may have fallen down through neglect , but either way it needed reviving . |
| 27 | The Lane must have fallen out of use in this stretch within living memory . |
| 28 | It is normal in a sale and purchase agreement to exclude liability for representations made in pre-contractual negotiations , but this is unlikely to be acceptable in the investment agreement as investors will have relied heavily on input from management before agreeing to proceed . |
| 29 | Their forebears may well have relied heavily upon scurvy grass ( Cochlearia officinalis ) in some areas referred to as , ‘ a sailor ’ or ‘ mariner ’ , and in other areas called , ‘ the thing for scurvy ’ , or more explicitly , possessing antiscorbutic properties . |
| 30 | I ca n't be sure , because if lack of oxygen was affecting me , I would have blacked out at lot sooner , and I remember the whole episode ’ . |