Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not want to carry on a lengthy conversation with this garrulous dumb woman ; she wanted to go to bed and hug Edward Bear . |
| 2 | Your doctor may want to carry out an internal examination to check the size and position of your womb , which will help indicate how far along you are , or this may be done at your hospital appointment . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll want to catch quite an early train from Liverpool Street . |
| 4 | They might prefer to work out a general letter and simply insert the details such as where they saw the job advertised and the name given to the vacancy advertised . |
| 5 | She sit down on the chair but she 'll want to stand up a little bit cause we got bins underneath and she wants to put her feet on the bins |
| 6 | For example , they might want to know why a particular event took place . |
| 7 | If this is not provided , the user will need to set up an equivalent record . |
| 8 | At times , you may need to fill in an official form . |
| 9 | With Stalinvast gone , any remaining evidence of the kindling of the hydra had been obliterated ; and Jaq would need to think up an almighty lie to exonerate the command he gave , should official query ever reach him . |
| 10 | Although this consists of nine credits ( see page 5 ) , three are common to both preliminary awards , so the student would need to take just a further six credits to gain the more advanced award . |
| 11 | You may have to commit yourself to buying a new home before you have sold your existing one , in which case you may need to take out a bridging loan to tide you over until you sell . |
| 12 | How many sixths would you need to make up a third ? |
| 13 | A lawyer might be encouraged to work for , say , professional arrangements which opened up the profession 's services to the general public ; or a chemist might seek to reduce the impact of the chemical industry on the environment ; or a doctor might act to bring about a new balance between preventive and restorative medicine , as practised by the profession . |
| 14 | We would n't wish to do that , but nor would we want to open up a free for all . |
| 15 | The Democratic Platform at a conference on March 18-19 had begun discussing whether it should prepare to set up a new political party immediately after the July congress , if its policies were not adopted . |
| 16 | Applicants should possess or expect to obtain shortly a good Honours Degree in Mathematics . |
| 17 | Today we could expect to find perhaps a dozen employed ; but then , only 14 were retired in the broadest sense . |
| 18 | If this is the case , we would expect to find only a few of the many polymorphisms readily interpretable as responsive to present proximal selective forces . |
| 19 | Alternatively , the firm can choose to set up a local operation and simply ‘ clone ’ the domestic business in the foreign country . |
| 20 | In a good postwar election year , the Conservatives would normally expect to pick up a respectable number of seats in Northern England and to some extent in Scotland . |
| 21 | She was not a small girl , was reasonably athletic for a woman , but there was little she could do to fight off a determined man , particularly when she was neither mentally nor physically prepared for such a brutal assault . |
| 22 | Will others choose to keep up a continuous presence in covering Yugoslavia in the way that we have over the past year ? |
| 23 | This seems an academic disputation compared with the salient fact that the programme , whichever way you look at it , would appear to have hardly a single vote in it . |
| 24 | Instead of being taken for granted as a set of explanatory standards which will bolster and enhance our understanding of the social world , individualism may appear to offer only a narrow and distorting lens through which to inspect it . |
| 25 | The latter measures may be carried out by a company representative or the organisation may choose to bring in an outside specialist to run this part of the communications exercise . |
| 26 | ‘ We would like to go over a few points relating to the Livesey murder , ’ Bragg said evenly . |
| 27 | What I would like to do with the financi financial commentary , is because it is , is an historic document , I would like to pull out a few plums which we can team brief . |
| 28 | Q Please could you give me some information on Red Shiners , as I would like to set up a coldwater tank in which to keep some . |
| 29 | We would like to set up a SPRED group in this area but we need helpers . |
| 30 | They can co-ordinate only within the south-east of England , but if you would like to set up a local group , Chris Milton has prepared information sheets and can put you in touch with other interested people in your area . |