Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 But what , she wondered , did the Colonel think about during the periods of his wife 's persistent chattering ?
2 And what Do you have any sort of memories that you can describe of of the marches in coming to ?
3 Erm do you know in in the flats , erm different ethnic groups .
4 The igneous and metamorphic rocks form what one can think of as the bones of the landscape , covered by sedimentary sequences of varying depths ( muscles , internal organs ? ) , and a thin skin of Quaternary ( Ice-Age ) material and new soil .
5 Roots will grow from around the edges of the base , but can take several months to develop .
6 What , then , should the researcher look for in the settlements in his area , and how should he set about analysing what he finds ?
7 City expects reckon full-year profits will emerge at around the Pounds 280m level , against £192m last time .
8 Er what sort of relationship did you have with with the men , did you er particularly thinking that you you were still for a long time after that , the the branch secretary of the union as well you know .
9 You do n't have to over the rocks !
10 Those of us who believe that our future and national interest lie in such a course do not do so in a spirit of emotional faith or constitutional adventurism ; rather , we take a hard-headed view of where our economic interests lie and where the money will come from in the years ahead .
11 So of course we used to sort of try and get in in the nurses ' home through a ground floor window .
12 Er I I think my honourable friend , if I followed him er is confusing two things , er because erm er what we , he was beginning by talking about er are what we will come to in the regulations er which is the right of citizens of other er member countries to vote in the country of which they 're not a citizen to vote .
13 What kind of q Yeah what are the kin what are the kind of qualities that have helped you get by over the years ?
14 I wish there was someone I could talk to about the problems — someone who 'd keep an eye on him and watch for him getting bad and get the doctor to do something , sooner ; someone who 'd help him with money , a job , get him out of the room for a bit , give us a break too .
15 I mean , a lot , I can say with on the youths , I think were doing , were , were , were walking with young people at the local levels of various places in the town you know , we 've got , we have n't got as many resources as we want yet , but were still trying to do that , well I actually feel , on youth we 're doing quite a good job you know , expensive job you know , that we are , and , and all that concerns you raise , were certainly aware of .
16 She felt that a whole phalanx of gibbering wraiths could rise from beneath the flagstones and Elizabeth would indifferently offer them sherry .
17 Sometimes such problems are tackled by putting the students to work in twos and threes , so that good readers can help the slower ones ; in the case of fairly lengthy work-cards , where more explanation is given , it is also helpful to record the text on a cassette , which the slower reader can listen to with the words before him , increasing his familiarity with the written word at the same time as giving him the information that he needs .
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