Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 . |
| 2 | But he could cash in with a lucrative return against the 24-year-old German early next year . |
| 3 | If the small company audit is abolished , the reason for being authorised will disappear along with a substantial part of their earning capacity which they do not believe they can recoup through selling other services . |
| 4 | You want to be very careful er , Mr Chairman , how we put out erm , information , I mean , let's face it , you know , you start sort of raising a lot of hairs if you 're not careful and if , if , even if it 's totally irrelevant people will latch on to a particular com comment and make it their own . |
| 5 | While I agree that worm watching will probably never catch on as a mass pursuit , something well known here in Cornwall is to observe seagulls tap dancing on the lawn after rain . |
| 6 | Back then , they did n't catch on in a big way . ’ |
| 7 | Russell sees good opportunities in synthetic leather clothing , particularly if Morton can tie in with a European designer . |
| 8 | Just For the Record will tie in with a nationwide tour of the same name , and will be promoted ( including signing sessions ) by band members Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt . |
| 9 | Just as a human baby may draw comfort from sucking a dummy , so occasionally a baby elephant will sidle up to a young female and suck her milkless nipple . |
| 10 | The worlds they encompass read end to end do n't add up or line up along a single straight trajectory . |
| 11 | A host of current Irish League stars who came through the ranks will line up in a special BB challenge match . |
| 12 | But it has to be something good , or it will just fizzle out like a damp squib and you 'll feel worse than ever . ’ |
| 13 | Whilst I stand to be corrected , it may well have been this greasy property which made the finish dry out with a khaki tone . |
| 14 | How could clothes not dry out on a warm sunny day ? |
| 15 | If all goes according to plan the enemy will fall back into a defensive position to the west of the area , around an airfield . |
| 16 | Curiously enough , it appears that there is no question at all which fits the adjective of a sentence like ( 59 ) closely , so that one must fall back on a metalinguistic one such as ( 60 ) : ( 59 ) the sharks remain dangerous ( 60 ) what did you say about the sharks ? 5.7 Since the property of the postverbal is one which the speaker deliberately chooses to clothe in the guise of an adjective rather than an adverb , it must , as we have already remarked , be one which is capable of being ascribed to the referential locus of the subject phrase . |
| 17 | Pupils can often fall back on a circular argument such as : Why is the relationship linear ? |
| 18 | He wanted the youth to go away , for in his mind he saw him fall back with a suppressed scream of terror and pain , holding a handkerchief to his face . |
| 19 | ‘ You invent , or goad me into , some failing to give you cause for complaint , so that you can then screw around with a clear conscience . |
| 20 | You know then we thought right , we 're not just gon na forget about this you know , we 'll we 'll carry on for a little while longer and then as soon as the ball really started rolling , er personally I thought well you ca n't back down now , . |
| 21 | If standard steps are followed on each occasion , it should be easier to prevent mistakes occurring and ensure that the terms are incorporated into all contracts ; in addition , if the normal procedures do break down on a particular occasion , it may be possible to rely on the previous course of dealing . |
| 22 | Uneaten food , and anything once living that dies or lies in the tank will break down in a similar fashion . |
| 23 | He is assuming that all those people now paid below what his party would bring in as a minimum wage would keep their jobs . |
| 24 | Nonetheless , manufacturers are still not pushing the business benefits of technology to any great extent — some 80% of those questioned said that bidding vendors had never formally evaluated what they should invest in from a strategic point of view . |
| 25 | It is inevitable , therefore , that problems in this respect will carry through to a tentative application of economics to law . |
| 26 | Damien and a companion of his choice can now head off for a fabulous hero 's weekend in London . |
| 27 | Whatever figure you choose , you can then borrow up to a given multiple of that amount whenever you like , either in a lump sum or in small irregular amounts . |
| 28 | She did n't feel up to a zealous dyke conversion . |
| 29 | ‘ He did n't quite grow up with a happy trusting nature like you and George . ’ |
| 30 | Beauty is often the object of envy by a plain person , yet people whose prettiness as children captivated the adults around them may grow up with a severe disadvantage . |