Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] or [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a corporation , it was held , should have the same power to maintain an action for a libel by which its property is injured as the law allowed to a corporation at common law , and the power to sue for libel or slander for the protection of its reputation in the carrying on of its business . |
| 2 | The reason for this is traditional : Roman friends were often called on to look after property or to care for members of a family . |
| 3 | If care is taken with is preparation , and perhaps photographs inserted , you have a ‘ house handbook ’ to keep for reference or to leave to future owners . |
| 4 | This is a good place to rest for lunch or to visit for an evening out , for there is often live music in the restaurants and bars — folk , fado and jazz are all provided for . |
| 5 | He is clearly a very disturbed and emotionally rejected child because he deliberately urinates on the carpets and bedding , refuses to go to bed or stay in his own bed . |
| 6 | He is clearly a very disturbed and emotionally rejected child because he deliberately urinates on the carpets and bedding , refuses to go to bed or stay in his own bed . |
| 7 | The ones who leave to go to college or to live in some kind of hostel attached to a place of work , will eventually be embraced into an active social life by their peers . |
| 8 | That will depend on their view of the liquidity of both debt and equity markets : the more liquid they think these are , the less likely they are to sit on cash or to refrain from borrowing , and the more likely they are to pay large dividends . |
| 9 | Except that trusts of land must be created by writing , a trust may be created by any sufficient expression of intention to create it , whether the legal ownership is transferred to another to hold as trustee or remains with the creator of the trust , who in that case will himself be the trustee . |
| 10 | A SUICIDAL father asked his nine-year-old daughter to choose whether she wanted to live with mummy or die with him . |
| 11 | There are also the dangers of cutting down on food to pay for drink or drifting into excessive drinking due to loneliness . |
| 12 | And I did n't know whether to laugh with pleasure or to cry with pain . |
| 13 | ‘ We are about to really start approaching businesses in the Darlington area to ask for money or help in kind , ’ said Robin . |
| 14 | Which is fair enough because one of the things I mentioned about the benefits of er or the things we should try to achieve in retirement or secure in retirement , is that if you 've had a challenge in life whilst you 're working then for goodness sake do n't drop it when you retire . |