Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [noun sg] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This problem is highlighted by the studies of Linton and Wagenaar which do make some attempt to sample a range of autobiographical events , both of which while showing slight memory improvements for emotional items appear to show memory impairments if the items were regarded as unpleasant . |
| 2 | ‘ We must win this week-end to have a glimmer of hope of catching them . |
| 3 | The Italians , and indeed all foreigners , are known to be cruel to animals , thought Daisy , looking down to see if she could catch some peasant beating a horse or kicking a dog . |
| 4 | Gandhi 's tolerant attitude to religions , which will be dealt with in the following chapter , is an indication that he does not consider any religion to have a monopoly of Truth and that includes Hinduism . |
| 5 | It does not do any harm to have a look and see what firms say about themselves in the various directories , including The Legal 500 , The Chambers Directory of Solicitors and Barristers and The Law Society Directory . |
| 6 | It 's my extreme good fortune that I can use that voice to earn a living . |
| 7 | We will use that information to generate a material requirement plan which we will give to our suppliers . |
| 8 | For details on how to install and run each program take a look at the instructions on the right . |
| 9 | IT 'S New Year 's Eve and you can barely look at food , let alone spend another day preparing a mountain of it for tonight 's hungry party guests . |
| 10 | Each week , the operator will use this diary to produce a report of system down times , by day of the week , on a pre-printed form , which will be given to the New OED Computer Group Manager . |
| 11 | You can now use the command to " *EXEC " the file back into BBCBASIC(Z80) You can use this technique to produce a text file for extensive editing in PipeDream . |
| 12 | If you know that you have a busy weekend ahead and will be out all day for two days at the end of next week , you could use this time to knit a jumper . |
| 13 | They would use this time to seek a university job , helped by a coordinating body , KAI , set up for this purpose . |
| 14 | ‘ I somehow do n't see this girl having a baronet for a father … |
| 15 | Would it not make more sense to have a moratorium on pit closures in the interests of jobs , the balance of payments and European energy conservation ? |
| 16 | Jean owns a shop which used to sell clothes but she has now decided that given the location she would make more money running a restaurant at the same premises . |
| 17 | And as Bethan found , it may also take some time to find a treatment that 's right for you . |
| 18 | ‘ You might have some difficulty convincing a judge of that . |
| 19 | It is not material whether he hath a court or no ; all the matter is , whether he hath a jurisdiction ; if he hath conusance of the matter and person , and he gives a sentence , it must have some effect to make a vacancy , be it never so wrong . |
| 20 | ‘ If the sentence be given by the proper visitor , created so by the founder , or by the law , you shall never inquire into the validity , or ground of the sentence … private and particular corporations for charity , founded and endowed by private persons , are subject to the private government of those who erect them … if [ the visitor ] hath conusance of the matter and person , and he gives a sentence , it must have some effect to make a vacancy , be it never so wrong . |
| 21 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 22 | ‘ ( 1 ) An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable in tort on the ground only — ( a ) that it induces another person to break a contract or interferes or induces any other person to interfere with its performance ; or ( b ) that it consists in his threatening that a contract ( whether one to which he is a party or not ) will be broken or its performance interfered with , or that he will induce another person to break a contract or to interfere with its performance . |
| 23 | We must therefore resist any temptation to read a book on doubt like a medical dictionary , or before long we may convince ourselves that we are suffering from every variety of doubt . |
| 24 | Not that she imagined she would have any difficulty finding a job . |
| 25 | ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 26 | Sure , it does seem that memory has a role in it . |
| 27 | ‘ The important thing is , he did n't lose enough blood to need a transfusion , so no hospital . ’ |
| 28 | PERMITTING — means an express or implied permission and does not involve any order to take a vehicle on the roads . |
| 29 | These cases must therefore have been regarded as distinguishable , presumably on the ground that Slater 's case did not involve any refusal to perform a service unless an unlawful payment was made . |
| 30 | The court can waive any requirement to serve a document or direct that service be effected in a particular manner ( FPCR , r4(8) ; FPR , r4.4(8) ) . |