Example sentences of "[vb infin] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I , I , it 's unfortunate that you had your first I mean someone who had no experience of headmastership , head , head teachers , I mean all the head teachers I should think are in financial problems this year cos it 's really there first full year |
| 2 | Notes that you can consult are of great value , but much of the fundamental interpretation of your subjects must be based on an effective memory when notes are not to hand . |
| 3 | The only thing you can do is to quiet him down , to frighten him off . |
| 4 | What you got ta do is like that . |
| 5 | Obviously , they take time to adjust to being someone 's pet , but the love they will give is worth any effort put in . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't like being up three flights of stairs at night without a candle . |
| 7 | No , she did n't really remember being at all deprived . |
| 8 | Would n't mind being in that upper sixth . |
| 9 | What I would like is for all the Councillors to look at this , to advise me which other seats they think are indeed the responsibility of and then I 'll go back and go to battle but er I 'd like everybody 's views on which ones they believe they are so that I can do it firmly . |
| 10 | But erm what we would like is for any of you who are actually here at that time to attend that mass and to be involved in some way , to do some sort of erm service . |
| 11 | ‘ Whether you are a king or a street sweeper , we all have to dance with the Grim Reaper , ’ he uttered — which you may remember is from that poignant , sensitive art movie , Bill And Ted 's Bogus Journey . |
| 12 | The only solution I can see is in future to save any pattern of this sort as a variety of widths . |
| 13 | Apparently Harry could n't tolerate being with other people . |
| 14 | Closed-loop control is then the natural choice if the stepping motor itself must be utilised effectively , for example in aerospace applications where weight rather than cost is of primary importance . |
| 15 | The cry should have been for real money , the only means by which genuine choice can be exercised and discrimination on the basis of age eliminated . |
| 16 | Sad though that may have been for that particular patient , there was a positive side , the cancer never reappeared . |
| 17 | There is a display also of various types of mountain refuge or cabin , from which you can judge how extremely uncomfortable it must have been for those invited by Count Russell to share his quarters on his favourite mountain of Vignemale , for the so-called ‘ Russell ’ is quite the most Spartan of shelters , little more than a hollow scooped out under an overhanging rock . |
| 18 | In fact they are no more adequate for primitive societies than they would have been for any others . |
| 19 | IT WAS a case of what might have been for Scottish trio Cathy Panton-Lewis , Julie Forbes and Gillian Stewart in the opening round of the Republic of China Open at Chang Gung in Taipei yesterday . |
| 20 | Impressive reading it may have been for some , but tantalizing for the men and they certainly rose to the occasion . |
| 21 | A predisposition to stress such as that apparently suffered by the accused in the present case might fall foul of this restriction and it may have been for this reason that the Court of Appeal preferred to regard the case as one which might have been disposed of under section 78 had not the trial judge wrongly taken the view that that section also requires some misconduct on the part of the police . |
| 22 | ‘ If any courses were run they would have been for trained staff like enrolled or staff nurses . |
| 23 | What little opportunity there might have been for careful integration , had been lost . |
| 24 | He started to give her expert directions and it was plain that he must have been to this particular establishment before . |
| 25 | It may be that demands were made beyond the capability of a particular individual , or the person concerned may simply have been to some degree in ill health . |
| 26 | Welcome as the Cabinet 's new policy must have been to some Ministers in the Lords , such as Lord Pakenham , then Minister of Civil Aviation and an abolitionist to his fingertips , voting for suspension can not have been an agreeable experience for the unyieldingly retentionist Lord Chancellor , Jowitt . |
| 27 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 28 | may it have been to some such vestibule , |
| 29 | The other , John Beaumont , may also have been to some extent Gloucester 's man since he and his putative father Sir Henry Bodrugan went on to become supporters of Richard III in the region . |
| 30 | He had been Town Sergeant from 1846 , and a formidable character he must have been to any offender . |