Example sentences of "of [verb] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But it is not fair that your remorse should be turned in the direction of seeking someone else to blame . ’ |
| 2 | But the main line of attack was that Heseltine should ‘ either put up or shut up ’ — with the apparent intention of forcing him either to keep silent or to declare himself before he was ready . |
| 3 | No but I was just sort of testing you out to see , you know , how you reacted . |
| 4 | I thought , at first , of Jean Hastie and of summoning her down to deal with this . |
| 5 | He must , however , find some way of persuading her not to brag to the other members of the delegation about his suggestions . |
| 6 | Apart from that , the Empress had announced that if her husband went , she would accompany him — possibly using this as a means of persuading him not to go . |
| 7 | But , eh listen , if , do n't be frighten if there 's anything that you do n't know do n't you be frightened of asking him how to do it |
| 8 | And , you know he said I 'm sure Paddy Ashdown would think that you could of found something else to use the other |
| 9 | And er they would maybe er devise or make or r find a piece of suitable wood or something to scratch in the garden or in the sand or on a piece of nice soft soil , to make furrows and er imitate maybe what their Dad was doing out in the field and er they had no concept of doing anything else to play really , it was just pretending they were pretending they were grown up and working . |
| 10 | The conversion of tram routes to trolleybus operation continued in North and West London and London Transport set up its own team of experts to undertake the overhead wiring work , instead of letting it out to contract . |
| 11 | You 'll probably want to talk about it without the embarrassment of having me here to listen . |
| 12 | But I am terrified of taking him home to meet the family and particularly my sister , in case he goes the way of all the others . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it can be argued that real believers are incapable of distancing themselves sufficiently to carry out an objective study of their own ( or perhaps even of someone else 's ) religion . |
| 14 | instead of putting them on to cook put them in to defrost ! |
| 15 | It might be a way of tempting him down to sit in the bar , sometimes . ’ |
| 16 | Several of the chapters in this book have had the aim of showing you how to deal with difficult situations and how to get what you want . |
| 17 | Though it would be a case of finding someone else to go off with and not just sort of like , I mean we mentioned it years ago . |
| 18 | Robyn looked at him and flirted with the idea of telling him where to get off . |
| 19 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 20 | So you see , though I would n't dream of advising you how to arrange a bouquet , there are plenty of other areas where my experience could be of help . ’ |
| 21 | only just sort of see them occasionally to get the inside stories to . |