Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pron] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sister had been to see her and made her very tired and various strangers had moved her and pummelled her in a familiar manner that made her angry . |
| 2 | Two days ago I ate baited carrion left out for fox or crow over in Skye and its effects were to poison me and make me feel near death . |
| 3 | The next stage is to implement it or put it into action . |
| 4 | Minto House is being sold to a Japanese consortium whose intention is to dismantle it and ship it to Japan . |
| 5 | As much conflict is constructive , the goal of a manager is to use it and to allow it to be exorcised . |
| 6 | You may not be able to stick so close with a really big strong type whose one aim is to grab you and crush you , but you still do n't have to back away . |
| 7 | ‘ The burning is an illusion , and the only way to get rid of it is to face it and absorb it . |
| 8 | No well I feel in the long run it 's probably wasting money because erm we keep bodging it up which costs money , we might just as well see how much it is to get it and do it , and do it erm . |
| 9 | Right , so what what you 're asking to do is to sign it and send it back ? |
| 10 | In it he insisted that ‘ worship requires serious effort , not only in the one who is to lead it , but in those who are to follow it and make it theirs ’ . |
| 11 | Many other permutations were possible but the future of the house did cause worry , There was even a rumour that the local authority was to acquire it and turn it into some kind of museum . |
| 12 | He neglected all his duties and so there was nothing for it , either we had to wipe him off as a son , which is an impossible thing for a parent to do , or we had to decide the only other course open to us which was to kidnap him and have him de-programmed . |