Example sentences of "and [vb infin] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pleasant to lie and think of other Februaries and see himself abroad at dusk in the fields under a chilling rain , standing in a cart hunched up against the storm , bending and rising and bending again to toss turnips to the streaming cattle , listening to their soft thud in the mud and the straining of the horse as his hooves sucked and sank , the cattle lowing plaintively and the sharp crunch of their scooping teeth . |
| 2 | Let me try and think of an example that is n't confidential . |
| 3 | ‘ I will lie back and think of the old circus days if you insist , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Then we must all get together and think of a plan . ’ |
| 5 | Well I have to say that much of the impact of this story depends upon your being able to see and think of Boy as beautiful , admirable and even adorable in the true senses of those difficult and dangerous but nonetheless precious and necessary words ; I suggest therefore that you amend my descriptions of Boy and his lover — but I anticipate myself , that was not to be for several weeks yet ; that ‘ Great Romance of Our Times ’ , as it became known amongst us , had not yet begun , its theme tune had not yet been composed on Gary 's piano , its scenario was not yet subject of our daily gossip and speculation , we were not yet auditioning for a place in the credits — The Friend , The Admirer , Blonde Man in Bar , Second Guest at Dinner Party . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll try and think of something else , sir , ’ Hoomey said brightly . |
| 7 | that looked fantastic and everyone said oh god he 's so artistic you know and he 's a butcher he was n't really but we just used to sit down and think of all these ideas you know |
| 8 | There would be a brief but spectacular meteor shower in Lucifer 's upper atmosphere tonight , he thought , wondering if those on Belial would watch and think of them , as he had thought of Paula Engado when she 'd become a shooting star . |
| 9 | I tend to live on my pension and , even when I see something I need , I will try and think of a reason to manage without . |
| 10 | Erm but again you 've got to try and think of ways of coping with any difficulties that you 've got . |
| 11 | when you find out , you must try and think of some way that y can make you to think of it . |
| 12 | The substitution of the term " information " for the old " press and propaganda " , and its promotion to ministerial level seemed to indicate a more wide-ranging approach to questions of what the general public might know and think of the regime ; while the allocation of official attention to tourism suggested that , by contrast with the days of autarchy and isolationism , foreigners were henceforth to be encouraged to come to Spain . |
| 13 | Killion was too exhausted by the feeble air , and the cold , and the need to watch the airfield , to try and think of a reason . |
| 14 | Erm yeah so I mean that 's generally the way to go so I th I think you know it 's probably worth working away towards a , a more specific set of questions that you might want to ask and , and think of ways of administering them so you get some sort of , you know , numerical information in the end . |
| 15 | Coun Pearson called for a return to the original idea of a chapel of remembrance , where people could sit quietly and think of the ones they have lost . |
| 16 | I 'll have to try and think of something that I can erm to get it to go up . |
| 17 | However , many Christians nowadays , even though they might admire and approve of Locke 's preparedness to make faith reasonable , would not be happy with the particular arguments he used to establish that reasonableness . |
| 18 | Lydia had to admit that Betty 's eagerness to admire and approve of people , while annoying , was a good characteristic and one that she herself lacked . |
| 19 | Yes — he will obviously see and know of the good points , but it is his job to find the faults and problems . |
| 20 | These are created in conjunction with a skeleton layout for whatever document you wish to produce and consist of a number of tags . |
| 21 | I was brought up in the country , on a farm you know , so I 'll try and sort of make you know equal amount of flowers in each , and then er it can be halved . |
| 22 | Examples of this may be : the agoraphobic person who never goes out because they believe they will collapse and die of a heart attack ; the lift phobic who believes they may become trapped in the lift and suffocate to death ; a person who avoids meeting others because , if a disagreement starts , they believe they will lose their temper and hit people ; and last , a person may obsessively check the locks on doors and windows , believing that somebody is bound to break into the house if they fail to make these checks . |
| 23 | Now she 's gon na go and die of embarrassment and not come anywhere near me |
| 24 | Then build yourself a garden bench , where you can sit and dream of times past . |
| 25 | Then Brian Pendreigh will begin and tell of political correctness in children 's books which some authors now fear amounts to censorship |
| 26 | He was contemptuous of those who could think and talk of nothing but party politics and political careers , but his own talk ( and presumably his own thought ) was much about the penumbra of government and the idiosyncrasies of politicians . |
| 27 | A victim ( and in theory he could be male , although no man has yet , apparently , pursued a sexual harassment claim through the courts ) can leave and complain of unfair constructive dismissal but will often prefer to keep the option of staying on in the job and bringing a sex discrimination claim instead . |
| 28 | Southworth et al. ( 1989 ) describe an operational , prototype Real-time Traffic Monitoring and Analysis System ( RTMAS ) whose purpose is to record and warn of the build-up of significant urban population evacuation in times of threat . |
| 29 | Adkin have sold properties by auction since the firm was established in 1793 and today our Property Auction Department is able to offer the specialist skills and advice required to value , market and dispose of assets by auction . |
| 30 | The duty of care concept was first expounded in 1985 by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution , which held that the duty owed to society to handle and dispose of waste properly rested with the individual or organisation producing it . |