Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Relax ’ may only have become a scandal when the BBC in belated confusion ( and in response to teasing video clips ) banned it , but singers Holly Johnson and Paul Rutherford promote an explicitly gay image , and ‘ Two Tribes ’ was a pointed response to nuclear defence policy . |
| 2 | But when you have a situation where youngsters of 12 or 13 — and in some cases even younger — who may only have won a couple of matches , are being offered $500,000 guarantees to sign up with one of the management companies before they are snapped up by one of the rival agents , the potential for long term damage is enormous . ’ |
| 3 | But Mr Lawson and the Bank may only have bought a week for sterling . |
| 4 | Robert Penfold 's advocacy of pulsed controllers for model railways in the April issue should perhaps have contained a motor health warning ! |
| 5 | We should all have received a report from Roger about one or two accidents that have occurred on sites . |
| 6 | Gómez , who was judged seriously to have weakened the conservative constituency by breaking from the PSC to form the MSN , had also proposed that cocaine be legalized internationally in order to undermine cartel power , and that the UN narcotics commission should directly intervene to produce a peace formula which would enable the cartel chiefs to surrender themselves . |
| 7 | He wrote : ‘ But it is when we examine the zoology of these countries that we find what we most require — evidence of a very striking character that these great islands must once have formed a part of the continent , and could only have been separated at a very recent geological epoch . |
| 8 | She hates being photographed and wonders if she should ever have chosen a career in television . |
| 9 | You should also try using a hair serum like L'Oréal 's new Rayonnance Ends Repair , 25ml , £4.49 . |
| 10 | The programme should also have included a Bill to deal with the crisis in our prisons , by implementing at least part of Lord Justice Woolf 's report . |
| 11 | It should also include issuing a statement of policy regarding ‘ perks ’ , to form part of all present and future contracts of employment , together with an intensified programme of random checks to show that we really mean what we say . |
| 12 | Many die-hard defenders of the outmoded Please Pass The Toast system have expressed fears that fair votes must inevitably mean granting a platform to ultra-rightists . |
| 13 | I should now like to take a look at your suitability for this particular job , ’ or ‘ If we could move on from your qualifications I 'd like you to tell me a little more about your personal interests and hobbies ’ . |
| 14 | Indeed , the only question seemed to be whether he should even bother to make a move , or just let her do everything for him . |
| 15 | We shall remember Jack Nicklaus shedding the years in 1986 , and spiriting the ball into the hole with a long-bladed putter which must surely have made a fortune for its inventor . |
| 16 | Having expected a casual Italian place , Belinda was a little perturbed to realise that this was L'Epoque , Brisbane 's newest and most talked-about French restaurant , which must surely have required a booking in advance . |
| 17 | By the unwritten laws of an unadmitted game , Six should never have sent a war-party into Five 's tribal land without at least telling the Co-ordinator . |
| 18 | ‘ You should never have married a Tory , ’ she said . |
| 19 | You should never try to make a Lover |
| 20 | They must therefore seek to achieve a synthesis of those God-imposed requirements rendering ‘ to Caesar the things that are Caesar 's and to God the things that are God 's ’ ( Matt. |
| 21 | The arrival of a new host in the form of the azure-winged magpie must therefore have seemed a godsend to the oft-thwarted cuckoo . |
| 22 | A buyer should therefore consider informing a supplier of all the uses to which the equipment or programs will be put , especially if they are unusual . |
| 23 | All I can say is , I think they must never have spent a night in The Bar if they think that , or never a good night . |
| 24 | These rules are mostly inflexible , so anyone with specific intentions about providing for a family friends or a charity after their death should definitely consider making a will . |
| 25 | Despite all the apparent sophistication of defence analysis , it may thus have produced a set of answers to the wrong question . |
| 26 | Often people who share your compartment wish to relax and do not wish to indulge in polite conversation , they may just want to read a newspaper or magazine so we must respect their wishes . |
| 27 | There he ‘ distinguished himself for Hebrew & Mathematics ’ , and might eventually have obtained a fellowship had he still been single . |
| 28 | If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing . |
| 29 | I mean one member of the committee has produced something which I rather think you might all like to have a look at it . |
| 30 | His pupils might already have attended a reading or song school . |