Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may quarrel with men sometimes about things on this earth , but we never quarrel about God . |
| 2 | He said that men should act with dignity even in the face of death , that no one was better off than any other . |
| 3 | He must report to police again on May 5 . |
| 4 | The apparently irreversible trend in the insurance industry , in common with others in the financial services sector , to move away from high-risk , low-return business and focus on specialised , value-added lines ( stop-loss insurance , financial insurance to smooth the impact of a single year 's sudden loss on the balance sheet with repayment over subsequent years , and so on ) , means that organisations must look on insurance almost as a last resort after exhausting all the possibilities of minimising risk cost-effectively in-house . |
| 5 | Applicants should apply in person only at the Carlton Highland between 2.30pm and 8pm and ask for Mark Linnane in Training Room 329 . |
| 6 | It is inconceivable that he should proceed in reliance solely upon the consent of an under-age patient , however ‘ Gillick competent , ’ in the absence of supporting parental consent and equally inconceivable that he should proceed in the absence of the patient 's consent . |
| 7 | And this is of course , as if I agree with the view that you expressed yesterday in a general context , although it was made specifically then in relation to one village , any recommendation I make in relation to that village , if it is based on the general principle , must apply by analogy also to Skelton , and I would have little choice but to recommend to the councils that they may wish or indeed they should , reconsider this question of washing-over or insetting elsewhere . |
| 8 | Oh , by the way , the game should go on sale just in time for Chrimble … |
| 9 | I must put on record again in the House the fact that , although the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has granted the UDR Four the right of appeal , it would appear that the Crown solicitor is still withholding information from the defence . |
| 10 | It 's the main ‘ motorway ’ through the city , and there are a dozen or so stalls on the Rialto selling souvenirs — including the painted masks you 'll see on sale all over the city . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll go to bed early with some of Grandma 's jollop , ’ Sarah said . |
| 12 | puts the band before us , but er so I 'll go to Thursdays then on , on er |
| 13 | Maybe he 'll get to Arivegaig ahead of us . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose I 'll come to terms eventually with the blank in my mind . |
| 15 | A bent metal coat hanger may work for blockages close to the trap but , unlike plumber 's snakes and curtain wire , it will not go round bends . |
| 16 | Strange how she could think about Jenny now without feeling so sick . |
| 17 | With such equipment , staff could work from home instead of commuting to offices . |
| 18 | I 'd run into Richie twice in France . |
| 19 | The United States could , and did , also claim that it actually required a greater surplus than this so that it could begin to chip away at the huge ‘ overhang ’ of dollar liabilities with a view to restoring convertibility of the dollar to the SDR ( special drawing rights ) once confidence had been restored . |
| 20 | Avalanche experts were predicting that the prolonged spell of sub-zero temperatures above 2,500ft after the snowfalls could lead to problems later in the winter as new snow falling on top of the frozen snow pack would not bond easily to the lower layers . |
| 21 | Well that 's a , that 's a thing of that particular day , at that time th th and life erm and then they get what they call , they bought a steam hopper , so the steam hopper would say , could get to sea quicker in half the time the dumb hoppers could and so we were rotating all the time , there used to be one dumb hopper go to sea , one steam hopper and we 'd be loading the other dumb hopper and then th course the steam hopper would be back in half the time we 'd that and that 's how we rotate , day to day . |
| 22 | The jamming and bridging got steeper — with the one big consolation that , strength permitting , you could pop in nuts almost at will — until he reached a ledge which elsewhere he would have regarded as a slab to be climbed , but here seemed a spacious refuge . |
| 23 | Let's meet for lunch tomorrow by Little Ben at one o'clock . |
| 24 | For example , the income tax we pay may vary with changes either in our income or in the rate of tax charged . |
| 25 | The 40,000 exhibits , covering 1,500 years , may go on display again in Yorkshire |
| 26 | Both registered and unregistered companies may engage in activities both in England and abroad . |
| 27 | One would be recruited ; the other Reg Raven , would remain at work instead of retiring . |
| 28 | DEC 's announcement that it would concentrate on OSF/1 only for the Alpha range made enough customers angry for DEC to go back to its business plan and think again . |
| 29 | From malice or revenge those women would stick to Marion tight as nits in her hair . |
| 30 | Servants in the blue and gold livery of the Prince and the Lord Gaveston scurried round with silver plates which the guests would use as dishes instead of the usual tranches of thick square slabs of stale bread . |