Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , erm , I was going to is that erm it was always the same , two jobs down so it was due to go his boss would have then I 've been there as well cos he 's caused such a stink |
| 2 | PC Williamson , from Portadown , Co Armagh , who was separated from his wife , was due to attend his niece 's wedding tomorrow . |
| 3 | He allows , however , that it 'll take six to nine months after the acquisition is complete to see which way the wind is blowing . |
| 4 | ‘ But you wo n't be alive to see me die ! ’ |
| 5 | It is also possible to monitor their progress through the planning process . |
| 6 | Part of the honour in Aberdeen included the conferee 's right to wear his citation , or burgess-ticket , all day in his hat . |
| 7 | Headlines describing the ‘ mid life crisis ’ of the NHS have done little to promote its image as a positive and worthwhile employer . |
| 8 | I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live , in the tent of his body . |
| 9 | Now about four or five years ago , we felt that the time was right to promote our involvement with industry and commerce rather more vigorously . |
| 10 | Sorry to disrupt your class . |
| 11 | ‘ The money aspect at Leeds is nothing to do with me but I could tell Mr Wilkinson was very sorry to see me go . |
| 12 | Munalula will need more than that to realize her ambition of extending the scheme to rural areas . |
| 13 | As the DES decided in 1980 to discontinue its approval arrangements for OND by 1982 and for other courses by 1981 , the Association of County Councils and the Standing Conference of Regional Advisory Councils agreed to set up a national committee , namely the NCCAE , to replace the role of the DES . |
| 14 | It would then be possible to see what progress the Welsh Office and its various agencies are making towards the attainment of common goals . |
| 15 | Although the wall foundations had been totally removed it was possible to see their ghost in the place where they had been . |
| 16 | It is the researcher 's task to ‘ get inside their heads ’ until it is possible to see their world as they do . |
| 17 | A broken spinnaker halyard put paid to Law 's spirited last-minute effort , while Peters failed to consolidate his position . |
| 18 | They did n't know much but they told you what they did know in the most cryptic way possible to whet your appetite and make you speculate . |
| 19 | A court of the United States may order the issuance of a subpoena requiring the appearance as a witness before it , or before a person or body designated by it , of a national or resident of the United States who is in a foreign country , or requiring the production of a specified document or other thing by him , if the court finds that particular testimony or the production of the document or other thing by him is necessary in the interests of justice , and , in other than a criminal action or proceeding , if the court finds , in addition , that it is not possible to obtain his testimony in admissible form without his personal appearance or to obtain the production of the document or other thing in any other manner . |
| 20 | Explaining that she was due to meet her INLA boss Dominic ‘ Mad Dog ’ McGlinchey in the Republic that November day , she told detectives : ‘ You may find this hard to believe and think I 'm hard and callous but if Dominic had asked me to do the same again , I would have done it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Probably one of the Grassmarket winos too pissed to find his way home , ’ sneered McEllhoney . |
| 22 | NeXT Computer Inc is due to launch its NeXTstep environment for Intel Corp processors at midnight tonight London time , and at the launch , it says Steve Jobs will discuss the future of object-oriented client-server computing in NeXT 's new role as a dedicated software company . |
| 23 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 24 | Any political party ought to have vision , but it 's rather strange to find your editorial ( ‘ The vision thing ’ , 8 May ) quoting William Beveridge on the evils of Want , Disease , Squalor and Ignorance . |
| 25 | Thornton , shaven skulled to hide his baldness , knows this is his one chance , at 33 , to crack the big money and supplement his modest postman 's wages . |
| 26 | We therefore invert B and iterate on B-1 as usual to obtain our solution . |
| 27 | Soviet aid has helped in maintaining the population 's morale and the regime 's credibility and unity , while US aid to the to the mujahedin has done little to increase their unity , morale or fighting ability . |
| 28 | ‘ Still , ’ said Caspar , ‘ Inchbad is quite wishful to secure her daughter 's hand in marriage . |
| 29 | But she was reluctantly grateful to accept his invitation to take a seat . |
| 30 | With Victor 's assistance , it might be possible to retrieve my car ; I thought also that I could sell him scientific information , and so escape from my destitute condition . |