Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , on some sites you might say , no , I , well I can control the labour costs and I can control the er , plant usage , but I do n't buy the materials myself the only way I can affect them is by altering the wastage . |
| 2 | How do we know which is for tea and which is n't ? |
| 3 | " May I know who is to be my husband ? " |
| 4 | That way we will know who is in there and where . ’ |
| 5 | Just let her know who is in command . ’ |
| 6 | David Abell has said he does not know who is behind Sterling . |
| 7 | Er we think it , er should be , you know drawn to the public 's attention , government 's attention that we can not tolerate within this county , this high level of unemployment that we 've got , and we 're gon na do our damndest as a County Council to do what we can I know there is in order to , to attack that particular problem . |
| 8 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 9 | Peter and Phyllis do n't know he is in prison . |
| 10 | He often mentions his friend Mark in his letters , and knows his mother will know he is in love . |
| 11 | They do n't know what is on their own doorsteps . ’ |
| 12 | It is sad when the options are closed off because those who support do not know what is of most significance . |
| 13 | We just do n't know what is at the root of her condition . ’ |
| 14 | So when the Danes reconsider it in another referendum on May 18th , will most Europeans know what is at stake ? |
| 15 | Thus I can know what is in the bottom drawer of my desk , or what I shall eat for breakfast tomorrow , by some form of inductive inference from what I have observed or am now observing . |
| 16 | For instance , it is no use trying to prove that a certain sequence of steps will lead to supper if you do n't know what is in your larder . |
| 17 | They may not know what is in these documents ; even those who do may not understand the implications of the proposals . |
| 18 | You do not know what is in it . |
| 19 | Zuccarelli will not discuss what is inside his ‘ Ringo ’ recording head instead expounding a psycho-acoustic theory to disguise what engineers suspect is a simple advance in old-fashioned binaural recording . |
| 20 | When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’ |
| 21 | Along with Trooper Mal Duff , Corporal Harry Taylor and base camp manager Jim Wilkinson , Philip , 46 , and Christine , 32 , will ensure everything is in order for the arduous climb later this month . |
| 22 | ‘ 'T IS certainly of no importance to myself — and I 'd wager 't is of no importance to Prince Edward either . |
| 23 | Meat should not be eaten more than once a day ; and fish is increasingly thought of as healthier — oily fish is useful in the prevention of heart disease and arthritis — and you may feel it is worth substituting fish for meat as a main meal twice a week . |
| 24 | The latter may simply reply that he does not feel it is in the public 's interest , or that the Police Authority does not strictly require it to effectively carry out its duties . |
| 25 | trained and nevertheless it is a disturbing thing and the development of this County has to do , not only with businesses succeeding and also with people who are actually making those businesses work and the only way you can do it is by having people employed doing useful things . |
| 26 | The only way you can do it is by pleading . |
| 27 | Starting with the Key Purpose which will state the aim of the job , a number of Key Roles will then identify what is to be achieved ( objectives ) , and a number of Units will provide the methods of deciding how each Role can be implemented . |
| 28 | I — er — do not think she is in the best of spirits . |
| 29 | The popular notion that words do not hurt you is by no means endorsed among women survivors of male violence . |
| 30 | And another way I can hurt you is er mentally and the third way I can hurt you is by combining the two together . |