Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After emigration , mononuclear phagocytes may remain as immobile tissue macrophages for several months until they are stimulated or activated . |
| 2 | On May 5 Mujjaddedi , who had already indicated that he might remain as interim president for longer than the specified two months , appointed a Cabinet ( most members in an acting capacity ) in a move regarded by some commentators as a violation of the Peshawar Accord . |
| 3 | In order to head off conflict with Ghana over the replacement , assurances were later given that Quainoo would remain as overall commander , with Dogonyaro in charge of field operations . |
| 4 | Tory MPs have reported that rank and file members are openly questioning whether Mr Major should remain as Prime Minister . |
| 5 | Tory MPs have reported that rank and file members are openly questioning whether Mr Major should remain as Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Normally the others would remain for another hour or so . |
| 7 | Being in with the gang did n't stop you getting hit but it meant that the Corporals might think for one second before lifting their fists Along with Mike the Rhodesian , Marius , Robert from Oberammergau and Chris , there was myself and a Frenchman called Tignet . |
| 8 | And do you think for one minute they care a damn about you ? |
| 9 | Do you think for one minute that I want to live next door to a stinking curry eater or a mugging , drug-dealing , sweaty black rasta ? |
| 10 | You do n't think for one minute I 'm going to eat the filth I give to you ? |
| 11 | ‘ If we 'd listened to them do you think for one minute we 'd have got this far by now ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't think for one minute that he 'd made it there under his own steam , ’ Simone murmured , and André laughed smugly . |
| 13 | I 'm going to investigate , see if I ca n't do a conv I do n't think for one minute I will but it 's possible do a conversion er into erm the box type . |
| 14 | I do n't think for one minute that there are teachers who are drunk in charge of children in the classroom . |
| 15 | I mean you would n't you would n't think for one minute that Aunty Mary came from . |
| 16 | ‘ Do you really think , ’ Alexandra had said earnestly , a pile of linen sheets in her arms , ‘ do you truthfully think for one moment that Aunt Emily would wish this room to be kept like — like a museum ? |
| 17 | What does she think for that matter ? |
| 18 | Mr. Speaker : That matter may well arise during Prime Minister 's Question Time tomorrow . |
| 19 | The problem should not arise during direct processing , as every valid key has a corresponding record . |
| 20 | The tour 's nearly over but there 's still enough time to take in the fabulous sight of Paris illuminated by night , where we will stay for one night . |
| 21 | The warden and his wife , being owners of a Siamese cat , were not overjoyed to see Emily but they reluctantly fed her a saucer of milk , saying that she could stay for one night . |
| 22 | I could n't stay for one day . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll just stay for one game , ’ Christine said , unable to resist the longing to play . |
| 24 | This locomotive will stay for one week only . |
| 25 | Aloud he said he would stay for another night and take her place on the constituency slate . |
| 26 | The telephone rang while I was busy explaining to Tony Crosland that I could not accept a further term of office at the Housing Corporation , since I had been appointed to the Mastership of University College , Oxford , but I had agreed to a request that I should at least stay for another year to see someone else in . |
| 27 | This is an issue which Western Governments and unions are only really beginning to grapple with in the context of the Single European market , and for many that is where the debate will stay for some time . |
| 28 | The core will stay for some time . |
| 29 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 30 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |