Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't design for Sarah Chester 's , ’ she retorted calmly , slipping the pages into a folder and closing it decisively . |
| 2 | Chris Patten , architect of Mr Major 's victory , will remain as party chairman despite losing his seat in Bath but will be allowed to attend Cabinet only for party political discussions . |
| 3 | Certainly the general belief was that , having wantonly thrown away a Conservative majority , Baldwin could not remain as Party leader let alone Prime Minister ; and Randolph Churchill , the biographer of Lord Derby , comments that ‘ It is interesting to notice in Derby 's correspondence , and in that of other leading Tories of the time , how for the first two or three weeks after the Party 's defeat in the Election there was an unchallenged assumption that Baldwin could not survive the catastrophe . ’ |
| 4 | And a colourful diversion for the county cricketers , who 've been told their clothes of many colours will remain for Sunday outings even though seven out of ten members said they do n't prefer them . |
| 5 | Why do n't you stay for school lunch instead of sandwiches ? |
| 6 | Having predicted that Lewis could rule as world champion for some time , Foreman was asked whether he would like to fight him . |
| 7 | Would the others make for Castle Menzies ? |
| 8 | Others find in the rose elaborated chemical compounds readily available that they can utilize for colour pigments , their own body structures — and even scents to attract each other ! |
| 9 | Priced £445+VAT , existing users can upgrade for £99+VAT Lotus : Tel.0784 455 445 . |
| 10 | This is because its construction did not take account of many of the equivalences that can arise between IF constructs , between ALT constructs , or as a consequence of |
| 11 | It just says that some parts of the business will throw off cash surpluses , that it may well not be worth investing further in those businesses , and that , in that case , the funds can be used to further investment elsewhere . |
| 12 | What do you eat for breakfast Pat ? |
| 13 | In fact it 's so regular that Fiona — that 's the girl who does our weekday lunches — is under instructions to leave something we can eat for Saturday lunch . ’ |
| 14 | And this distinction between an hour as sixty minutes and an hour as a section of complex human experience , is I suppose the distinction one would make between clock time and what might be called existential time , time as it 's humanly experienced . |
| 15 | Mum , how much , how much do you want for Fleet Street ? |
| 16 | Erm , I do n't think we 've got any at the moment cos mum 's just gone to the shops What do you want for tea Lisa ? |
| 17 | No , it , it 's , it , it , it 's coloured like a fire , fire , fire engine red and all the other things , but it , it 's a commercial vehicle a roll-on roll-off type of vehicle , which you can buy commercially and , and adapt for Fire Service use , and there 's erm I should think there must be about half a dozen pods now , erm at High Wootton , in fact police services are using it , Thames Valley Police I remember coming up here to , to take the idea back , erm I saw yesterday at Hungerford , er the police there going with their pods to , |
| 18 | I can hassle for business contacts in these areas at conferences as soon as I get to a conference . |
| 19 | Throughout the long evenings she worked in the garden and planned what bulbs she would plant for spring flowers . |
| 20 | And when opening a table you still ca n't browse through directory trees to find the required file ; you can specify a default directory , but for any other directory you have to spell out the name , . |
| 21 | Here the customer can browse through picture boards devoted to each artist , selecting a style and price to suit , much as one might choose an haute couture outfit . |
| 22 | TAKES 25 hectares of pasture that a farmer wants to drain and plough for winter wheat . |
| 23 | ‘ You let me stay aboard Water Gypsy — even though you hated the idea . ’ |
| 24 | Close , intimate relationships such as may exist between marriage partners , are contrasted with those with other family members , friends and wider social contacts . |
| 25 | A way round has been suggested : oil sales would pay pre-war creditors ; Iraq 's frozen assets would compensate for war damage . |
| 26 | The SAS method of practising speechreading helps to prevent speech articulation becoming slovenly , especially when hearing-aids can not fully compensate for hearing loss . |
| 27 | Residential homes and hostels can accommodate nurses who can only work awkward hours , and who can cover for staff sickness and annual leave . |
| 28 | But Spurs found the character to come back and equalise through Gordon Durie on 56 minutes , and United manager Alex Ferguson applauded the new competitive edge to a side that ended his team 's run of five straight wins . |
| 29 | The report says that the slow pace of reform will prolong the civil war in large parts of the country , while rapid reforms will siphon off peasant discontent and in turn reduce military activities and spending . |
| 30 | Conservation safeguards exist in the UK , particularly for SSSIs and , to a lesser extent ( under a voluntary arrangement ) in the National Parks of England and Wales , but such afforestation Proposals outside designated areas would not be subject to any significant level of control , particularly because prior approval does not exist for grant aid . |