Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think you could 've , you could 've apacked that a bit , a bit more , to put in the er words of the day , to find out you know what was worrying him and , and what his problems were on that . |
| 2 | As all around me a nation explodes into an orgy of joyous celebration , I feel a little of what Mrs Thatcher must 've felt when the tabloids went into rapture about her ‘ ten glorious years ’ . |
| 3 | The only doubt concerning whether she would succeed occurred before the tournament began , when she was spotted with a neck brace . |
| 4 | For example , if the transfer price is set below market price , then the selling division might feel penalised and the buying division would be ‘ feather-bedded ’ . |
| 5 | You know you want to know and I would 've thought that the higher the management the more they want to know the implications , the financial of it of any plan which you 're going into . |
| 6 | Although mental illness should not be regarded as any different from physical illness , it is not always so viewed by the uninformed and the fact that in later life it might become known that a minor had been treated under the Acts might redound to his or her disadvantage . |
| 7 | According to this alternative view , the target association may be formed perfectly normally but since , on a subsequent test trial , both this and any previously learned association will become activated when the CS is presented , the subjects may fail to retrieve the ‘ correct ’ one and the likelihood of the CR will be reduced . |
| 8 | This plan is based on the concept of subsidiarity whereby the EC would only become involved when the national policies of the member states were ineffective , or harmful to other member states . |
| 9 | The l.e.d. will become illuminated when the battery condition is ‘ good ’ and will become extinguished when the terminal voltage of the battery falls below about 8.1V . |
| 10 | The budget needs to be a holding operation , so that a recovery can become established before the real attack on the budget deficit is made in December . |
| 11 | The more immediate problem , however , was which of the two Boards ( trade or education ) should have overall authority for the juvenile side of the exchanges and Churchill may well have sensed that a controversy was brewing . |
| 12 | In a kind of bemused horror , Melissa imagined the ugly pattern of stains that must have formed as the lifeblood flowed remorselessly away . |
| 13 | No : the revolution would have come , if it was to come at all , only if the resources available to the forces for change , the unions , had been enough to enable them to seize and hold the means of production , and if they had had the will to employ those resources ; not as a thief in the night but in a scene of anarchy and dreadful confusion of which the French Revolution would have given but a faint anticipation . |
| 14 | What imaginative job search agency would have foreseen that a champion sheepshearer could become a master garment cutter ( and , later , much more besides ) but Bernard and Laura did . |
| 15 | When they first shared a tent in the rainforest , how could they have foreseen that the camp would be Jane 's home for almost her entire adult life ? |
| 16 | When he and others advocated extra divisions in the Edwardian period they could not have foreseen that the formation of a Third Division in 1920 would create an extra demand for players of talent at a time when a large part of the male population had been wiped out in a world war . |
| 17 | However , there is no truth in the story you may have heard that the Ponderosa also distils ’ its ’ own Poteen , so if your drink seems somehow stronger , it 's probably due to the thin air at that altitude ! |
| 18 | If , for example , we were trying to explain attendance at non-selective schools , the d for the service class would have been 0.281 - 0.763 , or -0.482 ; the magnitude of effect would not have altered but the sign would have been reversed . |
| 19 | How could anyone have guessed that the movement the bowlers had found throughout the game would suddenly disappear ? |
| 20 | They should have guessed that the weekend would fail them . |
| 21 | But as he and Sara looked about their new home in a winter twilight , they must soon have recognized that the Lime Street cottage would be one major obstacle in the path to contentment of any kind . |
| 22 | From the standpoint of more worldly considerations , the signing of the concordat soothed the irritation of those Catholics who did not like the trend towards closer relations with what they saw as Protestant — that is , heretic — America ( although they must also have recognized that the Catholic political and economic lobby in the United States was large , rich and influential ) . |
| 23 | ‘ I should have realised that a lovely man like you would never have … ’ |
| 24 | This letter from Mactavish reveals the assumption made in 1926 that it was the WEA 's exclusive duty and responsibility to provide working class education , but had he read the 1926 UEMCC report more searchingly he would have realised that the universities ' role was not merely advisory but intended to promote the development of liberal adult education independently of other providers . |
| 25 | Had I read the brochure carefully I would have realised that the experience I was heading for was anything but tedious ! |
| 26 | Having played all the courses in the area regularly , I must point out that if Mr Ward feels that Stranraer is less of a challenge than Portpatrick he should have realised that the 18 holes to the right of the clubhouse was the putting green , not the course ! |
| 27 | There are no standard procedures , in fact , by now you will have realised that the ‘ flying fantasies ’ are unique to their creators and , although some sell theirs on a commercial basis , it is a case that , if you want to make one , then you have to devise your own creation . |
| 28 | Before you come up against this situation you will have realised that the manual and ‘ first garments ’ books are intended for the Ms/Mrs/Mr Average Figure . |
| 29 | And while the improvements helped somewhat , Air Force planners must have realised that the combination of poor flight stability , lower than anticipated speed and range limitations would place the Airacomet at serious risk if ever sent to engage enemy aircraft . |
| 30 | He should have realised that the employment of a number of secretaries was both unnecessary and costly , but he continued boldly to maintain a lavish office establishment . |