Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first term I felt guilty I 'd abandoned him even though he 'd told me to come and could stand on his own two feet . |
| 2 | Is he further aware that he carries the good wishes of the party behind him in the difficult few months to come and should go to the talks in great confidence , knowing of the great contribution that this country has made to Europe since the days of William Pitt ? |
| 3 | Initially , a swift , artistically rough job was contemplated , a ‘ tendentious piece ’ which would take a few months to write and would enrage ‘ the nihilists and Westerners ’ and set them ‘ howling about me that I 'm a retrograde . |
| 4 | He plans to write and will consult for Stanley Paul ; senior editor Marion Paull , who has worked with Mr Bloomfield for 20 years , will continue to manage the list , which Mr Bloomfield expects in these recessionary times to become ‘ more focused , particularly on its current strengths , the major sports — golf , cricket , rugby , football , horses , pets ’ . |
| 5 | It takes about 20 minutes to work and can give almost total pain relief . |
| 6 | The first ( a ) is that the ratio would continue to increase and would approach even numbers during the 1990s . |
| 7 | The closures are part of an effort to match output to demand and will include redundancies costing £8 million and asset write-offs costing £20 million . |
| 8 | He is referring to the fact that people are prepared to compromise and will accept half-measures . |
| 9 | ‘ I will continue to train and may play in the reserves next season in case of emergencies , ’ added the U's boss , who has been sent off twice and suspended three times during this campaign . |
| 10 | The stage hands thought she looked like a vulture waiting to pounce and would mutter that the old girl was on the sidelines again . |
| 11 | They are not very difficult to feed and will eat a wide range of commercially prepared foods , including flake , although the odd offering of live food will be greatly appreciated . |
| 12 | By August the male will have begun to moult and will become almost indistinguishable from the female . |
| 13 | Interruption denies the buyer the kind of respect he is entitled to receive and may lead to a misunderstanding of the real substance behind the objection . |
| 14 | I went to inspect and could see it was a half-plucked pheasant . |
| 15 | A sequence of six lines with the same rhyme are given to Dame Sirith as , initially , she professes her conventional goodness and innocence to Wilekin : ( " I am a holy woman ; I know nothing of witchcraft but with almsgiving to good men I sustain my life each day , and offer my paternoster and my creed that God should help those in their need who help me my life to lead and should grant that all should go well with them … ) |
| 16 | The advent of scientific thinking has institutionalised the idea that knowledge has to progress and can do so only through research . |
| 17 | This needs to be easy to uphaul and should offer fine control in light winds . |
| 18 | They need a clear line of sight to shoot and will tear through several ranks of an enemy unit . |
| 19 | Assuming that this kind of non-instrumental justification applies to consent and can provide a foundation for the authority of the state over those of its citizens who have consented to its authority , can the same argument be used to base authority on the attitude of respect ? |
| 20 | I have some time to spare and would like to sit down and read my copy of the biography of Berlioz . |
| 21 | Anyone who has time to spare and would like to help can contact Moira on Darlington . |
| 22 | Once more , you want to aim with your research not just to acquire enough facts spread over your pages to give a feeling of the times , but to acquire so many that you have enough and to spare and can choose among your store for the one that does more than merely give a notion of the time you are writing about . |
| 23 | The destructive poverty ruling the lives of people dependent on benefits is likely to continue and may grow worse . |
| 24 | The original school was opened in 1913 by the Sisters of Our Lady of Evron , and although many changes have taken place over the years , the school continues to thrive and would like to mark this milestone by celebrating the life of the school across the decades . |
| 25 | Quite often these trusts are on the lookout for new buildings to restore and may have some resources at their disposal . |
| 26 | The first view would probably extend the law further than it has commonly been thought to go and would expose strikers having no immunity under trade union legislation to a very wide-ranging liability ; on the other hand it is not quite accurate to describe the plaintiffs in these two cases as merely ‘ ricochet ’ victims for it may be the effect of pressure on the public and customers which causes the employer to succumb to the strikers ' demands . |
| 27 | The University of Utah team made it clear that they still had a long way to go and would like another year to eighteen months to continue their research before announcing it . |
| 28 | If any Sunderland-attenders are n't going to go and would consider purchasing on behalf ( of one or more ) of us , please get in touch . |
| 29 | ‘ By the New Year I 'll be raring to go and can tell the manager ‘ Look , I need a game ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I knew there were only seconds to go and could feel my strength failing with each moment , and a drifting kind of sleep coming on me which whispered , ‘ Give up , Minch , give up … ’ and it was only the knowledge that I was of Callanish , the greatest of the sites , that kept me fighting those few more seconds . |