Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomorrow it would be possible to drive and drive she would , back to Palma and the apartment . |
| 2 | I do n't think it 's possible to try and keep it exactly as it used to be , nor do I think you 'd want to . |
| 3 | Hopeless to try and impress you with my slender collection of classical music . |
| 4 | Perhaps if no one else thought it wrong to kill or steal we would be ill-advised to act on our present scruples . |
| 5 | Are you willing to forgive and put them behind you ? |
| 6 | Some teachers saw them simply as points for discussion and considered themselves free to accept or reject them without prejudice to their professional future in the LEA . |
| 7 | Whatever the form of the advice , the Inspectorate make it clear that the teachers are free to accept or reject it . |
| 8 | They were careful to try and include her , of course . |
| 9 | Don do n't to be afraid to come and see us again , alright ? |
| 10 | There can be little doubt that his tactics constituted an invitation to the French to catch and challenge him . |
| 11 | there is much to see from any window in England if only the viewer is prepared to try and understand it . |
| 12 | But his letter posed as many questions as it answered , so I rang him up and asked him if he was willing to come and see me . |
| 13 | He wants people to be able to rent them , with shops free to buy and let them out like videos . |
| 14 | It is interesting to think that had they snatched — or preferably caught cleanly — that victory , the pattern of English Test cricket might have been changed for years ahead , for , as the other four matches were all drawn , a victorious first series might have given Botham 's captaincy the shove it needed to get airborne . |
| 15 | We believe that accounts , like actions , are manifestations of individual systems of knowledge and belief about the social world and the actions proper to develop and sustain it . |
| 16 | A CHESHIRE theatre yesterday raised the curtain on its Christmas show six months before it is due to open and disclosed it has scooped some of Britain 's major stars for its pantomime line-up . |
| 17 | She was too exhausted to resist and showed them into the living room . |
| 18 | But if you want my opinion , I think you 're ill-advised to try and force him out simply because you 've got a legal case . |
| 19 | Valda having provided the introduction , I was of course quite delighted to try and help you with names and contacts the other day on the telephone , and note that you will supply me with a strictly personal and confidential copy at the conclusion of your endeavours and I appreciate this VERY much ! |
| 20 | It is ironic to reflect that had he served the Luftwaffe in a similar role to that which he graced in the Royal Air Force , there can be little doubt that he would have been invested with the highest order of the Knight 's Cross of the Iron Cross — with Diamonds , Swords and Oakleaves . |
| 21 | Often the two structures are so intertwined that it is impossible to separate and distinguish them . |
| 22 | None of the bargeowners could afford to waste electricity , and the display was really intended for much later at night , but he had turned it on early to surprise and please them . |
| 23 | It was impossible to hug and kiss her with those letters in the background ( all the more , since this was to be their first , and thus an unforgettable , kiss ) , and so he had no choice but to turn back with a bitter sense of capitulation . |
| 24 | The people of Great Britain were governed , however tortuous and artificial the modalities , upon the authority of an elective institution which for historical and other reasons they were content to regard as representing them . |
| 25 | There are five specific reasons for not calling a witness given in r25 — namely , that the witness is dead or beyond the seas or unfit by reason of bodily or mental condition to attend as a witness or that , despite the exercise of reasonable diligence , it has not been possible to identify or find him or that he can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection of matters relevant to the accuracy or otherwise of the statement . |
| 26 | The allied forces were spread like a net to trap an emperor , but as soon as the Emperor touched the net it was supposed to contract and entangle him . |
| 27 | A basic principle is to try out the things you think you are most likely to enjoy and to incorporate them into your routine on a long-term basis . |
| 28 | Now that my machine seems to be working tolerably well again , here is some news , along with renewed thanks for the welcome and lovely meals whilst I was with you — and I was of course interested and glad to meet and to know they would come and try and help with anything if you ring them . |
| 29 | And you 're supposed to try and link it with bigger groups of children , so if you say you say you 've got primary skills |
| 30 | He was very friendly with erm who was in charge of the Extra Mural Board and erm then possibly because of this connection erm we were asked by the erm Ministry of Defence to provide lectures and courses for erm units of H M Forces stationed in the area and erm so a panel of lecturers was erm formed and erm they used to go out , the , the units used to have their own Education Officers , usually a sergeant or perhaps a second lieutenant and erm they used to come into the office and say that they 'd like somebody to go out to their Searchlight Unit or A A Unit stationed somewhere out in the sticks and er lecture on this that or the other and erm we were supposed to try and fix them up and erm the panel erm , it had quite a number of erm people on it that erm , I ca n't remember who they all were , I know that erm you 'd hardly believe this but there was a chap named Mr and another chap named Mr |