Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anti-Montanist reaction reinforced the belief that the apostolic canon is closed ; but it did nothing to diminish millenarian hopes which long retained orthodox defenders , though there were also second-century interpreters of the Apocalypse who did not think intended to be literal and earthly the seer 's vision of Christ returning to a rebuilt Jerusalem . |
| 2 | So it seems likely that just as a youngster does not need to learn to be afraid or to feel secure , they also respond instinctively from birth to the underlying mood of the call — like the predatory roar of a lion , the angry bellow of an enraged bull , the contented moo of a grazing cow or the eminently social bleatings of sheep , keeping the flock together . |
| 3 | Those who did know had to be careful not to speak because it was only too easy to compromise the families on whose land or in whose houses the prisoners were . |
| 4 | Personally , I wished Bellamy would quit trying to be reasonable and concentrate on the wrestling . |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't dare try to be optimistic in this kind of situation , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Did you use to have to be able to say refer to job descriptions . |
| 7 | It would have been handled , she knew , with all the caution that the dust from the moon had been , since it might have proven to be toxic as any of the man-made monstrosities aboard Titron . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
| 9 | How could it have felt to be lonely and dumb ? |
| 10 | But Charlotte would have needed to be alone with him , decks cleared of their differences , for certainty on the point . |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't have dared to be late , ’ she flung back over her shoulder , hoping he recognised the sarcasm in her tone . |
| 12 | A male without testes would live longer than a , than a male with them , undoubtedly , on average five to seven years longer , and erm generally be more healthy in terms of avoiding a lot of problems that , that they might have had through being male . |
| 13 | You would have had to be superhuman not to be a little corrupted by the power she had . |
| 14 | The court held that for the application of the rule to have been lawful it would have had to be justifiable irrespective of race or ethnic or national origins . |
| 15 | Jules had told her she was attractive , Félix found her so , and she would have had to be blind not to see the admiring glances of strangers when she went to a café or on a promenade with Jules . |
| 16 | She would have had to be blind not to see the mixture of desire and destruction in the getsure . |
| 17 | I would have thought to be honest , I would have thought you do n't need any of that area |
| 18 | Some visitors may have proved to be undesirable or objectionable , or perhaps have left without paying their bill , and therefore it is essential that this type of guest be blacklisted for future reference . |
| 19 | Without an infusion of funds from the DHSS ( now DSS ) , fewer private homes would have been established and many more would have proved to be unprofitable . |
| 20 | He does not have to shout to be powerful . ’ |
| 21 | On the other hand , without some active energy from the man , what would she ever have found to be interested in ? |
| 22 | We might finally note that the court is able to rely as an aid to discovering intention on the proposition that what no reasonable board could have believed to be beneficial to the company , the actual board could not have believed either , or , in other words , that where the means adopted could not on any reasonable view lead to the end of benefiting the company , the directors could not have been motivated by a desire to achieve that end . |
| 23 | It is often argued that if a child learned how to recode unfamiliar letter strings — printed words not previously encountered — into a phonological form , this would permit reading to be parasitic on an already established ability to access the semantics of a word from its phonology . |
| 24 | ‘ You might have wanted to be alone . ’ |
| 25 | Certainly , by now , we should have learned to be cautious about simplified statements which attempt to outline the central features of ‘ the family in modern society ’ . |
| 26 | He might not have meant to be comforting , but she felt a flood of warmth ; energy passed from his fingers to hers like a life-force and Jenna did n't know what to say . |
| 27 | However , many of the 1.3 million recipients who would have ceased to be eligible for supplementary benefit were receiving what is called certificated housing benefit . |
| 28 | In the ancient world slaves had been most commonly used as domestic servants and artisans , and this may well have continued to be true in the Middle Ages . |
| 29 | You 'll have to learn to be grateful just to bear my name … |
| 30 | He still wanted her body , there was no way he could disguise that , and she , well , she would have to learn to be content with whatever crumbs he was prepared to let fall from his table . |