Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pos pn] [noun] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |
| 2 | I would then pitch my tent and have the night to weigh up the situation . |
| 3 | But to see her like that would hurt my feelings and hurt our Izzat ( pride ) . ’ |
| 4 | Yet now , ’ his look was amicable , ‘ you , Miss Kingsdale , with your haughty manner ’ her haughty manner ? ‘ wish me to at once revoke my plans and allow you to ask me endless work-orientated questions . ’ |
| 5 | We 'll wait and see when the second draft comes to this Council , when the Council will discuss my points and agree or disagree that they should be included or not . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll pack my things and go first thing in the morning , ’ she called back over her shoulder , her voice like razor blades . |
| 7 | ‘ If we had enough money we could buy her ticket and put it through her letterbox without letting her know who it was from , ’ said Anne . |
| 8 | Could this be Leif , calling to advise that the Rocha kitchen would include her tiles and asking if she would confer with the solicitor 's wife ? |
| 9 | If I go on denying it they 'll all wag their fingers and say ‘ Aha ’ and tell me I protest too much . |
| 10 | In a communiqué broadcast on Jan. 17 the leaders of the Medellín and Cali drug cartels , under their assumed name of the " Extraditables " , announced that they accepted the " victory " of the government of President Barco in the five month " war " waged between them [ see p. 36844 ; 36889-90 ; 37119 ] and would end their hostilities , release their hostages , cease drug shipments and surrender weapons and explosives , in return for constitutional and legal guarantees which would respect their rights and allow them to return to their families and communities . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , that leaves five sisters , and I feel sure you will enjoy their company and make many new friends . ’ |
| 12 | And a society 's ideology must be constantly reproduced if the society is to survive , just as ( for example ) an industrial society must continually renovate and update its machinery and ensure that the next generation of workers is produced , kept alive and prepared for productive labour . |
| 13 | Our task is to understand our Ego , so that we can recognise its ranting and raving . |
| 14 | Yet sound engineers often wish the process would stop for a while , so they can catch their breath and rationalize the many-headed monster they have created . |
| 15 | However , Mr McAllister says that three days after Margaret McLaughlin 's death Beattie did not know her name and thought it was someone else who had died . |
| 16 | For of all those peppered by the shotgun blast of criticism that came out of the Cleveland inquiry , where in little more than three months 121 children were diagnosed as actual or possible victims of child sexual abuse , only Dr Higgs still does not know her future and faces effective dismissal . |
| 17 | No need to be constantly laying down her book in case Mrs Braithwaite should catch her reading and name her " studious ' again . |
| 18 | She burst out laughing , and jumped up and hugged Bryony , who was laughing so much that she could n't catch her breath and had to be thumped on the back . |
| 19 | They say pet owners should recognise their responsibilities and stop abandoning their pets . |
| 20 | It is important that the whole family can recognise their grief and give each other emotional support . |
| 21 | ‘ And let me assure you of something else — anyone who interferes with the smooth running of this place can pack their bags and get down the road right away . ’ |
| 22 | Mr Wijeratne has suggested that civilians in the area — a million of them — should pack their bags and leave . |
| 23 | In a recent speech , Colette Flesch , Director-General of DGX , said the EC should ‘ concentrate its co-operation and support on intelligent development of cultural projects integrated into national , regional , and local development policy ’ , rather than on financing a few big prestige projects , or simply subsidising the old Communist subsidies system which those countries can no longer afford to finance . |
| 24 | He presented this bland smiling façade , yet one glance from those glacial blue eyes could dry her mouth and stop her breath in her throat . |
| 25 | They hope the charter will let patients know their rights and give feedback if the service is not working . |
| 26 | ‘ They do n't know their audience and do n't bother asking . |
| 27 | The primary phase should help pupils to learn to understand themselves , their relationships with others and the world around them ; should stimulate their curiosity and teach them to apply it purposefully and usefully ; and should develop the foundations for later learning and those personal qualities and attitudes which , if acquired during the primary phase , provide a sound base for what follows . |
| 28 | Like the weather moving in from the Atlantic , we can at best track its course and make reasonable preparations for its coming . |
| 29 | He explained that Anne needed support too and that if he wanted to stay at home most of the time , then he must consider her welfare and go to the centre sometimes as well . |
| 30 | Postage was very expensive — a shilling a sheet — but Hope , being an M. P. , could sign or frank his envelopes and have them delivered free of charge . |