Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MI5 's initial task was to counter alleged German plans to secretly invade Britain by infiltrating thousands of spies . |
| 2 | RANGERS , having won the Battle of Britain by beating Leeds to progress to the Champions League , begin their quest to successfully invade Europe against Marseille at Ibrox tonight . |
| 3 | Derick Wilson , the Labour councillor who lobbied fellow members to reject the licencing restrictions , claims that they would badly damage Edinburgh 's tourism image . |
| 4 | In this real world context , which will powerfully affect Britain , Mr Smith 's ‘ luvvie ’ proposals are about as useful as a powder puff to a man with chronic heart disease . |
| 5 | Staggering And , after earning at the staggering rate of nearly $60 a second throughout this tournament , he said : ‘ I would rather win Wimbledon again and a few thousand pounds than this tournament and all this money . ’ |
| 6 | The neo-American model might be called the Thatcher-Reagan model , while the Rhine model should also properly include Japan along with Germany , the Benelux countries , Switzerland , Scandinavia and , arguably , Australia and New Zealand . |
| 7 | However , the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo province protested that the proposed constitution would effectively strip Kosovo of the special autonomous status conferred on it ( within the Serbian republic ) in the 1974 Yugoslavian Constitution . |
| 8 | Democracy , then , in Syracuse , Akragas and elsewhere , meant the rule of a prosperous agricultural class , which did not necessarily regard Carthage as an enemy , or benevolent co-existence with Carthage as a sin . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know how else to shake you out of your melancholy — and I did so want Hilary back . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did so want Isabel to come , too . |
| 11 | Mauriac could only explain de Gaulle 's decision as the product of impatience . |
| 12 | You 'd better consult Dr. Lorrimer about his diary commitments . |
| 13 | But for the sake of the pigs we would obviously prefer Sir Richard 's shorter phasing-out period . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But you know what they say , ’ he adds , with a wink of those sparkling Irish eyes , ‘ You 'll only make God laugh if you tell him your plans … . by Garth Pearce |
| 15 | She knew that it was no use offering to make it : it would only make Bella angry . |
| 16 | It would only make Luke think that she was distrusting him again . |
| 17 | Equally , said Alison Fellows , we would only want Bordeaux wine from Bordeaux . |
| 18 | " I can only treat Dr Dunstaple as I would treat any of my patients and I fear that your father would not agree to my methods . |
| 19 | The former England midfielder capitalised on a blunder by City defender Keith Curle , who could only nod Steve Hodge 's cross out to him — and he promptly half-volleyed a magnificent swerving shot into the back of the City net . |
| 20 | We can only experience God 's happiness for ourselves when we grow in contemplative prayer . |
| 21 | A Land Rover Parts dealers ' computer will only recognise RTC 3291 . |
| 22 | On the other hand these actions of preparation would better suit Hippodameia , who was to travel in the chariot ; and the other is perhaps characterised as older . |
| 23 | The application of evolutionary ideas to the study of knowledge has recently been urged by a number of people , but I shall only discuss Campbell 's evolutionary epistemology ( Campbell 1974 ) . |
| 24 | You 'll only need Monday night off wo n't you ? |
| 25 | Stephanie did not know how far this revulsion might perhaps include Marcus himself . |
| 26 | Three years later , this question would much trouble Boswell . |
| 27 | ( The advertising slogan BEANZ MEANZ HEINZ would lose its point if it were paraphrased as ‘ If you are buying beans , you will naturally buy Heinz . ’ ) |
| 28 | Adam turned his attention to Miranda 's other tender places and casually added , ‘ Perhaps you 'd better give Annabel a call , to reassure her that you 're keeping a watchful eye on the accounts . |
| 29 | ‘ The Community as a whole should make it absolutely clear that it would warmly welcome East Germany joining West Germany on the basis that it was not admitting a new member state to the Community , but simply recognising the extension of the territory of an existing member ’ , he stated . |
| 30 | ‘ Excuse me , I 'd better bring Harrison in , ’ he said . |