Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the therapist encouraged the couple to think of ways of being positive in their behaviour towards each other , Ann agreed to wear more attractive clothes , and Charles to show her more consideration and affection by praising her appearance , and expressing positive feelings towards her . |
| 2 | Where goods are not durable , the mischief lies not in the fact that they ceased to perform adequately but rather that , at the date of supply , they did not have the capacity to endure . |
| 3 | Clodumar said that the government planned to invest further in Air Nauru , but that it would not re-open diplomatic missions in Hong Kong , American Samoa , Japan , Hawaii and the Cook Islands , which had been closed under the Aroi administration for reasons of economy . |
| 4 | And especially if they planned to go somewhere else today . |
| 5 | In this way , he sought to carry even further Barth 's own attack on ‘ religion ’ . |
| 6 | Fish swimming in schools move faster and use less energy than fish of the same species made to swim alone . |
| 7 | Kohl party expected to lose again |
| 8 | Although his voice failed to carry as far as those of the Academicians ' , there was no possibility of failing to recognize the message . |
| 9 | Meanwhile government forces had consolidated their positions deep inside UNITA territory near Mavinga , a strategic UNITA base , which the government claimed to have captured in February following heavy fighting , and sought to penetrate as far as the rebel headquarters at Jamba . |
| 10 | The next morning , she got to go outside . |
| 11 | You got to go again cunt |
| 12 | I do n't know , it was just a novelty , we 'd never ever , I remember an , an aunt of ours that lived in Plymouth near us , she had a house with an upstairs , but she had a downstairs toilet , so we never got to go upstairs you know it 's just one of those stupid things I suppose , I , I thought it was great and another attraction was I think one of the main reasons you got us to really want to come to Harlow was the fact that we 'd have a television |
| 13 | No , Aunty Suzie got to go home . |
| 14 | I think that 's the trouble with Christmas , I said to Rob , in a way , I said I hope when I get to mum and dad 's age I wo n't expect my children to think oh god you got to go there for you know I said that I 'd love to just once take the kids away and go somewhere |
| 15 | Bye , I said to her , got to go now . |
| 16 | Then , before she could protest , he was saying , ‘ Got to go now . |
| 17 | Such a world view is the product of a perception conceptualized to contend dramatically with the instant experience of dealing with highly emotive , personal conflicts at street level , or the tensions of ritual ‘ battles with criminals ’ . |
| 18 | We now present the same example header , expanded to include additionally recommended information , adequate to most bibliographic purposes , in particular to allow for the creation of an AACR2-conformant bibliographic record , and also some ( mostly imaginary ) details about the text itself . |
| 19 | So the tremendous burst of controversy in the third week of television 's campaign coverage failed to stimulate either grass-roots discussion or public interest . |
| 20 | came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town . |
| 21 | The committee was at first divided over the proposal , with Betty Sinclair opposing the whole idea of protest marches , and a decision was deferred to a later meeting , which agreed to go ahead and fixed the date for 24 August . |
| 22 | A good deal has happened since that important Church meeting last June when we agreed to go ahead and purchase the building from the Church of Scotland for £1 . |
| 23 | When he agreed to go ahead he could not have been more generous . |
| 24 | Eventually they agreed to go ahead , but already 1982 was well advanced . |
| 25 | However , district councillors felt that none of the objections justified any changes to the proposed order and agreed to go ahead with the scheme . |
| 26 | The principal , Sir David Smith , yesterday stepped up the pressure in the row over ministerial pledges , as the university court agreed to go ahead with up to 28 sackings . |
| 27 | Although I had wanted to go away and agreed to go away , when the time came I also felt that I was being pushed out of the nest , and that my parents were glad to be rid of me , in that there would be one fewer person to cater for . |
| 28 | Just as well you agreed to go quietly when Kenneth suggested it was time you went to bed ; though apparently he and Hamish practically had to carry you upstairs , and the whole way up you were muttering something vile about Lewis being thrown naked into a tub of starving Elephant Leeches . ’ |
| 29 | They agreed to go quietly on condition that their leader , Ian Morrison , was allowed to negotiate with AW management . |
| 30 | They agreed to go quietly on condition that their leader , Ian Morrison , could negotiate with AW management . |