Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Pemberton was Palace 's genial and gutsy full-back throughout our promotion drive to Division one in 1988–89 and then in The Eagles ' progress to the FA Cup Final and Replay of' 1990 Indeed , his surging run in the semi-final against Liverpool at Villa Park , which took him past several defender s , before he delivered the cross from which Mark Bright put the Palace on terms and on the way to our stunning victory , will probably remain for ever in the memories of those who saw it , even though he impressed enormously in the two Cup Finals against Manchester United 's sophisticated and costly imports . |
| 2 | Whatever secret he had been hoping to confide on that short walk to the House would remain for ever unspoken . |
| 3 | This first-hand testimony , delivered with appropriate scholarly documentation , helped restore to the so called ‘ primitive ’ his full humanity and dignity ; it became intellectually inadmissible for tribesmen to be regarded as museum specimens who would remain for ever wayward children of nature and wards of paternalistic colonialism . |
| 4 | Edward III agreed that the realm of Scotland ‘ shall remain for ever to the eminent prince Lord Robert , by the grace of God the illustrious king of Scots ’ , and he renounced any right he might have in the realm of Scotland . |
| 5 | If personality were irreversibly fixed by particular child-rearing practices the individual would remain for ever at the mercy of specific experiences in his past . |
| 6 | It would be the end of all her high ambitions , and though the world would not greatly suffer thereby — for by now she had lost all confidence that anything she might say would alter the course of things — that crisis which was privately her own would remain for ever unresolved . |
| 7 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 8 | Mrs Thatcher pledged that the relief would remain for as long as she was Prime Minister and the opposition parties appear unwilling to commit themselves to abolishing it . |
| 9 | Even the good ones might remain for only a matter of months . |
| 10 | Well let's think for just a moment , you know , we 've been talking over these last three or four weeks about faith and that , erm , let's just think , perhaps and we should have done this sooner , but I du n no , it it fits in th this morning , er perhaps just what , what faith is . |
| 11 | But I do think for now we 're just going to have to cu chop it down . |
| 12 | He would stay for just an hour or so and then gather up the equipment and disappear . |
| 13 | Thus , the first ischaemic episode primarily translocates PKC into the membranes , where it will stay for about an hour . |
| 14 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 15 | He usually brings food and stuff , but he do n't stay for long . |
| 16 | Jordi seemed frightened , and we did not stay for long . |
| 17 | Listen , I ca n't stay for long , but I 've twisted Dmitri 's arm and he can find you a couple of tickets for Hedda ! |
| 18 | But she was in such a hurry that she just could n't stay for long enough to help me with breastfeeding Stephen . |
| 19 | The Scarman Report commented on the turnover of staff in the mail order department in 1976 : ‘ many of the immigrant workers did not stay for very long : the threat of dismissal must have been an anxiety for many in the workforce . |
| 20 | And where have they headed , since they let you make for here alone ? ’ |
| 21 | Albert remarks , a touch sniffily : ‘ An evening at the Crazy Horse Saloon will always make for more compulsive viewing than a day in the life of a Benedictine monastery . ’ |
| 22 | Devolved government in the form of Scottish and Welsh assemblies and regional government will make for much more open government than we have had in the past 12 years . |
| 23 | I mean what I would ideally like is the society in which women could be both private and public people , and men too , so men would identify more with relationships in their families and so on and slightly less with work , and women less with the family and more with work , and I think that would make for much greater flexibility all round and I think children would benefit too . |
| 24 | I suddenly felt I did n't want to paint , painting was just showing off , the thing was to experience and experience for ever more . |
| 25 | Recently installed swimming-pool may compensate for sometimes impassable road . |
| 26 | Some plants can compensate for quite heavy infestations provided there is sufficient time , and weather conditions remain favourable . |
| 27 | However , Waddington noted that " the SAP [ South African Police ] is an unaccountable police force " and that the " difficulties encountered " by his inquiry team " suggested [ that ] systems do not exist for either internal or external accountability " . |
| 28 | If I let life on this planet die out and send the slug into space , then , since it will exist for ever , the quantity of pleasure it will enjoy will eventually outweigh all the pleasures enjoyed on this earth for ten thousand years . |
| 29 | If you did n't buy New Scientist in order to find out more about science , the magazine would not exist for long . |
| 30 | This gives a jumble of echoes that will sometimes persist for as much as a few seconds after the original sound has ceased . |