Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then , if that should be the case , perhaps you 'd better mention my predicament to Lady Claudia , ’ Cleo said . |
| 2 | ‘ In that case , ’ said his agent , ‘ I think you 'd better change your name to TOILETS ! ’ |
| 3 | I think I 'd better see you face to face . |
| 4 | They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . |
| 5 | To imagine a straight structure which did not owe its straightness to this cause would require an assumption of a highly fortuitous combination of angles between sections . ’ |
| 6 | Most MPs who voted against Lloyd George in 1922 did not envisage a Unionist government as the final outcome , and the defeated ministers did not expect their discomfiture to be permanent . |
| 7 | In Kufra , in 1979 , some people did not pay their contribution to the small boy who visited the houses , so their shaikh went in person . |
| 8 | Jordan did not abandon its claim to the West Bank . |
| 9 | Despite PLO-Hashemite co-operation , Jordan did not abandon its claim to the West Bank . |
| 10 | Users looking for information on a particular subject did not restrict their consultation to the subject portion of the catalogue . |
| 11 | I did not mean your consent to this . |
| 12 | In conversation with the boys they learnt of Minton 's homosexuality and though this ruled him out as a potential husband it did not diminish their desire to be in his company . |
| 13 | That night I did not open my window to the usually sweet night air but kept it tight shut against the threatening darkness . |
| 14 | Karl turned and walked back along the other side of the garden , although this time Erika did not draw his attention to the words of Josef Stalin paying tribute to glorious workers , doctors , nurses , and so on . |
| 15 | So when Tommaso showed interest in her during those Easter holidays , she noticed him ; while Caterina remained unaware , for she had always the effect of spreading pleasure , and did not remark his response to her , his alert shoulders , his greedy pale eyes tensing for a moment , then flicking guiltily away to contemplate her sister . |
| 16 | In 1859 Beresford headed a protest against the Derby ministry 's reform bill but did not press his opposition to a vote . |
| 17 | They did not like his approach to it . |
| 18 | The reason Bohm could get away with it was that he did not submit his theory to this superfluous requirement . |
| 19 | He did not turn his head to right or left , but looked straight in front of him with wild determination . |
| 20 | However , Luxemburg did not limit her case to Poland . |
| 21 | He did not resent her visit to the hairdresser 's . |
| 22 | As treasurer of our appeal , may I say that it was very disappointing that , first of all , the council members and the town clerk did not accept our invitation to the opening of our appeal , on March 11th . |
| 23 | The clerk was instructed to inform Mr. Johnson however that the guardians ‘ did not see their way to continuing supplying champagne ’ . |
| 24 | The spectator has come for blood , but did not buy his ticket to be reminded of his own mortality . |
| 25 | ‘ In Norman Lamont we have a quiet man , but do not underestimate his contribution to getting the country out of slump . ’ |
| 26 | I said how depressing asylums must be , but he said quickly " I do not mean my picture to be depressing . " |
| 27 | Do not give your camera to a passing stranger and ask him to take a picture of you , so many times it has happened that the stranger has then run off with it . |
| 28 | Men blend their behaviour less than women , but their androgyny and blending do not affect their susceptibility to traditional gender schemas ( Heilbrun 1984 ) . |
| 29 | Mercedes-Benz , Siemens and Bayer do not owe their success to the Bundesbank : the Bundesbank owes its strength to German industrial progress . |
| 30 | Moreover , associatives are not the only group that can appear prenominally but which do not assign their property to the entity identified by the phrase of which they form part ; two other types ( to be discussed in Chapter 6 ) are exemplified by former and sheer . |