Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they go away with a positive decision against starting up a tourism enterprise , Sue feels she has been able to help them avoid an expensive mistake . |
| 2 | That UNTAC has been unable to make them do so is its only serious failure so far . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you should have been present to hear him speak . |
| 4 | Shelley did n't mind , but it would have been polite to let her know beforehand that she had to run two clinics instead of one . |
| 5 | Further , no married woman could make a will without her husband 's consent , nor ( with trifling exceptions ) make any contract , except as agent either for her husband or for some other person : it would have been absurd to let her contract when she had no free property out of which she could pay . |
| 6 | ‘ You do n't think it might have been better to let her have her say out , ’ suggested Desmond , ‘ and get it off her chest ? |
| 7 | Aye , it seems I 'd have been better letting it run on the blooming thing . |
| 8 | But six months ago none of this would have been enough to make him invite her company for longer than was politely necessary . |
| 9 | Oh , Billie , I must have been crazy to let you come with me . |
| 10 | ‘ If they were happy enough to let me through the door then they should have been happy to let me win their draw . |
| 11 | She must have been mad to let him bring her here , even madder to have stayed . |
| 12 | Her face flaming , Luce muttered , ‘ I must have been mad to let you seduce me . ’ |
| 13 | She had always been touched with religion , but as Rory had grown out of boyhood into his teens , she had been content to let him follow down his father 's road to politely concealed indifference . |
| 14 | Worse , she had been prepared to let him go on using her , had he chosen to do so . |
| 15 | This company had purchased two new middle-water vessels , the Ben Loyal and Ben Roy but had been unable to make them pay and was obliged to sell them in May 1980 . |
| 16 | Having a film to show is vital to help us get the message across , ’ said Mrs Woolley . |
| 17 | Once he 'd gone , I was approached by a woman who started rubbing my stomach and putting her hand down my trousers , which I must say was enough to make me say yes immediately . |