Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes I tried to go as fast as I could , but it was easy to let the sail out and slow down if I felt I was getting out of control . |
| 2 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to go as soon as possible . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to know as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | I learnt to look ahead so as not to run out of stores . |
| 6 | ‘ I only overhang the couch by a foot or so at each end ; why do n't I attempt to curl up there when you and Janice are in residence , if not flagrante , in the bedroom ? ’ |
| 7 | I decided to walk as far as Bellanoch where a friend would pick me up for that weakening hospitality again - a dear old Sister Brush who shames me with her eighty-year-old energy , integrity and artistic confidence . |
| 8 | Living in San'a , I was initially engrossed in the visual aspects of the architecture , but as I became involved with the Yemeni families , I started to record as accurately as possible all aspects of the traditional San'a culture that was rapidly being swallowed up by Western influence . |
| 9 | ‘ I managed to get away earlier than expected , ’ he replied . |
| 10 | Since I ca n't dress the way I like , I try to go as far as I can whilst still making a feeble attempt at femininity . |
| 11 | I go to the odd fitness class now and again and I try to eat fairly healthily though I do succumb now and again to the odd take-away . |
| 12 | ‘ Mrs Girdlestone has agreed to let you stay on while I try to find somewhere near where I live . |
| 13 | It 's taken longer than I thought to get as far as this . |
| 14 | I can surely do what I like on my day off , not be reproached if I choose to come home early because I feel tired , and secondly , as I said before , I am not playing games . |
| 15 | By some mix-up , my papers did n't seem to be in order and I had to hold on there until the proper American visa came through . |
| 16 | I had to sit down twice because of the roast beef and everything , which had gone straight to my legs . |
| 17 | He recounted all this without any anger or bitterness , but as he got up from his chair to go to the kitchen I had to turn away rather than watch him move around his flat as though he were still hampered by chains . |
| 18 | I had to ring twice more before Jozef answered the phone . |
| 19 | ‘ I had to rush off just as he was about to arrive . |
| 20 | I prefer to go up rather than down , do n't you ? ’ |
| 21 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 22 | ‘ I need to look more closely before we carry him back with us . ’ |
| 23 | I need to know as soon as possible now whether we can do these surveys or not so I can fill the policies in . |
| 24 | She says it 's hard work having to think of other ways of getting around — having always to take into consideration the bus timetables — I ca n't arrange to meet friends unless there 's a bus at that time and coming home — leaving the pubs — I have to drink up quickly if I want to catch the last bus home . |
| 25 | ‘ Being blind means I have to listen very hard so I do n't get distracted by things around me . ’ |
| 26 | Erm I do n't think I need to say any more , but I promise to come back later when I 've heard what other have , have to say . |
| 27 | The riding became more regular and I wanted to ride more often than I could . |
| 28 | Her desires were my only hold over her , so despite her frantic pleas I refused to go any further than finger-fucking until she had signed on the dotted line . |
| 29 | For the surgery being considered here , often called ‘ conversion surgery ’ , involves one or more of several procedures which aim to transform as far as is possible the subject 's anatomy so that it approximates that of a member of the preferred sex . |
| 30 | Why would she want to travel any further than his arms ? |