Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd only intended to fix myself a light snack and get an early night . |
| 2 | Do n't worry , George , I 'm not about to sally forth on my old hobby-horse , not for long anyway , just long enough to try to explain what the greatest number means in the term the greatest good of the greatest number . |
| 3 | The kid comes out hard , apparently wanting to make it a real fight . |
| 4 | You can only begin to guess what the ancient Greeks would have made of that , and the subsequent impact on Renaissance sculpture . |
| 5 | Our parents live some distance away , she only gets to see them every few weeks , but I 'm close to hand , I 'm here to listen . |
| 6 | You will soon realise the difficulties and will not need much persuading to make yourself a fixed camera mount . |
| 7 | Almost a hundred years later , following his visit to Kidderminster , George Whitfield told a friend , ‘ I was greatly refreshed to find what a sweet savour of good Mr. Baxter 's doctrine , works and discipline remain to this day ’ . |
| 8 | When Izzy Kleiber was punished for his treachery , they only meant to give him a cruel ducking and a bad fright ; no one had taken into account the heavy rains . |
| 9 | A Separate staffs , households , budgets and agendas are what the princess has long wanted to make her a royal in her own right . |
| 10 | Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians . |
| 11 | Fortunately there was enough left to make it a good movie . |
| 12 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 13 | An upward blow to the nose , driving it towards the forehead could seriously injure your attacker when you only intended to give him a bloody nose . |
| 14 | ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look . |
| 15 | Conservative Members do not want to hear what a former Conservative leader has to say . |
| 16 | I do not need to tell you the potential problems and chaos that the delay is causing to the reorganisation of the leagues next season . |
| 17 | The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ . |
| 18 | writes from Leeds : Just want to say what a brilliant idea from P. Burley ( PFK Projects April ) . |
| 19 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 20 | I would not like to think what the wrong type would do to , say , the bacteria in your filter ! |
| 21 | Yeah , I mean that 's not going to miss us a particular slot in the in the publication . |
| 22 | I sure hope you 're not going to give me a hard time after I just travelled three thousand miles to see you , ’ Donna said , her eyes crinkling as she gave Alex another bear hug . |
| 23 | ‘ My mistress 's niece , that 's her on top of the furniture , is not going to pay you the extra twopence , ’ said the driver . |
| 24 | He has just offered to give me a good rogering . |
| 25 | You 've just got to keep him a wee bit down . |
| 26 | Democrats are hence navigating , as one of them put it , between the Scylla of not wishing to undercut Mr Bush 's diplomacy and the Charybdis of not wishing to give him a blank cheque . |
| 27 | We do n't just aim to offer you the lowest possible prices ; we also take great pride in the high standard of service you are given from when you make your booking right through until you arrive home again . |
| 28 | It just went to show what a distraught state her mind had slipped into . |
| 29 | Now I just trying to think what the other the name of the other one was . |
| 30 | In truth , I was just hoping to give him a good game . ’ |