Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a dilettante artist , a protégé of John Jarndyce 's who affects a childlike gaiety and simplicity but is really a shameless sponger ; his apparent innocence of worldly concerns is sedulously fostered to relieve him of any common responsibilities . |
| 2 | However , having been off last week , I have n't been able to do that , but I have made all the amendments and I was only going to talk us through those that needed everybody to know about them . |
| 3 | No one tells us how we are supposed to deal with death — our own or that of other people — and yet we are all going to face it at some time . |
| 4 | He swung the gun upwards on his mount and was obviously set to cut me in half with his next pass when the knifehilt appeared in his chest , lodged deep between two bandoliers . |
| 5 | They would then perhaps try to get him to another pub near the market — the jolly Farmer or the Golden Ball ( George Mutter of the jolly Farmer used to lodge three or four Irishmen regularly ) . |
| 6 | I took another deep breath — I only wanted to see him for half an hour — and said what I could . |
| 7 | One of the features of that day will be a series of mini- lecturers on just about every conceivable subject , and during the next few Ideas In Action programmes I shall be talking to some of the lecturers about their topics , hopefully whetting your appetites sufficiently to want to join us on that day to hear more . |
| 8 | Surely she does not want to deprive them of these amenities ? |
| 9 | ‘ I do not want to know you at all , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ she stated firmly . |
| 10 | I had not intended to trouble you on this occasion . |
| 11 | It is not intended to place her in such a state of independence as might seduce her to devote her time to the idleness of Poetry … |
| 12 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 13 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 14 | It is not recommended to exercise her in this condition , because of the unwelcomed attention she will receive , and the risk of her becoming pregnant . |
| 15 | The southern entrance to the Bay was protected by a fearsome group of rocks , Les Cardinals , to port and a treacherous shoal , Le Four , to starboard and , with the weather worsening , Admiral Conflans was confident Hawke would not dare to pursue him through this hazardous gap without the benefit of local pilots , but he had underrated both his adversary 's daring and his seamanship . |
| 16 | ‘ Colonel , I do not like to remind you of this , but I saved your son 's life . |
| 17 | Channel nine on the telly , mhm , there 's the right one that 's all in the right places do n't know We 're not going to see it after all |
| 18 | Without meaning there is only suffering , and I was not going to leave it at that . |
| 19 | I am very , very relieved and obviously taking advice on the next steps because naturally I am not going to leave it at this . ’ |
| 20 | Not going to tackle him about this business of Dora 's golf-club , are you ? ’ |
| 21 | Were they not going to destroy them after all ? |
| 22 | We 're not going to do it at all if the King loses interest too early . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not going to shoot you with this or anything else . |
| 24 | That was not going to help him at all , even if it made Humber happier . |
| 25 | I trust you 're not going to bore me after all . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Well , you 're not going to make it in that state and that 's for sure . |
| 27 | I know we 've had that debate at length in connection with the housing issue but I would just like to leave you with that point again . |
| 28 | We were just going to ask him about this proposed pay rise that 's all . |
| 29 | I was just going to tell them about all the things that were on my mind , about my dad and about Jesus and about aliens taking over the … |
| 30 | No not , not till the Manageress , I was just going to tell you about that . |