Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could not bear to see him suffer and so I threw myself wholeheartedly on to Nonni 's side , arguing passionately that my aunts ' lack of interest in day-to-day matters was a boring affectation ; that Nonni was much more ‘ real ’ and ‘ closer to life ’ . |
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| 3 | The audience did n't want to let him go and he returned to sing a little jazz , leaving the stage to rapturous applause . |
| 4 | tell us about breathing , no you 're not getting my voice on that thing he says , I , I do n't like hearing me voice and everything , and he threw it on the settee . |
| 5 | ‘ I should have liked to be a nun , except they would n't have let me smoke and I could n't live without cigarettes . |
| 6 | His arms tightened round her as though he could n't bear to let her go and he kissed her again , hungrily . |