Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would so like her to find some relief . |
| 2 | I can only hope I get another chance . |
| 3 | If some biological constraint can rule out , or make unrealistic , some normative practice or institution , then knowledge of it may not only encourage us to decline that practice if it is suggested , but may also contribute an explanation of why human communities do not in general display that practice or institution . |
| 4 | As we stressed in Chapter 9 , the Rover Group may produce a large share of the motor cars manufactured in the UK but this does not necessarily mean it has significant market power . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd better leave you to get some sleep . |
| 6 | I can only say I took some heart in all of this from the following interchange which had taken place on 1 May between my good friend Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson ( Member of Parliament for the New Forest ) and the prime minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 7 | Most employers will only ask you to repeat this information in a standard application form anyway . |
| 8 | I do not think I deserved this sort of treatment . |
| 9 | He was now , in any case , extremely happy ; " I 'm the luckiest man in the world , " he told Robert Giroux , and to Joseph Chiari he said that he did not think he deserved such happiness . |
| 10 | It did not make him feel any cleaner . |
| 11 | He hoped she had made up her mind to talk and would not make him lose valuable time persuading her . |
| 12 | It is not right to share feelings in a sentence such as ‘ You make me feel … ’ because in actuality the other person does not make us feel this way . |
| 13 | However , we would not want everyone to have this capability or we would spawn lots of different expert systems . |
| 14 | No ! he would shout , and make it clear that we would not discuss it … he used an expletive that I have not used , indicating that he did not want me to raise that subject with him . ’ |
| 15 | Even the enthusiasm of a Maury Temerlin ( 1976 ) does not tempt him to attribute this level of sophistication to Ameslan Lucy ; in part , for the obvious reason , that she would then be at risk to what is on the other side of this coin — moral guilt . |
| 16 | Perhaps he did not trust himself to mount that stool and do what he had to do . |
| 17 | We did not know what to think last night and we had to fear the worst . |
| 18 | It may mean some gentle but very straight talking , if your parent does not realise your need to have time alone with your friends , but if you can not bring yourself to establish this right , you will have precious little hope of organising any other social activities that will give you a break from daily routine . |
| 19 | One of the gunmen had been instructed to kill Thakin Nu , who was elsewhere , but he could not bring himself to slay this man known for his religious piety . |
| 20 | They could not bring themselves to waste good paper — even if it was Fergie 's . |
| 21 | I am naturally extremely sorry to hear of the personal circumstances that the hon. Gentleman very properly brings to the attention of the House , but he will not expect me to prejudge any issue of criminality that may arise . |
| 22 | ‘ Those new masters of yours will not expect you to adopt this perspective . |
| 23 | Not that Eliot harboured any illusions about the efficacy of his work — although Notes … was selling well , he did not expect it to have much influence . |
| 24 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
| 25 | If the impassioned pleas are directed at those close to the culprits , I can not see them having much effect . |
| 26 | I think I 'd sooner face whoever sent that poison pen letter ! ’ |
| 27 | At the Federal level there is an Office of the Co-ordination of Soil and Water Conservation , but it has a tiny staff and its position within the Ministry of Agriculture does not enable it to have much influence on land-use decisions . |
| 28 | I 'll not have you blaming that lass ! |
| 29 | Yet its very two headedness should not encourage us to eschew effective practice on the grounds that theory and ideology are intellectually more satisfying . |
| 30 | Still , Spouse is taking the children to Kirkwhinnie for Hogmanay where they can wallow in Aunt Elspeth 's Home Made everything whilst I … but do not permit myself to imagine naughty idyll at Porritt Gardens . |