Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 She had been undaunted even when Henry said he 'd wager that she dare not stay alone in the Lodge while he and Lettice explored the woods outside .
2 Let us be clear that we should not think merely of the Europe of the Twelve .
3 It was a bridesmaid 's dress , left over from her cousin 's wedding in Charters Towers last year , and she had not worn it since , but the brief glimpse she had had of the other female guests had told her that her more casual outfits would not do tonight amongst the Hamiltons ' sophisticated entourage .
4 The Secretary of State , Cordell Hull , believed that the application of trusteeship offered the most satisfactory solution , in part because he held that the Soviet Union and Kuomintang China would not work together after the Pacific War and that an American role in trusteeship with the Soviet Union , China and Great Britain would be indispensable .
5 And machine minding 's star did not burn brightly in the Murphy firmament .
6 For in fact , Co-operation does not fit comfortably into the Webbs ' conception of Socialism .
7 A Muslim from a poor family in Hyderabad , he does not fit in with the Bombay set .
8 The Pact 's supreme political organ , the PKK , although required to meet twice yearly , did not meet once during the Bloc 's most crisis prone periods : 1956–58 , nor between March 1968 and March 1969 .
9 The Greek economy , despite a five-year transition period , could not compete equally with the EC and soon faced a massive trade deficit , and the Socialist government in Athens pursued a negative policy towards the EC for several years .
10 In this respect , it does not bode well for the USSR that decisions pertaining to technology imports and decisions pertaining to economic reform have moved along independent tracks .
11 ‘ Ordinary Catholics on the Falls Road can not stand up to the IRA .
12 Under section 14 the police are given a power to impose conditions on the same grounds as in the case of marches ( see : Police v. Brickley , States , Kitson & Kitson ( Mag.Ct 1987 ) , where demonstrators were convicted for ignoring a condition that they should not stand immediately outside the South African Embassy ) .
13 An Italian flair does not go amiss in the Elgar : Accardo 's impetuosity gives a new slant to the score , his intensity in the Andante an immediacy .
14 The Lords of Trade asked merchants and other interests to give their opinions about policy ; a number of ministers had grants of their own for settlements in North America and clearly expected to benefit as landlords , though they did not go out like the Penns and the Baltimores to take an active role in running their properties .
15 Now , almost a year to the day later the show will finally go ahead at the Frank Matcham designed theatre .
16 Dana Gillespie : ‘ I 'd just come back from the States and was hanging around with a band called Ashton Gardner and Dyke .
17 But those are n't the two , only two opera companies for instance , in the country , there are some fantastic opera companies who er , who work on a much smaller scale , who , in a sense , would not fill somewhere like the Apollo , who are just perfect for , for us .
18 And record years on Wall Street do not come along like the Staten Island ferry .
19 He said in a quiet voice : ‘ You 'll give me your word that what I tell you will not get back to the Josephs ?
20 As for the political importance of such a capability , this appeared to be of relevance in the short term mainly with respect to the possibility of American adventurism as long as the USSR could not strike effectively against the United States itself .
21 It means that he can not turn out for the Pollock Park club until at least August .
22 Annesley Brittanias did not normally venture away from the Nottingham to London semi-fasts but 70048 had worked a freight to Staveley .
23 ‘ When I elected to withdraw from international consideration , I felt it sensible to also step away from the Divisionals , ’ said Barnes .
24 If regional balance sheets were struck , the equivalent of £1.5b of ‘ the subvention ’ would now arise everywhere in the UK .
25 Do n't expect much from the Goblin riders themselves !
26 Association chief executive Frank Clark said : ‘ We say we wo n't give in to the IRA and yet the police say they can not guarantee the safety of a manager at a football match . ’
27 She did n't freak much to the Moscow Beat these days , but she knew Sove Stuff really got to the DAR .
28 When the heart of America dried up and blew away , things did n't change much in the Gila Desert .
29 He would even walk on into the Hollywood Hills , beyond any bus line , for the sake of a half-hour voice lesson .
30 I wo n't go on about the England game — you know what happened — except to say it was crap being there .
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