Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you any idea at all , can you give me even the slightest clue , as to where her daughter might be ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll do you exactly the same deal on a petrol or diesel Renault , and either way it will be a good one , ’ says sales manager Christopher Ritchie at Renault dealer A.C. Williams in Stamford , Lincolnshire . |
| 3 | Ten teams took part in the first race in 1975 , and they all enjoyed themselves so they thought they would do it again the following year . |
| 4 | Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it . |
| 5 | A rapid look at The Times newspaper for this Monday in April might give us just the slightest inkling of the minutiae of English life on a most ordinary of ordinary days : Dickens was completing David Copperfield ; Bass 's India Pale Ale could be had for 33s. per 18-gallon cask ; Hampshire Breakfast Bacon would cost you 7½d. by the half side , while Captain Reid 's ‘ Walls End ’ coal was 19s. a ton . |
| 6 | When he asked if he could see her again the next day , she would not have dreamed of declining ; they saw each other for about a fortnight , and her enthusiasm for him increased with each meeting , though he said not a word of any interest in the whole two weeks . |
| 7 | That what the inspector 's been telling us year after year , that we are in serious danger of not coming up to the protection safety standards , is something that we ca n't push into the background any longer and I 'm very glad it 's come to the full council so that the whole council can take it seriously the public protection committee has taken it seriously for a very long time . |
| 8 | As someone who has to ask occasionally for a care package for an individual , do I take it then the penultimate paragraph that this is the planning , you know , how you 're going to produce a care package for an individual , this is what you refer to in the planning system , and that you 're getting together with Social Services to get this care package together ? |
| 9 | Another try this afternoon could make him only the second Englishman to score in all four internationals in a season ; COULD , because Dewi Morris , whose mobile scrum half play has done much to transform England this season season is also on course to match the feat Carston Catcheside of Percy Park achieved in Wakefield 's 1924 side . |
| 10 | ‘ How can I ever treat her quite the same again' , he said . |
| 11 | ‘ I will pay you twice the hourly fee you make modelling — with a guarantee of four months ’ wages , no matter how quickly the Princess recovers . |
| 12 | Yes , yes , yes and I would n't pay my rent because er ooh and I can tell you really the exact date when I er was pregnant because I know I quickened at the when it was first opened and er I was a waitress in the Room I think it was . |
| 13 | Of course I co could n't tell you now the different ways , they do what they like now . |
| 14 | The poser being , of course , that she could not tell him either the true reason she was here , or even who she really was . |
| 15 | If I , if I do n't get one tonight the only chance is early in the morning . |
| 16 | If the client can not afford it then the sensible way to proceed would be to continue to press the insurers to form a view on liability . |
| 17 | When I said to you earlier erm there 's several ways in which you can help me now the main way you can help me is erm is er the way I do , the way I prefer to do business is by personal recommendations and you 've seen the service that I can give you , you 've seen , we 've been through your , your personal situation , your financial situation , have you found that of benefit ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why could n't you say it quietly the first time ? |