Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [to-vb] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We would n't want them to think that a girl from St Mary 's would eat all before her when she went out to tea , ’ said Sister Jerome . |
2 | Of course Bett was still a superstitious , God-fearing Irishwoman ; you could n't expect her to appreciate that a person could have too much of a good thing — even religion . |
3 | And it may surprise you to know that a number of the county people are not what they appear . |
4 | In fact , there were so many things she did n't want him to know that a list of them would have stretched on and on . |
5 | Thus , energy or enthalpy change alone can not help us to predict whether a reaction will occur or not . |