Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dad said he 'd buy me a ticket to fly back to England and David said that he 'd pay him back because he 'd be very happy if I could come back and help him as he did n't really know how to deal with his mother 's grief . |
| 2 | A person who is asked to take the test in circumstances such as these should pause and consider whether they are willing to do so , or whether they would instead prefer not to proceed with their life assurance or employment application . |
| 3 | I think I would be top of any seed 's list of players they would prefer not to have in their section . ’ |
| 4 | ( I was keen to strain some of the vicious Barny 's blood out of any future little owlets , so that they would n't grow up to take after their grandfather ! ) |
| 5 | Lord Wakeham , who had come with the necessary cheque , had muttered something about boys being boys , and that Robertson would do well to go to his hotel and sleep it off . |
| 6 | It could work in the same way as the present ‘ attendance allowance ’ , a payment made to severely disabled people which they can then choose how to spend on their care . |
| 7 | You can not ignore it , she wished to set out and she did set out to come to our aid . ’ |
| 8 | We wo n't be here long and we 'll try not to get in your way . ’ |
| 9 | She would have similarly to hide from his employer the fact that she felt a wreck inside . |
| 10 | This meant that a social worker would call regularly to check on their progress , and to make sure that everything was all right . |
| 11 | The parent could then suggest a compromise , such as ‘ I will undertake not to go into your room , then I wo n't feel upset and ca n't nag you . |
| 12 | Peggy did not go up to apologise to her great-grandmother ; she was too busy doing the work that had been Rosie 's routine . |
| 13 | And possibly either after that or simultaneously with that or to transfer there , he might go up to live in his father 's house up in Yorkshire , Mytholmroyd er er I du n no but it seems to me that if there is a worse place to be unemployed than Wolverhampton , West Riding has got ta be erm a competitor |
| 14 | Does not the Prime Minister think that he owes it to the country to say exactly which other taxes he would put up to pay for his bribe ? |
| 15 | ‘ If he reached the manor , why did he not come back to look for his master ? |
| 16 | We had to move into the capital afterwards , because we feared they would come back to look for my husband and I began to suffer from my nerves , thinking about all I had seen.They killed my husband in the end , in 1982 . |
| 17 | Her owner hopes eventually Thumper will fly down to eat from his hand so he can fasten her onto his training glove . |