Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have knelt beside her and put my arms around her and promised her that she would be freed from the hell of anhedonia , and that there really was a God and that she did have the strength to tear herself free from cocaine , as others had freed themselves , and I should have assured her that there was true happiness without a drug , but I did not know her well enough to embrace her , so I just let her weep as the sun streaked up in glory from the east . |
| 2 | I do n't I do n't really know it well enough to tell you what a nitrogen cycle . |
| 3 | We all knew that the Repubblichini were tools of the Nazis , used as spies and as a police force ; but they did not know us well enough to denounce us as anti-Fascists . |
| 4 | Sometimes he will bring you back here to see us . |
| 5 | ‘ Did Plummer send you here just to tell me that ? ’ |
| 6 | She would need stock , after all , and if the selection was n't too impossible she could probably keep it long enough to clear it . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't denigrate her now just to please me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But do n't foul it up just to prove I 'm right . ’ |
| 9 | Can you tell us how best to maintain it as winter approaches and how to stop it freezing up |
| 10 | ‘ Listen , I did n't get you here just to take me in — ‘ |
| 11 | Did , did you put it on there to measure it out ? |