Example sentences of "[vb infin] [det] [subord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time women were still employed underground in Cumberland filling the baskets as well as at surface tasks , while the wives of Staffordshire pitmen were said seldom to " do more than attend to the necessary calls of the Family " except for helping with the harvest . |
| 2 | Some of the visitors , however , would do more than stand on the harbourside to watch , they would put to sea with a crew for a night 's fishing . |
| 3 | Nor can we do more than guess at the consequences of the Greek ignorance of Latin . |
| 4 | Must remember this when tempted into the local hen shop. ) 9 pm Ben Frow arrives to try on costumes for Re:Joyce . |
| 5 | The social worker may see these as lying in the desirability of continued pregnancy or otherwise ; in care of the child after birth ; in marriage , if this is contemplated for a later date , too early in life — or if no marriage is contemplated , in her later support and that of her child ; possibly in the girl 's continued promiscuity ; perhaps , if the girl is in the social worker 's care already , in matters of professional reputation . |
| 6 | And , with a horrified shudder , it occurred to Folly that if she stayed any longer in the corridor she might hear more than talking in the room beyond the door . |