Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The police inspector told me : ‘ When he comes out he 'll probably go straight home and attack her . ’ |
| 32 | In fact , I would go as far as to say he 's a slob . |
| 33 | ‘ In fact , I 'd go as far as to say you 've got the worst case of it I 've ever seen . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ So you could n't go as far as saying who it might have been calling on the Rector at that late hour ? ’ |
| 35 | If not , we can stand here like and get our feet wet , because that 's what 's gon na happen . |
| 36 | He had intentions of studying to become an engineer , but found that a job as a cadet draughtsperson with the government would pay quite well and give him more free time . |
| 37 | We 'll go there later and see what rides they 've got ! ’ |
| 38 | Where are you , Louise , can I come right over and see you ? " |
| 39 | ‘ You had the hots for me , Robyn ; why do n't you just come right out and admit it ? ’ |
| 40 | It was a funny advertisement , it did n't come right out and say it gave you abortions , it just promised to ‘ help ’ . |
| 41 | Why do n't you just come right out and say I look ridiculous ? |
| 42 | Maria looked at him in silence for a while , and when she could breathe easily again and felt she had the strength , she rose . |
| 43 | Dad 'll come home tonight and say who 's eaten all the custard creams then , he loves custard creams |
| 44 | And then one day he 'd come home early and found her in bed with someone else . |
| 45 | You would come darkly near and let me feed on your open mouth , while with a generosity that was ready to offer you everything , my heart , my throat , my entrails , I gave you to hold in your awkward fist the sceptre of my passion . ’ |
| 46 | The final text substitutes waistcoat for frock-coat — ‘ I do n't think they 'll get as far as taking my waistcoat off ’ — even better for the pampered softy with his vein of oldwomanish guile . |
| 47 | Only in the last ten years or so had he been able to give up going to the country towns and villages for uncomfortable , if lucrative , one- or two-day visits ; only then had he found it possible to move from Jewtown to commodious rooms in Patrick Street , Cork 's main thoroughfare , where he could live as well as have his surgery . |
| 48 | I feel that I can come forward now and offer my own view of the piece , and perhaps it will be a valid one . ’ |
| 49 | Do not bandage too tightly but arrange it so that you can move your ankle sufficiently to use foot techniques . |
| 50 | The criticisms have fallen into certain categories , one general line being that the service has failed to adopt modern methods of management , that it has been slow in understanding the use of statistical information and of specialized knowledge of the social services , and that it does not think ahead enough or organize its planning on a sufficiently systematic basis , in part because officials spend too much time on routine departmental work . |
| 51 | Some of the lyrics were sung to familiar jazz songs ; ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and paint myself an abstract ’ went to the tune of ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and write myself a letter ’ . |
| 52 | Some of the lyrics were sung to familiar jazz songs ; ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and paint myself an abstract ’ went to the tune of ‘ I 'm gon na sit right down and write myself a letter ’ . |