Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't answer right away but kept his eyes on the rear-view mirror . |
| 2 | Sometimes these less aggressive horses can behave very unexpectedly and take us by surprise . |
| 3 | For them to develop properly they need guidance and a good example , and you ca n't do much better than have somebody like Fergie in your setup — somebody who has done and seen it all . ’ |
| 4 | The Conservatives would not always win under the electoral system of 1918 , but they would rarely do so badly as to allow anyone else to win . |
| 5 | If he is interested in what is happening in the European Community , he could do no better than cast his eyes across to France where a socialist Government have just announced that country 's highest-ever unemployment level . |
| 6 | I can do no better than give it my full recommendation . |
| 7 | It does n't sound much nowadays but believe me it was a long time before I had to much disposable cash in civvie street . |
| 8 | I do n't think any woman , unless an old maid , hankers after emancipation of that sort , which seems to mean that , mounted on her bike , a girl can ride away anywhere and do anything all alone , without either male friend or chaperone , that she can guide and protect herself and be as free and easy as the wind … |
| 9 | Thus the parents can reward more often than punish which will offset any of the avoidance side-effects of punishment that the restraint method may create . |
| 10 | ‘ Rory , they adore you , you should stay here forever and pack me off back home ! ’ |
| 11 | If you do n't help us , we 'll leave right now and forget you ever existed . ’ |
| 12 | He could walk right up and ask it the question that burned within him . |
| 13 | He had my lord 's entire confidence — indeed it is hard to credit that anyone could change so radically as has my uncle . ’ |
| 14 | She did n't go so far as to give me her telephone number , but I prudently copied it from the instrument at a point during the interview when she was distracted : when one of Brenda 's children had somehow slipped into the room to find a drum stacked halfway down a pile of similar toys . |
| 15 | ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course . |
| 16 | Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground . |
| 17 | I 'd even go so far as to say I 'm falling in love . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd go so far as to say I was very impressed . |
| 19 | ‘ No , Nina , I was n't in love with David Markham , ’ said Rachel firmly , then , seeing that Nina was still slightly bemused , she added , ‘ In fact , I think you could go so far as to say I detested him . ’ |
| 20 | I would n't go so far as to say there 's no skill , because if you do have skill in identifying draws , then you 'll increase your chances of winning by using your skill in identifying those draws , but how much you win depends very heavily on how many draws there are and how many other people choose those same draws . |
| 21 | We then asked him , if he could not go so far as to meet us in full , to introduce an empowering provision . |
| 22 | There are those critics of the polytechnics who regard this as a most unfortunate development and would go so far as to castigate them for betraying their primary purpose , which they see as providing for the communities in which they are located , something which of necessity can only be done primarily through part-time provision . |
| 23 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 24 | But they stopped before the bridge and Sam told the groom he could go home again and meet them back in the centre of the town in two hours . |
| 25 | When we have had tea , I think we should go home together and ask her . |
| 26 | ‘ Well you 'd better go home then and get your tomato ketchup . ’ |
| 27 | Yeah , I 'll go home now and tell your da I 'll make him something for his dinner , kiss give me a kiss |
| 28 | I 'll see her this evening — in fact , I 'll go home now and catch her before you take her out . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ So off I went , and when I got to the Severn Bridge , I thought to myself , ‘ I can go straight on and take him to Potter 's and get about four hundred quid carcase value , or turn right for the University and probably have nothing … |
| 30 | If it is good one , you can go straight ahead and use it . |