Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 2 | According to Andrew , Eleanor 's verdict was that a woman would act less wisely if she chose the less worthy one . |
| 3 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 4 | You 'd think Michael Barnes , OBE , hereinafter referred to as Micky Twiceover would know just exactly when he opens his Festival since he 's the Artistic Director , General Administrator , Grand Panjandrum , ( Twiceover ) and what-have-you of the Grand Opera House . |
| 5 | Wickham said they would know soon enough because he had sent someone to ask Ayling . |
| 6 | ‘ Leave that to the uniforms , they 'll let us know soon enough if they find something . |
| 7 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 8 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 9 | They 'd approve still less if they knew what it was about , thought Zen . |
| 10 | What character , the character that Kevin Cosner played in Dances With Wolves , have n't got a clue , this is not fair cos you 're making us fall further behind if we do n't know the answer |
| 11 | And she said to let her know straight away if we think it might be suitable . |
| 12 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 13 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 14 | It should be noted that ( a ) where the accused 's behaviour falls within s.2(1) , Ghosh is irrelevant : Wootton , above ; ( b ) that the accused may act dishonestly even though he did something which the civil law allows him to do , such as retain the overpayment of a bet ( Gilks [ 1972 ] 1 WLR 1341 ) ; and ( c ) that as a result of Lawrence v DPP , above , a person may be dishonest despite the fact that the owner has consented to the appropriation . |
| 15 | Women 's history has yet to take root within our universities and so must wait even longer before it makes an impact in the classroom despite the availability of many histories of women produced in the last decade or so , which could provide starting points for a better balanced approach to history . |
| 16 | Plants will survive quite happily if you group them all together in the bath , soak them well , and leave about an inch of water in the bottom of the bath . |
| 17 | I would doubt very much whether you having your hair cut would seriously damage your future together . |
| 18 | I I the way I s I think I think was it Josephine he was married to , then then she would er she would object very strongly if he had a bath before they went to bed together . |
| 19 | E2L teachers can contribute greatly here if they work closely with subject teachers in developing an appropriate curriculum and content . |
| 20 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 21 | ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’ |
| 22 | Not only do we not usually think of Snell 's law when we try to net a fish or tickle a trout , but we could not use it to help us do so even if we did . |
| 23 | The patient may have to move about in a relatively confined area , so you have to make sure he can do so safely before he begins . |
| 24 | The treaty provides for the possibility that member states will wish to adopt a single currency later this decade , but they can do so only if they meet strict convergence conditions — conditions for which the British Government have pressed from the outset . |
| 25 | It will do so only if it frustrates the contract ( i.e. renders it impossible to carry it out — see Chapter 4 ) . |
| 26 | The caff now seems to have more customers than the railway , and would do better still if they cleared the tables . |
| 27 | Note that your essay in this case is not centrally concerned with Coleridge ; in fact you will almost certainly do less well if you write about Coleridge than if you discuss a different author . |
| 28 | Anyway — ’ She looked down on her partly eaten meal and her nose wrinkled before she went on , ‘ I 've got to go downstairs again , and you 'd better clear away here when you 've finished , then go into Mother and see if you can soothe her ruffled feathers . |
| 29 | Well they 'll lift further up when you 've got your |
| 30 | cos that 's one thing they will come back and do later on when they review your C C Q they may ask you to go back and say there was a loan or |