Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England Charles I decided soon after his accession no longer to provide for the " diet " of foreign diplomats in London . |
| 2 | Trying to be positive about her inability so far to have a child , Wendy says she tells herself that the whole experience has made her a stronger person . |
| 3 | He had also come to respect Irina for her ability so rapidly to transform herself into a reasonably well-dressed , reasonably good-looking girl . |
| 4 | Because I 've been watching the front of your house long enough to know . |
| 5 | After a while she realised she 'd been beating at him with her fists hard enough to hurt and yet he had n't lifted a finger to stop her . |
| 6 | Bénezet had been in his service long enough to understand his own part in the operation in hand without having to be told . |
| 7 | The voluntary coalition plan floated by Craig also temporarily damaged Beattie in that many DUP members felt that he had failed in his duty more clearly to oppose such a scheme in the discussions at which he was DUP spokesman . |
| 8 | But if you go and look down in your statements now just to check that ! |
| 9 | ‘ He thought Clem 's wedding anniversary an appropriate time to announce the glad news , ’ said Mrs Vaughan smoothly , and rose to her feet rather stiffly to take Leonora 's free arm . |
| 10 | First , you are likely to succeed in anything only if you make the steps to your goal easy enough to manage . |