Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She blamed herself for trusting him to wait , for not refusing to go to Sniffy without the van keys in her possession . |
| 2 | Hamadan became equally confident they could do so when the CIA offered them both ‘ asset ’ status , which meant virtual immunity from prosecution or the risk of ever having to surface in court and testify as witnesses . |
| 3 | Deep down , however , and reading his own comments about always having to fight for employment and never being superbly successful , one ca n't help feeling he actually yearned for the stability that steady and better paid work would bring . |
| 4 | The first two display times up to 12.00 with AM/PM added to distinguish between morning and afternoon while the two international formats rely on the 24-hour clock . |
| 5 | Spurs case judge accepted ‘ unreserved ’ apology from chairman Alan Sugar for contempt of court in allegedly trying to interfere with witness . |
| 6 | Not , not like him to ever want to go to bed truly . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , Mrs Hollidaye revealed to Dot how many things were to be done without even having to move from bed . |
| 8 | When in 1665 Charles II complained that his ministers did not understand French the ambassadors sent to London by Louis XIV at once offered to negotiate in Latin . |
| 9 | Richard at once agreed to help in return for assistance in his immediate design , the conquest of Cyprus . |
| 10 | One might have thought that these divisions would at least cease to operate in church , but there too Kerr advocates a rigid hierarchy : ‘ The best of all systems of arrangement is to place the family and their guests in front , strangers of position next behind them , and the upper and lower servants , together with strangers of their classes respectively , in successive order . ’ |
| 11 | Intriguingly enough , the only way I can make Selina actually want to go to bed with me is by not wanting to go to bed with her . |
| 12 | She wore her parents out by nightly refusing to go to bed until they did ; whereupon she would sleep normally . |